| Paint shop - West Coast [message #347590] |
Mon, 09 September 2019 17:55  |
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ljdavick
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Registered: March 2007
Location: Fremont, CA
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Does anyone have good experience with a paint shop on the west coast? My wife is starting to think about making the coach pretty but I'm pretty sure it's out of our budget. Still I'd like to call to see what it might be.
I really like the later Palm Beach paint scheme and I'd certainly have the roof painted white.
I'd love to have Jim Bounds do his magic on the coach, but that's just too far to go.
Larry Davick
A Mystery Machine
1976(ish) Palm Beach
Fremont, Ca
Howell EFI + EBL + Electronic Dizzy
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| Re: Paint shop - West Coast [message #347609 is a reply to message #347590] |
Tue, 10 September 2019 08:01  |
jhbridges
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Registered: May 2011
Location: Braselton ga
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Around here the custom shops will get 6 - 10K depending the design. Painting isn't the problem.. several hundred in supplies and a day of the painter's booth time. Prep, however, is intensive and expensive. I had a deal with a local custom shop for time and supplies plus a percentage for profit, me to prep the coach as they wish and no guarantee the paint will stick. The option was several man - days of tech labor in prep. I swapped the coach for the ratrod toad and didn't paint.
We used to paint airplanes at The Aircraftsman in Elmore AL, the prep is even worse than a GMC. Time, time, time to prep one. The existing paint on an airplane has to come down to the aluminum to save weight before it's resprayed.
--johnny
Foolish Carriage, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
Braselton, Ga.
I forgive them all, save those who hurt the dogs. They must answer to me in hell
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| Re: Paint shop - West Coast [message #347610 is a reply to message #347590] |
Tue, 10 September 2019 08:08 |
JohnS
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Location: Vacaville, CA
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Strehle's Body Shop in Oakland, CA has done several GMCs, including my Stretch. Gary, the owner, used to be a GMC owner. I did not get a "take it down to bare metal" Bounds paint job, but it is still on there after 5 years and looks pretty good.
JohnS
John Shutzbaugh, Vacaville, CA, ncserv@aol.com;
78 Buskirk stretch, "What were we thinking?"
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| Re: Paint shop - West Coast [message #347613 is a reply to message #347590] |
Tue, 10 September 2019 08:31 |
jhbridges
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Registered: May 2011
Location: Braselton ga
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If the paint on it isn't peeling, you needn't take it to the metal and Fiberglas. If it's flaking or peeling it's gotta come off. The reason airplanes are stripped is to save the ten to forty pounds or so of old paint. Since painting changes the weight and balance, we weighed them and filed a 337.
Stripping is the best way but runs the price way up. Ask Bounds what he gets but realize he 'does it right', removes everything removable, corrects any leaks, strips and then paints. It ain't cheap but it will outlive the rest of the coach most likely. Let your pocket and your pride be your guide 
--johnny
Foolish Carriage, 76 26' Eleganza(?) with beaucoup mods and add - ons.
Braselton, Ga.
I forgive them all, save those who hurt the dogs. They must answer to me in hell
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| Re: Paint shop - West Coast [message #347690 is a reply to message #347590] |
Wed, 11 September 2019 16:06 |
bwevers
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Registered: October 2010
Location: San Jose
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I'm thinking that you can save money by going out of the San Francisco area.
And there are more choices for paint (less restrictions on VOC compliant urethane).
I bought a half-pint of silver base coat to fix a dent on my sons car, it was $80.
And then I had to buy the gloss clear coat and hardeners. With tax it was $250.
Bill Wevers GMC49ers, GMC Western States
1975 Glenbrook - Manny Powerdrive, OneTon
455 F Block, G heads
San Jose
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| Re: Paint shop - West Coast [message #347692 is a reply to message #347690] |
Wed, 11 September 2019 17:02 |
6cuda6
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Registered: June 2019
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Materials are crazy costly when it comes to paint and prep....when we were restoring cars it wasnt uncommon to see 4 to 5k in just materials alone....i'd be surprised if paint/prep etc wouldnt run about 8 to 10k to do one of these and that wouldnt be anything fancy or stripping the original finish.
Im actually thinking of wrapping mine instead as i think it will run a quarter of the cost but then again.....lol.
Rich Mondor,
Brockville, ON
77 Hughes 2600
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| Re: Paint shop - West Coast [message #347732 is a reply to message #347590] |
Thu, 12 September 2019 09:02 |
palerider
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Registered: September 2013
Location: Kingsland , Texas
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Good paint has been expensive on the left coast for years. We've had many cars brought into our area from the left coast for paint, because of that, and the labor costs. But it's even expensive here. I've had customers complain about the cost of material thinking I was gouging them so I began taking the customer with me to the paint store to show them. One flabbergasted customer thought we should get the paint and supplies delivered by armored car after paying an enormous tab
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