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Subject:Re: How hard is it to get all the doors off? Is it worth doing to paint them?
From:John Carpenter
Date:Sat, 9 Jul 2005 16:28:23 EDT

In a message dated 7/9/2005 9:28:44 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
gronski@GMAIL.COM writes:

I'm  bringing my van in for painting Monday and I was thinking of
taking the  doors off to make it easier to paint them (on both sides),
How hard is it  to remove the doors? The only think it looks like I
have to worry aout are  the front speakers and the rear defrost (I
don't have power locks or power  windows).

Chris

Hi Chris,
The doors do have to be off to properly paint the front door jamb.
That said, If you're doing the same color, don't bother! (ei...don't B anal
retentive!)
Also, paint never goes down the same way twice!
The batch, the mix, how it's thinned, the humidity....on &  on
Make sure it's all coated at once.
John C...