Rustoleum? That's so 10 years ago. All the cool kids use marine paint now. On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 6:30 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Rustoleum > > RB > > On 01/05/2017 5:21 PM, clay via Mercedes wrote: > >> Since I am working my way to getting Allen looking pretty again, I >> decided to talk to the boys at the paint shop. Wesco, who reps PPG paints. >> >> I thought there was some form of highway robbery associated with body >> shops and getting your rig all prettied up. Maybe there is, but the cost >> of product is atrocious. There is all manner of “REAL” paint that needs to >> be applied, not just whip out your HVLP guns and blast away. And the >> amount of paint needed seems excessive, but may not be. >> >> Gold paint, by the gallon, starts at $700, but will be more, “”Fo’ >> Sho’”. That will give me three coats and just enough for touch up. But >> first I need a primer sealer for a few hundred $$. Then some reducers and >> other fluids cost more dollars, before I can even shoot three coats of >> clear. That needs catalyst for the gallon that will give me three coats. >> All this chemical goodness has an entry price of at least $1600. And that >> does not include the booth, guns, filters, swabbing cloths and other >> product. >> >> The sales rep was nice enough to come out and look the car over. We >> chatted about what I had done and what the original paint was like. He >> was happy the original coating was in good enough condition, so that I do >> not need to strip it all the way to bare metal. Doing the glazing putty >> was done passably, so I just need to sand down through the primer and color >> I put on, then do all the magical paint application. >> >> Now I have to decide if i call Maaco for their Premier service, or spend >> more than that would cost to screw it up myself. >> >> >> clay >> >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- "Das beste oder nichts." - *Gottlieb Daimler* _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
