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Forced to get an inexpensive paint job



If you want to do real cheap, do what I did... borrow an air compressor,
buy/borrow a spray gun, buy a roll of masking tape and two pints of your
favorite tremclad rust paint (not the spray bombs). if you're down to bare
metal, wipe the car down and away you go...  Just remember the cleaner the
car to start the better the paint sticks.

I've painted my roc three times, I'm getting better ... hehehe.

Hey come on, it's a daily driver not a concours vechile!

Jason Adams
Fahrvergnugen Forever! ;)
84 rocco 16v (Flat black Tremclad, paint job #3)
93 320i
98 Z71

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Jung" <palace_master@yahoo.com>
To: "Ken Bates" <indiana_red@hotmail.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 10:33 AM
Subject: Re: Forced to get an inexpensive paint job


> I had a cheap paint job done at Maaco on my mk.2 last
> month.  I am really surprised at how well it came out;
> however , I did all the prep and bodywork myself.
> When you get their cheaper jobs, you can only choose
> from a selection of colours on their colour board.
> The silver I chose is more like flash silver, than the
> zermatt silver that should be on my car.  Have a look
> at the pictures, although, the yahoo pictures are hard
> to make out.  I think I paid about $400 Canadian for
> the job.  By the way, they used catalyzed enamel
> without clear coat.  If you pay more, they'll do clear
> coat in any colout, but that was somewhere between
> 1000 and 2000 dollars.
> <http://ca.photos.yahoo.com/bc/palace_master/lst?.dir=/car&.view=t>
> BTW, the Mk.1 isn't mine.  The guy at the gas station
> wants $1200 CDN with emissions testing included.
>
> Chris J.
> '83 Scirocco GT
>
> --- Ken Bates <indiana_red@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > It pains me to even put this down on "paper"
> > I just cant get together the money for a decent (not
> > trailer queen) body
> > shop paint job. Around 2K I was figuring.  This car
> > will be a daily driver
> > and it is down to the bare metal now per the advice
> > of a shop that I was
> > taking with several months ago.  Has been for a
> > while.  I am about to take
> > it to one of the "chain" paint shops (I wont mention
> > any names).  I hate
> > doing this but I have to get this thing painted.
> > Since all the
> > glass/trim/bumpers etc is off I figure that reduces
> > my chance at the over
> > spray/masking type flaws that are more likely w/ a
> > cheap shop.    What do
> > you all think.  I am a little bit desperate here.
> > Or I would be doing this.
> > I am not a perfectionist and I am expecting to be a
> > bit dissapointed with
> > the results, but I just dont know.  Can anyone out
> > there sympathize and give
> > me a "I did this and it wasnt TOO bad...there
> > there..."
> > My car deserves better I know.   I fully intend to
> > do it right, later when I
> > can pay the rest of my bills each month w/o have to
> > rob the grocery budget.
> >
> > Ken
> > '79 Scirocco 16v project "McFly"
> > "...it's working...It's Working...!!"
> > '86 16v carcass (organ donor)
> > VORTEX:  "Indiana Red"
> >
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