botched paint job.....

NeonNoob · Post by **NeonNoob** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 1:41 am

Scares me I had plans to get my car painted...but for the money they are asking for around here...jeez. If anyone knows a good painter in the panhandle area of Florida let me know ASAP!

@NightHawk please update us on how this has gone now that your back.

RawkBunny · Post by **RawkBunny** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 3:46 pm

Ouch

I think that with ti being a black car, the imperfectiosn stick out a lot too to you. It would to me as well.

Nathan has a guy down here in MD who charges very fairly and does amazing work....he's done fantastic work on several SRTs. If you're not too broke and want to try again, PM Passtschon and he'll get you his contact info.

Post by **occasional demons** » Fri Jul 15, 2011 9:21 pm

Yep they sucked balls. I seen it at Carlisle, and the pics just don't show the half of it. I prolly could have done that good.

NiteHawk · Post by **NiteHawk** » Sat Jul 16, 2011 1:29 am

yeah pictures really dont describe just how bad of a paint job this is.........

and OD...you didn't even see it CLEAN.....the blemishes pop out even worse when it's totally clean! that's part of the reason i didnt even bother cleaning the car at all

Leighvi424 · Post by **Leighvi424** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 12:35 am

i don't live to far away from you and i could hook you up with a decent deal on a paint job if you can get ur cash out of them. 90% of what i saw was all sanding marks. i really hate body shops that do shitty work

NiteHawk · Post by **NiteHawk** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 12:40 am

pm me pics of your work and i'll see what happens

Leighvi424 · Post by **Leighvi424** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 12:52 am

alright ill have to find my camera haha. i think most of my pics are of airbrushing i did but im not sure. i haven't done to many overall paint jobs recently everything that has been comming into my shop has been rust repair fml

NiteHawk · Post by **NiteHawk** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 1:10 am

that's PA for ya.......

the one thing i definitely want is a heavy clear so it can be wetsanded and buffed smooth....

i did a 3000gt and laid a heavy clear so i could smooth it out and it looked like pure sex...

i would just paint the car myself but i dont have the time to do it........if i at least had another car to drive, then i wouldnt care so much and i'de just do it myself when i pull the motor out for the turbo install.....i wanna redo the WHOLE car.........including jams, engine bay, inner skin of the doors, etc.........but getting a body shop to do that would cost WAY too much money and again i dont have a DD other than my cheri

mztykal · Post by **mztykal** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 4:37 am

What's a heavy clear? Best way to get a flat clear is to shoot 2 - 3 coats, let it cure then wetsand it flat and shoot 2 more coats and then repeat the sanding and buffing.

Your paint job looks like your filler was sanded rough and primed and painted over. Looks like a rush job. I did a bumper for a friend and it came out almost perfect except for 2 dots of dust. Dude cried to no end over it and I've never talked to him since. He only paid for materials. I don't do paint jobs for friends, just show cars now and never completes as they aren't worth the money.

BoostinBen · Post by **BoostinBen** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 8:36 am

I would be raising hell about with with both them and the financial establishment you use to pay them with, and my insurance company. They basically screwed up your car. Totally unacceptable. I paint better than that and I'm an amateur. Looks like poor prep and poor cleaning to me prior to spraying it.

Hardest part for me to learn was when to lay the clear down after the basecoats. Took me like 3 times on my rear bumper to get it perfect (a little off topic right now, sorry).

Have you contacted the people who painted your car and showed them all these imperfections?

NiteHawk · Post by **NiteHawk** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 9:08 am

before carlisle i told them i would be back after carlisle... i'm going down monday since thats my first day off since coming home from carlisle...

Leighvi424 · Post by **Leighvi424** » Mon Jul 18, 2011 12:04 am

thats how we lay clear. we are just now finishing up a 4 year resto on a 67 stang we did it oxford white with blue intense pearl in it

i really don't car for stangs but hey atleast the paint looks hott

NiteHawk · Post by **NiteHawk** » Mon Jul 25, 2011 1:38 am

well i went down to the body shop the other day........they basically told me i'm SOL and they wont do anything to fix it... they said they would wetsand/buff the rough spots but nothing else, leaving a bunch of smooth spots scattered over the car..........

SO...i started wetsanding the car myself..........so far I have the top of the trunklid buffed out.......looks much better than it did before, but still not where I want it to be........could be a LOT smoother, but i dont know how deep I can go since I never got a straight answer on how many coats of clear are on the car.....

absolutely worst case scenario, i have a gallon of DC3000 clear sitting here...if i have to i'll have someone spray that over the car.....

i'm still left with a big ass paint chip and a few dents they never took out (biggest is on the trunk lid)

eventually when i have another car for a daily driver i'm going to strip this car down and completely repaint it...jams and all...

NiteHawk · Post by **NiteHawk** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 12:55 pm

just finished wetsanding and buffing half the passenger quarter panel... much much much better if you ask me......

WIZARDS MYSTIC CUT FTMFW!

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 1:45 pm

Much better indeed. Sucks that they wouldn't help you at all, but at least it's salvagable

Gnardogtm · Post by **Gnardogtm** » Thu Jul 28, 2011 5:58 am

damn that suck!