Painter/Booth to Spray Car

[dangerous_sep]

A LOT of people saw your work when that guy complained about it in the back porch..for whatever the reason, the thread got deleted. I HOPE it was because you made it right, because that work was HORRIBLE.

it was a messy situation did not need to get stirred anymore nor did he post what really happened.
we got screwed over 3 times on base mixes that could not even be tinted properly.
that among other things that were not in my control.
but its all being handled and he is not the only person we've done work for. there are plenty of satisfied customers with our work so no need to generalize.

[War Machine]

Use buzzos guy. Not dangerous sep that guy sucks. You need someone you can trust with the candy. Alot of painters cant paint it correctly and have a hard time with it

hey did you paint your mustang? if so, where's the damn pictures. I wanna see it

[turbostang]

it was a messy situation did not need to get stirred anymore nor did he post what really happened.
we got screwed over 3 times on base mixes that could not even be tinted properly.
that among other this that were not in my control.
but its all being handled and he is not the only person we've done work for. there are plenty of satisfied customers with our work so no need to generelize.

While I don't know you, or your work ethic or anything about the situation - there's one thing that sticks out - YOU have eyes, your employees have eyes and they undoubtedly work if you are painting a car, and I can assure you that you saw the horrendous mismatch in those colors. There is NO way you can justify letting that car go and pawning the blame off on tinting etc... nor the misaligned panels, etc..Then there's the timeframe of 6 weeks.

Again, I don't know all the details....but from the outside looking in, those thigns stick out.

[dangerous_sep]

Again I'm not going into depth about this but it def send like brent came on here completely just misinformed folks on what happened. Of course I have eyes brooks thats exactly why he was told that ahead of time and when he took delivery of the car he was made aware of what happened and even offered to fix the car.trust me I was not happy with my employees work that it's why they are no longer with us
Thats all I will say for now but I can understand your on the outside looking in and thats all it is and I'm confident that brent and I will get things worked out.

[turbostang]

Again I'm not going into depth about this but our def send like brent came on here completely just misinformed folks on what of course I have eyes brooks thats exactly why he was told that ahead of time and when he took delivery of the car he was made aware of what happened and even offered to fix the car.trust me I was not happy with my employees work that it's why they are no longer with us
Thats all I will say for now but I can understand your on the outside looking in and thats all it is and I'm confident that brent and I will get things worked out.

Of course there's always two sides to every story and we all know that. I hope you guys get it worked out.

[Cobraman]

You can do it in my booth, $2500.00...

Are you sure it isn't free? the $2500 is for time and gas.

[stangin4lyfe]

Again I'm not going into depth about this but it def send like brent came on here completely just misinformed folks on what happened. Of course I have eyes brooks thats exactly why he was told that ahead of time and when he took delivery of the car he was made aware of what happened and even offered to fix the car.trust me I was not happy with my employees work that it's why they are no longer with us
Thats all I will say for now but I can understand your on the outside looking in and thats all it is and I'm confident that brent and I will get things worked out.

He isn't the only one watching how you handle this situation Israel.
Please keep us posted...

[sdun]

Thats why you should have a mixing system in your shop and make your own colors.

it was a messy situation did not need to get stirred anymore nor did he post what really happened.
we got screwed over 3 times on base mixes that could not even be tinted properly.
that among other things that were not in my control.
but its all being handled and he is not the only person we've done work for. there are plenty of satisfied customers with our work so no need to generalize.

[dangerous_sep]

He isn't the only one watching how you handle this situation Israel.
Please keep us posted...

i understand trust me im not some clown running taking folks money he knows this and so do several other members that have both met me and ive done work for.

Thats why you should have a mixing system in your shop and make your own colors.

wish i could believe me but when your independent theres tons of other cost.

[Mark Preus]

what a nice thing for you to say about me considering you've never seen any of my work.

Not only have I seen your work ive been asked to re-do some of your work. And im not talking about the recent stuff. It was about a yr ago

[Coupe81]

Not only have I seen your work ive been asked to re-do some of your work. And im not talking about the recent stuff. It was about a yr ago

[fastfullsize]

I am an independent shop owner and we have a mixing system. It is a must have for any high volume collision repair shop.

[Hay Burner]

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wish i could believe me but when your independent theres tons of other cost.

You're kidding right?

[mikeb]

A quality gun will go a long way to helping your metalics lay down even. My metalic gun runs about $600. Good guns arn't cheap and likely not worth it if you are doing just one car. I use an Iwata lph400 1.3 with the purple cap. It works great with flakes. For the candy I use lph400 1.4 with silver cap or ls400 1.4 you can stripe it with the candy really quick if your gun has an uneven pattern.
Thats just a little to think about. You also have to worry about trash, temp, ventilation, are you going to seal it, speed of product(dry time), speed and distance of gun from panel, clear gun, etc...

What color and are you sure your body work is spot on?

I've had pretty good results with metallics with a $60 harbor freight gun. Every screw up i have is a result of my technique/inexperience far more than the gun i'm using. The gun is only as good as the painter that is using it. I'm still learning so a world class paint gun is of no use to me right now - i can't take full advantage of it.

Focus on the basics like you said - trash, temp, ventilation, and technique. Once you get some skills then IMO the quality of the gun comes more into play.

[Shaggin Wagon]

One of the biggest things I learned spraying in a garage is, when you are spraying at night or in the evening, hang a peice of 1 1/2 or 2 in tape from each of the lights to catch the bugs flying around. Then it is fun to see what you caught the next day lol.