Any auto body guys here?

[Redmt]

I thought this one was helpful. I’m a solvent guy from way back so I have to relearn everything.

https://www.motortrend.com/how-to/how-waterborne-paint-works/

I haven't made it all the way through the article but so far it's been very educational. Thanks for posting it.

 

[Coule stalker]

What gets me is that the color match is indistinguishable from the factory color. The roof is a bit scarred up but you can't really see it. The clear coat on the damn hood is really screwed up. I'm tempted to wet sand just the hood and hit it with an automotive clear coat.

I went through the same frustration a few years ago when I inherited my grandfather’s 91 F250.. there are simply no “cheap and good “ options. The paint and methodologies used today are way more expensive than back in the day.. you could still buy some single stage paint and some clear and do it yourself.. Consider hornswoggling a few of your closest buds into helping with the prep, sanding is a bugger.. prep on Saturday, paint on Sunday!

 

[Redmt]

Hah. Good idea except all my closest buds are over 70 and smarter than that!

 

[sccritterkiller]

I went through the same frustration a few years ago when I inherited my grandfather’s 91 F250.. there are simply no “cheap and good “ options. The paint and methodologies used today are way more expensive than back in the day.. you could still buy some single stage paint and some clear and do it yourself.. Consider hornswoggling a few of your closest buds into helping with the prep, sanding is a bugger.. prep on Saturday, paint on Sunday!

Cheapest fastest thing I have found is Raptor liner...they make a tintable product now so you can get in different colors..I have done an old FJ and a CJ they have held up well to off roads use...just have to use a scrub brush to wash them...lol

 

[hank4elk]

I had a quick & dirty paint job done on the Tacoma 6 months ago when my mech. said he had a guy painting a big rig.
Hood,roof and shell were in bad shape. $2800.
I about sh!t. I've done better jobs.
But it is what I wanted. Q&D.
I thought what does a simple repaint cost these days? $10K? $20k for a Benz?

 

[dan.kirkpatrick]

i used to paint cars several years ago and only know now that most paint products are 400%-600% or more approx than back in the days when i painted,,also most paint products that i knew of back in the day,,{centari,deltron,delglow clear,k 200 primer,,dp 40 sealer/primer ,imron,},are all not available anymore..low voc is the thing now,or this new waterborne stuff now.just bare materials are crazy spendy nowadays.

 

[Redmt]

Yup kinda like gunpowder and primers.

 

[mtmuley]

I’ve gotten quotes from 9-12k to repaint the suburban. Not sure if I want to try and tackle that myself or not.

From what I've seen so far, bet you could do it. mtmuley

 

[mdhunter]

I dabble in old cars/Broncos and what you can spend and what you expect at the end is mind boggling. I guess I will sum it up with “you get what you pay for”. Painting cars is absolutely skilled labor.

 

[mtmuley]

I dabble in old cars/Broncos and what you can spend and what you expect at the end is mind boggling. I guess I will sum it up with “you get what you pay for”. Painting cars is absolutely skilled labor.

Watch some Bitchin Cars episodes. Extreme but shows the high end. mtmuley

 

[Addicting]

From what I've seen so far, bet you could do it. mtmuley

Thanks, I appreciate it.

 

[Dan-06]

Ya I have used that raptor liner before and had good luck with it. We did our jeep in 2 different colors. It’s tuff stuff. Little bit harder to wash though.

 

[Redmt]

I've been thinking about some of the paint jobs I have done. The one that's most memorable is when I painted my D5 with Cat factory water base paint. The instructions were "Open can, paint tractor". It's been 20+ years and still holds up.