Re: Another paint question

["Steve Bradley" <scscomp@mindspring.com>]

Sonny,

It depends. Paint can be $15 a quart up to $70 a quart. Do you want the
fender matched to your existing paint? If so, there would be extra labor for
the matching.

Unless you are an expert at using a spray bomb, the shop would still want to
wet sand the fender to get a uniform substrate, probably removing the
majority of the primer you've already put on.

Once they had wet sanded, they might find imperfections that may need to be
repaired before the primer went on.

Just to prime it and shoot it shouldn't be over $200. You might not be happy
with the results if you did this though. To do it right would probably be
$300 to $400.

I wouldn't try painting it myself unless I knew how and had a paint booth.

Steve B.

-----Original Message-----
From: Sonny8oy <Sonny8oy@aol.com>
To: type3@vwtype3.org <type3@vwtype3.org>
Date: Thursday, May 21, 1998 3:57 AM
Subject: Another paint question


>how much should i expect to pay if i took a fender that is totally prepared
>for painting - but still needs a couple of coats of primer first?
>
>would there be a reaction between the aerosol primer that i'll be using to
>temporarily cover it up and the new primer?
>
>and would i be best (i.e. cheaper) buying the paint myself at a paint shop?
>
>thanks
>
>sonny
>