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    Quote Originally Posted by xPhantomSilviax
    Show me a customer car invoice from ANY shop that comes to $300 for painting the entire car and I will personally don a pink tutu and sing "It's A Small World After All" in the middle of spaghetti junction during rush hour.
    hmmmm he just said painting the car and at the price id take it literal of just spraying the car. as in you do all the body work, and buy the paint and he just sprays the car. you still have to wet sand and buff it but he actually just sprays the car.

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    Quote Originally Posted by redrumracer
    hmmmm he just said painting the car and at the price id take it literal of just spraying the car. as in you do all the body work, and buy the paint and he just sprays the car. you still have to wet sand and buff it but he actually just sprays the car.
    That $300 includes: scuff, tape off, seal, paint.

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    Quote Originally Posted by redrumracer
    hmmmm he just said painting the car and at the price id take it literal of just spraying the car. as in you do all the body work, and buy the paint and he just sprays the car. you still have to wet sand and buff it but he actually just sprays the car.
    Stefan I KNOW you are not referring to me as "he"

    And please, stop spreading this ridiculous notion that it actually saves a shop ANY time when people bring their cars in "prepped" for paint.

    It doesn't.

    It makes it take longer, because we have to go back and fix everything you THOUGHT you knew what you were doing on, and then prep it correctly, and paint it, and listen to people say "Why is it $750? I prepped it myself!"

    Fuck stance. Stance is for kids in skinny jeans with Justin Beiber haircuts. You don't need stance when you got swagger.

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    Quote Originally Posted by xPhantomSilviax
    And please, stop spreading this ridiculous notion that it actually saves a shop ANY time when people bring their cars in "prepped" for paint.

    It doesn't.

    It makes it take longer, because we have to go back and fix everything you THOUGHT you knew what you were doing on, and then prep it correctly, and paint it, and listen to people say "Why is it $750? I prepped it myself!"
    QFT

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    Quote Originally Posted by xPhantomSilviax
    Stefan I KNOW you are not referring to me as "he"

    And please, stop spreading this ridiculous notion that it actually saves a shop ANY time when people bring their cars in "prepped" for paint.

    It doesn't.

    It makes it take longer, because we have to go back and fix everything you THOUGHT you knew what you were doing on, and then prep it correctly, and paint it, and listen to people say "Why is it $750? I prepped it myself!"
    no by he i meant x runner, and ok most people dont know how to prep a car, but if you know how to do it correctly(i do) it can save time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by redrumracer
    no by he i meant x runner, and ok most people dont know how to prep a car, but if you know how to do it correctly(i do) it can save time.
    How do you know the products you use are compatible with the products the painter uses?

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    Quote Originally Posted by speedminded
    How do you know the products you use are compatible with the products the painter uses?
    Yep. When I painted my old Dodge I had prepped the left fender a year prior so I just scuffed it and sealed the rest of the truck before paint. The paint didnt even stick to that fender... had to go back and seal it and re-shot it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by X-Runner
    Yep. When I painted my old Dodge I had prepped the left fender a year prior so I just scuffed it and sealed the rest of the truck before paint. The paint didnt even stick to that fender... had to go back and seal it and re-shot it.
    Exactly, there's virtually no way a painter can guarantee his work if someone else does the prep work.

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    Quote Originally Posted by speedminded
    How do you know the products you use are compatible with the products the painter uses?
    you ask. dur da dur.

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