1966 Valiant Signet Convertible Resto
Shouldn`t your painter be the one buying the next paint job? If nothing else, he should be the one taking the car back to metal and doing all of the bodywork.
He should be yes, but I plan on taking it to get blasted because I know they will do a better job than him stripping it. At least I know everywhere will be down to bare metal unlike the job he did the first time with the chemical stripper. He left a few spots way under the rocker panels and the inner fender areas that get covered by the fenders. These guys will clean and prep the car and shoot epoxy primer right after it is blasted. I am willing to pay the extra $$$ for knowing it is done right and I can use it as a perfect canvas to work from.
He will be around to help me with the bodywork filling, blocksanding, and final prep sanding before I give it to someone else to paint. He will also be providing his truck, trailer and gas expenses to take it to the blasting shop and the painter I chose. Maybe, he will also be helping with the wetsanding and buffing of the car that way I get some labor out of him that he would otherwise owe me as a refund. I can do this myself, which is why I'll probably ask for 5 coats of clear so I have plenty of room to cut down super smooth and flat without cutting through the usual 3 coats of clear. We'll see on that one. Not only that, he will be doing it the way I want it done as far as technique and cleanliness. No questions asked...........period. He's an amateur at best and I have read, read, read, read, read and read up on how paint should be done throughout this whole process and the whole weekend too. I have more respect for the cleanliness, tech sheets, surface prep and strict adherence to the process that he does. This makes me a much better person to oversee everything, especially since it will be at my house instead of his dirty shop. Mind you I will be doing some serious cleaning of my garage when the time comes. Plus I am much more knowledgeable about the questions I need to ask of the next guy and warning signs.
Everything will come out in the wash as a valuable lesson learned and a new experience in doing much of the work myself which has value regardless of how much money I have to spend to get it right. The day you see a big asssssss burnout and a beautiful car will be the day I'll never forget. That is what I look forward to.
Long-winded ranting and OFF. Thanks
Stay tuned guys it will happen.