Paint shop Prison

[Bill Perkins]

Seriously, do it!
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Great Pictures
Job Well Done

 

[Cleveland Crush]

I have a lot more practice to do before I would tackle my car.
But by the time I finish Chris's car I should be getting pretty close.

Thanks for your cooperation Ausssie!!!
Chris

 

[Paul Schmidt]

Ribs has me inspired. Never done it, but hell, it's worth saving the money and the time.

 

[turtle5353]

I painted one myself also. Home made plastic paint booth. Turned out pretty nice! New garage is going to have a dedicated room for painting.
It does take a lot of time and patience to do it right. Can’t wait to do my car next.

 

[Hemikiller]

A good friend just got the call that his 71 Challenger is painted and ready to be picked up. We delivered the car in early Feb 2023, the painter just finished it this week. This was a complete color change from Gold to Plum Crazy, the timeframe is appropriate for a non-restoration shop. It still needs the interior and powertrain reinstalled, but he has all winter for that.

 

[cjstaci]

Wife's '71 Mach1 "M code" went to the paint shop in May 2023. Went by there Friday, and yes its unbelievable but the car has been jacked up and put on jack stands! So much progress I was absolutely impressed.View attachment 94004

A year and a half to jack it up, sounds like a 30 year prison sentence!

 

[Vern Cook]

The talent and the 'Can Do' attitude on this forum continues to delight and astound me.

 

[rvanamb]

Did my 72 myself not perfect but was only like 1k in materials and my time. Stripped to bare metal and back up . Took me almost a year in my spare time.

 

[RIBS]

Ribs has me inspired. Never done it, but hell, it's worth saving the money and the time.

I built a paint booth out of 2x4, and old wedding tent and a big roll of plastic, got 16 $12 LED lights, bought a compressor for $1600, paint guns, primer and paint, assorted sandpapers, 3m finishing products, a buffer tool sanding blocks, fillers, explosion proof exhaust fan, air filters, etc, painted the car, sold the compressor for $1200…..total cost for 2 tone custom job, about $4500.

 

[Vern Cook]

Way to go guys. And rvanamg; that looks like a metalic finish?
Thats the hardest to get right.

 

[rvanamb]

Way to go guys. And rvanamg; that looks like a metalic finish?
Thats the hardest to get right.

Actually, the car was painted with a gloss black single coat over epoxy primer. Then vinyl wrapped the color flips from dark metallic green to black. The wrap should be good for 5-10 years on a garage queen such as mine so it is a good choice. While I am confident in my ability to paint, I know my limitations and this color flip is beyond my ability in paint, but not in vinyl wrap. I also installed that myself.