| [GMCnet] How to get free paint for that GMC shop [message #341082] |
Sat, 16 February 2019 17:20  |
BobDunahugh
Messages: 2465
Registered: October 2010
Location: Cedar Rapids, IA
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So you've built your dream of a lifetime shop/garage for your GMC. The project started off simple. You had made a budget. Then you started to think of items to add. Must have lots of lighting. Touch plate controlled of course. Central heat, and A/C. How about an air filtration system to keep the GMC interior clean for Linda of coarse. Water, sink, water heater would be nice for Linda. Again of courses. You know. Keeps the dirty hands out of a house sink. With water around. A strip floor drain is a must. Wouldn't want to track water in on Linda's clean floors. Right. Since the ceiling is 13 ft tall. A car hoist is a must. As the hoist will reduce the work time. That way I can spend more time with Linda. Well. The side facing the house is sure going to be boring for Linda to look at. How about a big decorative window above the door. Be great if Linda could see that pretty window after sun down. I must now hang a chandelier inside from the ceiling. Now I foresee another problem. Where the walls meet the ceiling is now boring. I must now put in crown molding at the ceiling for Linda to see. ( Just think about all the things that we do for our souses.) So now we're down to paying the $200 for the paint inside. So I went to a place that does interior painting. They have to have left over paint from jobs. I asked if they had some paint left over from jobs that they needed to get rid of. YES. How much do you need. I picked out colors that I thought would make a nice badge. Picked up a 5 gal container with a lid. Then dumped them all together. Love the color. Still didn't get the shop back on budget though. Bob Dunahugh
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| Re: [GMCnet] How to get free paint for that GMC shop [message #341085 is a reply to message #341082] |
Sat, 16 February 2019 18:58  |
Ken Burton
Messages: 10030
Registered: January 2004
Location: Hebron, Indiana
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Several years ago I took my 11,000 GVW 4 wheel trailer to a local guy to have it sand blasted. He had the equipment to pick it up and rotate in any manner while blasting it. He asked what color paint I wanted on it when he was done. I said any color yellow, I do not care. When I picked it up it was yellow and he there was 3 gallons of extra paint. He said he mixed up a bunch of yellow that he had around and that was the left over from other jobs. Please take it home. Total cost was $350 for the sand blasting a cold galvanize primer, black wheels, yellow paint, and 3 gallows of extra touch up paint.
Never try to color match it as it is a mixture of several left over brands of yellow. His company normally paints farm vehicles, bridges, water towers, grain silos, farm buildings, anything comes along.
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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