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Rustyj14
09-03-2005 17:36:43
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Re: how's your painting projects going this summer in reply to Reddog, 08-25-2005 19:08:33
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Well, the rain finally stopped here, so i painted the new-used front fender on my wife's Buick, and spotted in the rear quarter panels where they had some surface rust! I used Acrylic laquer for the job, with a base of gray laquer primer. I used the base coat-clear coat paint, which made a nice finish, good match, and i didn't get all choked up by the paint, although i did use my charcoal filter mask! But--when i started in auto body work, i could buy a quart of laquer paint, any color, for about $2.50. This time, a quart of color, a quart of clear, 3 sheets of wet-or-dry sand-paper, a scuff pad, and a roll of tape cost $117! OUCH--!! I think the high cost of paint is to discourage back yard body men and painters from doing any kind of work at home! A man stopped one day to ask me to fix a dent in his drivers door. When i told him how much the paint would cost, he decided that dent wasn't so bad after all! Rustyj
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