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Offline Geomac901

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Respray prep?
« on: February 11, 2015, 07:13:30 pm »
Has anyone here did their own respray? And if so how much work is involved?

My paint work is shocking to the extent that the bonnet and the front bumper are peeling but also it's got runs and the paint depth is all over the place on the whole car not to mention the normal dings on the doors. I'd like to do all the prep work so all my painter has to do is paint. Hoping to keep costs down on a full respray. Any advice and help would be amazing.

George
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Re: Respray prep?
« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2015, 07:47:13 pm »
If your asking your not ready.

We wouldn't dream of painting anything the customer had prept.
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Re: Respray prep?
« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2015, 08:06:27 pm »
Thanks for the reply. I thought it was a long shot prepping myself. I'll get a quote for garage to do it properly.
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Re: Respray prep?
« Reply #3 on: February 11, 2015, 08:44:34 pm »
The preps the important bit,

The spraying is the easy bit
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Re: Respray prep?
« Reply #4 on: February 11, 2015, 09:00:44 pm »
@cuprajake how much would you charge for painting the rear valance and side skirts? Its a Gti bumper btw
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Re: Respray prep?
« Reply #5 on: February 11, 2015, 09:18:26 pm »
Hi,

Take it there factory texture ?

The rear bumper 140 and the skirts 100

That inc high build primer to smooth then paint obviously
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Re: Respray prep?
« Reply #6 on: February 11, 2015, 09:29:13 pm »
Thanks Jake. I'll be in touch in the future. I'm deciding if I want the full valance painted or to maybe leave the exhaust section satin black to break it up a bit and also an edition 30 front lip.
Some excellent work I've seen of yours from here  :happy2: