| Author |
Message |
LOU MURDICA (Loucon)
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, May 01, 2006 - 10:02 am: | |
I live in palm springs ca. area and have a 80mc9
I need a paint job. any suggestions where and how much should it cost.
I read somewhere there was a place just cross the border also. |
Ron Walker (Prevost82)
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, May 01, 2006 - 11:32 am: | |
There's a place in Algodones Mexico ...I have heard 4,000 for paint (3 colors) and body work.
(Message edited by prevost82 on May 01, 2006) |
bgs4104
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, May 01, 2006 - 2:12 pm: | |
Go up to Eugene Oregon
Willy's Custom Concepts
Mike Wilson 541-343-8411
www.sheribob2000@yahoo.com |
Donald Lee Schwanke (Dontx)
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, May 01, 2006 - 9:08 pm: | |
Why not do it yourself? I ran across this today, sure looks interesting, just look at the photos. Anybody out there done this?
"Here's how i painted my car for about $50, it's actually very easy and the results are amazing. First off, get a can of tremclad real orange (or what ever color u want) in the can, not spray, yes tremclad, it is a acrylic/enamel paint which is very durable. next prep your car as if was any other paint job, fix all the rust, ect....no need to prime the car since the tremclad allready contains elements which allow it to be painted over bare metal. next, after prepping the car get a small 4" professional FOAM rollers, it's tiny and has one end rounded off, and the other cut straight, and is a very high density foam. u also need a jug of mineral spirits to thin the paint. The thing i really like about this is that there's no mess, no tapeing the whole car, just key areas, and u can do it in your garage, since your not spraying there is virtually no dust in the air, just clean your garage first, also it does'nt really smell at all, dries overnight and it super tough paint. also it you decide to paint the car professionally later, just prep and paint, there's no need to strip the tremclad. i have done this to a few cars, and i can say it works amazing, u just have to be paitient. next u thin the paint with mineral spirits so it just about as thin as water, a little thicker. get out the roller and paint away, don't get the paint shaked when u buy it, enamel is stirred, otherwise you'll have bubbles in the paint for a week!!! after u do 2 coats, wet sand the whole car, then repeat, 2 coats, wetsand, 2 coats wetsand. i painted the charger using a can since your not spraying the car u use all the paint and not spray 50% in the air, use progressivly finer sand paper each time. it's not really that much work, cause u can stop and start any time, u can do just a door, or the hood, ect. do one panel at a time, and don't stop once you start. once your done the final coat, wetsand with about 1000 grit to a totally smooth finish, and then using a high speed polisher i use a buffing bonnet and turtle wax polishing compound. do the whole car with this, and i'm telling u, depending on the amount of time and paitence you have, the results are amazing. laugh if you want, but for $50 ($30 for paint, about $20 for rollers, sand paper, ect...) it really looks good. also you can do these steps overnight, paint one evening and by morning u can wet sand. i have personally done alot of painting, mostly single stage acrylic enamel, and i've sprayed several cars in my garage with really good professional results, just it stinks, it's a real pain to do, easy to make a mistake, messy, and expensive. The tremclad is awesome paint, the "real orange" is an amazing hemi orange, and almost looks like it has some perl in the sun, awesome color right out of the can. I used this technique on my 1974 beetle also, here are the results:"
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d...n/Picture10.jpg
the car before:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d...in/IM000475.jpg
another after pic:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d...in/DSC00164.jpg
here is a car i sprayed (71 beetle, midnight blue metalic):
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d...in/DSC00194.jpg
here is the car before (71 beetle):
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d...in/Picture1.jpg
here's a few pics of the charger done:
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d...in/DSC02764.jpg
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d...in/DSC02769.jpg |
Dave Wilson
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, May 01, 2006 - 10:43 pm: | |
Donald your pretty much right on the tremclad,the first bus i bought from greyhound #600 was a bite of a learning curve i spent so much money getting it road worthy that there was no cash left for powder and paint and the grey hound colors had to go when i made the purchase it was still looking okay in greyhound suit,when i flew done to pick it up they had went at it with a white paint brush over the decals yes with tremclade.I work on it day and nite to strip the paint and get of the decals that where painted over with tremclad.To cover up i painted the bus with Tremclad RV white roller and paint brush tape around the windows and below the belt to this day the paint is still looking pretty decent thow it has been in the bone yard for several years. |
joe padberg (Joemc7ab)
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, May 01, 2006 - 11:31 pm: | |
I knew FAST FRED was onto something last year when he got on top of his bus roof with a can and roller.
Excellent idea Don. Years ago I came up with a new rule around our house. When the kids finished High School they got a car for a dollar, which was one of dads creations. Usually installed a propane system, back in the days when propane was cheap) and the body painted, sprayed acrylic enamel. 50/50 Rule
From fifty feet away and at fifty miles an hour, if it looked fine it passed the muster. Joe. |
David (Davidinwilmnc)
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, May 02, 2006 - 10:20 am: | |
Donald, thanks for the tip on Tremclad. It sounds like what I need to do for a quick cover-up of the red stripe and letters of the church that owned my bus before me. The links you posted don't seem to work, though. |
Donald Lee Schwanke (Dontx)
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, May 02, 2006 - 1:47 pm: | |
Darn, that was the most impressive part! I will see what I can do to them later. |
Donald Lee Schwanke (Dontx)
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, May 02, 2006 - 2:07 pm: | |
Dunno how to make them links work. Anybody that wants to see the impressive photos, email me and I will send them by email, they work that way. Just click on my name above for email address. I also just found that big airplanes are getting painted this way now too. |
WEC4104
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, May 02, 2006 - 11:46 pm: | |
Okay, this thread had me interested, but I couldn't see the pics listed in the post. HOWEVER, after a separate search on Tremclad, I stumbled across the following link:
http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=2331682&page=0&fpart=1&vc=1
Looks like another post from Donald, and on this one the links to the photos worked for me. |
ChuckMC9 (Chucks)
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, May 03, 2006 - 12:06 am: | |
Yes. If you go to the thread on the board above, that's it. Warning - that thread goes on for 20 pages! The technique looks very, very promising.
BIG thanks to Don for the pointer! |
Mike (Busone)
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, May 03, 2006 - 1:00 am: | |
Anybody found a way to get it in the US. From all the Google searches I did it seems to only be available in Canada. Some said it has to do with the air nazis here in the states. |
ChuckMC9 (Chucks)
Rating: N/A
Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, May 03, 2006 - 1:40 am: | |
Read the thread, or at least the first 4-5 pages. According to the posters on that board it's the same thing as Rustoleum here in lower North America. |
|