Right on... good for you!

I was thinking about doing that once, but it is a lot of work, I've heard.

How much is the car worth to you? Could it qualify for the $50 Rustolium Paint Job? lol

 

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You've most likely already seen, but:

http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/...0&fpart=1&vc=1

 

I agree,Most local shops WILL give you a discount for YOU doing 80% of the work,final prep (before paint) and shooting paint is the cheap/easy part.Finish prep is a little harder.
It would be hard for ANYONE to warranty someone else's work that would be economic suicide!
Offer a local guy (with a good reputation) cash and he should jump on it.

 

You said it yourself, prep is 80% of the work. Would you warranty work you did if someone else did 80% of it?

 

I had Maaco paint my Blazer I used to have about 3 years ago and it still looks good as far as i can tell (I sold it to my neighbor a year ago). I did none of the prep by myself. I paid $1,500 for the whole car and got in a wreck a year later with 180,000 miles on the car so I wasn't gonna pay $1,500 just for paint. I went with their $299 special. There were a couple of spots on the rockers where the paint flaked off after I took it 4-wheeling and pressure-washed it. Underneath the flaked spots, you could tell that they hadn't even DA'd the old paint. You should be fine for a DD as long as the prep is done right and you are not going with the cheapest deal they have.

 

im actually thinking about going with a solid black so its easier in case i paint it myself.

rather than the semi metallic dark highland green.

if i go with a dark black, is it still like 3 base coats and about 3 clear coats? or is it just a single stage black paint and thats it?

 

you can do single stage or you can do bc/cc

if you do single stage your gonna want three coats of single stage

if you do bc/cc your gonna want 2 good coats of base(i normally do 2 let it flash nib any trash with 2000 grit paper then put 2 more coats of base.) then 2 coats of clear. 2 is all you really need. you want to spray the 1st coat exactly how you want it to look when its dry. it takes some practice.


if you go with the solid color you can paint the car in pieces then assemble it later it will save you tape lines etc.

 

I say do it yourself. You are young and have a lot of years ahead of you. You like cars so you probably will do more of them. This is a good place to start. You can't ruin the car by trying it yourself. The worst case is you strip it down again.

 

We painted our 66 ourselves. If you really want to do it it is lots of work but just dont expect a show car. Paint is expensive as you will find for basecoat/clearcoat jobs. We have 800 dollars just in paint (epoxy primer, hi build primer, sealer, base and clear) so it adds up quick. And we did not use the best materials! Some basecoats are 800 dollars for 1 gallon!
Then you need a place to spray the car. Better have just a few neighbors and all on good terms with you. We built a spray booth in our backyard and it worked very well.
Just be honest with yourself and give yourself LOTS of time. Sanding, bodywork, prep and paint took 4 months for us and car still needs to be cut and polished.
You also need a HVLP paint gun (1.3 and 1.8 tips) and an compresser that will handle the CFM needs (figure 10 cfm output). We used 2 110v compressors that tied together at the moisture trap
It was very rewarding to do but I can see why shops were asking 5- 8k for a really good job based on the time we put in.
I have pictures on our website and tips we learned if you are interested.
http://chris66dad.tripod.com/index.html

 

wow chris thats a cool website. i looked through the whole thing .

+1 on the homemade paint booth. but we dont have side access so it cant go in our backyard . and im pretty sure our garage wont be big enough. so idk what im gonna do.