Custom Paint Job

[OrangeCrush]

Originally Posted by HUMMERcustoms.com/TAZ

The last paint job we do this next year will have allot of coats as it will be the girls final makeup into her older age.

TAZ

I know you know this but more is not better. We recently did a $13K paintjob on a '63 split window Corvette.

Most of the money was spent on prep (fiberglass, do I need to say more....lots of blocking and sanding, blocking and sanding)

Granted, a paintjob like that is really two paintjobs. Once it's painted and cleared, it should be sanded, blocked and completely repainted.

THAT is for straightness. I just did the same on an El camino I'm putting together for myself. It's black and needs to be straight.

Point is, typically, we'll put 3-5 clearcoats on a paintjob assuming that we are wetsanding and buffing 1-2 coats worth of clear off it.

And yes, most manufacturers are skimply on their clear. There are certain cars that are notorious for thin clearcoats... to the point, we won't wetsand and buff the factory paintjobs. (ie. Mustangs, Corvettes, etc)

Mark