Shiny Like A New Dime
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Shiny Like A New Dime
I'll start a thread to show progress of my 510. Paint was done this afternoon. More picutres will follow once I get home.
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So called professional painter did not put enough base color on. As a result paint had light and dark streaks in it. I decided if you want it done right then do it yourself and I will never trust anyone to paint any of my cars again. 2 hours before car was painted this afternoon.
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Damn right!!! Everybody and their dog is a 'profesional' these days. Speaking of dogs, did you know they have profesional dog walkers? Throw me a friggin' bone will ya. Like the word sale, totally meaningless. If you can, learn how to do it yourself. Two things will result from this...TerryHackman wrote:So called professional painter did not put enough base color on. As a result paint had light and dark streaks in it. I decided if you want it done right then do it yourself and I will never trust anyone to paint any of my cars again. 2 hours before car was painted this afternoon.
Great satisfaction and the admiration of friends who recognise a well done job.
Slight embarasment that you are fast becoming a profesional painter.
Seriously, great job and colour choice!
"Nissan 'shit the bed' when they made these, plain and simple." McShagger510 on flattop SUs
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Looking good. Hope to get mine in to paint in the next couple weeks, once the guy whos doing it shop clears up a little bit. I would probably try it myself, if i had access to the right tools. But i am going to kind of be his apprentice while he is painting my car so hopefully i can learn and maybe even do it myself.
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Eh Terry,
Nothing is better than that wet looking, fresh paint; Never seen dust, never seen a wash, not even been in the sun. I've done this enough times now that when I see a picture like your first posts, I can smell that new paint!
I, too, have not had too much luck with "professionals". This is why I also choose to do my own work. I'm sure that there are many who can do better, but nothing gives you the satisfaction of doing a complete car yourself. For those that have not tried, you'll never feel the accomplishment and pride of knowing that it is your work - that's worth a lot ot me.
Byron
Nothing is better than that wet looking, fresh paint; Never seen dust, never seen a wash, not even been in the sun. I've done this enough times now that when I see a picture like your first posts, I can smell that new paint!
I, too, have not had too much luck with "professionals". This is why I also choose to do my own work. I'm sure that there are many who can do better, but nothing gives you the satisfaction of doing a complete car yourself. For those that have not tried, you'll never feel the accomplishment and pride of knowing that it is your work - that's worth a lot ot me.
Byron
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because the opposite never works.
because the opposite never works.
I totally agree with Byron that masked freshly painted cars look awesome -- nothing but clean shiny surfaces. I was lucky and had a very good friend (who also happened to be a "professional"), paint my car while I watched. Between the 2 of us we put ~120 hours into the body of my car, so I get that "did it myself" feeling without needing any sort of painting skills!
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