The point I was trying to make is that materials alone were $5k for a smallish car. It cost me $12k to do my '92 Spider and $8k to do my '91 Allante and both were done simultaneously four years ago. (Both were black cars so I saved money).
Painting on top of existing paint is a false economy. Been there, done that. (I grew up in a car dealership that had a body shop and I saw the effects of DRP work.) Automotive paint technology is changing again and what's being used now will be outlawed/outdated in 3-5 years (and sooner in CA). The problem with this new paint is that it does NOT bond to older paints. It doesn't have the forgiving nature of nitrocellulose or single stage acrylic, nor does it have the workability of modern two stages. And to boot, it's more expensive. This was the biggest subject of conversation at SEMA a few days ago. Save money in the long run and do it right. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 8, 2012, at 2:30 AM, [email protected] (alfa-digest) wrote: > > Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 18:01:03 -0500 (EST) > From: [email protected] > Subject: [alfa] Re: berlina FS/paint prices > > Sure , for a bare metal show quality paint job, you're right. It's a lot > less if you don't have to go to bare metal. If you're going all the way, > every primer coat should sit for 30 days between sandings. I think on a > Berlina, it will be awhile before anyone does that kind of job. Giulietta and > Giulia Spiders are worth putting that kind of paint money into. > Stevan > > > Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 15:07:49 -0800 (PST) > From: Alan Lambert <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [alfa] Re: berlina FS/paint prices > > Don't ignore the car he's talking about--a Corniche---look it up! -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
