Terry, what about a repaint of a white Westy? Does cheaper white paint
last any better?

Mark
82 White Westy, needs paint

"Terry K." wrote:
>
> "I remember it this way---
>
> I'll paint any car any color--$29.95
>
> In at nine out by five---
>
> Won't chip fade peel or crack"---
>
> The Uncle Earl way----what a joke---
>
> The price of the repair work, along with refinishing depends on how high
> of quality you demand---
>
> Paint the van with straight enamel ----cheapest ( zero color retention )
>
> Paint the van with acrylic enamel---better, but figure on a couple of
> years on the fading routine
>
> Paint the Van with a modified enamel / urethane real good color
> retention, and figure on 5 to 7 years of good color hold out.
>
> Paint the van with a full blown urethane----figure on going through 2 or
> 3 engines before the color goes bye, bye.
>
> Don't sand blast the Van, much too aggressive--try some sort of media
> blasting, with crushed walnuts or some other gentler to the metal type
> product.
>
> This will make for less surface prep on the other end---
>
> One last thought---be sure to have the shop wherever you take the
> vehicle in question to be refinished, lay a coat of self etching primer,
> over the area to be painted, and then another coat of filling primer
> over that----this will guarantee all the older paint, and rust is sealed
> off good.
>
> Now the price---lower 1/4th of the van-----
>
> So your talking about from the body line just above the wheels--all the
> way around or the line above the door handles?
>
> If it's above the door handles--your a little short on the denaro's
> --just above the wheels--maybe $900.00.
>
> Tough call----
>
> Later,
>
> Terry
>
> " The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of the
> good deal is gone"---