Painted engine cover, a few repainted panels, and a bike

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xtremekustomz

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All done in my garage.



2011 Camaro SS engine cover



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Repainted panels



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Removed vinyl decal under clearcoat and repainted.



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Just what the heck do you think you're doing turning out respray work without the customary buffer trails, sanding scratches and holograms?!? Trying to put detailers out of business?!? You're going to tarnish the image that took body men generations to cultivate! Of all the moive... :nono:



Really, really nice work! :thumb:



TL
 
Not bad, but I've got a couple of questions:



1) Why didn't you remove the tail light instead of masking around it?



2) Is there some reason you stopped painting half way up the C pillar on that car instead of working the whole panel? A clear coat blend in mid-panel is never going to last....
 
I had a feeling someone would mention the tail light LOL It was taken out and scuffed behind and I had to drive the car the day before to go get the paint scanned and during the taping process I might have gotten a little lazy. And the whole panel on that car includes both rear quarter panels and the top of the car. I've blended clear many times with no issues. Not to mention painting in my garage I get a good bit of trash. I moved down here to Florida last year and no one around here will allow me to rent a booth from them like the ones would back home which sucks but oh well. My uncle is kinda cheap when it comes to this stuff. I repainted the bumper, hood, front fender and rear quarter panel. I got $500 out of the deal (which included all materials which were Dupont) and on top of that I repolished the whole car. I've probably got 5 hours in sanding trash out and buffing. So when you do the math he got a hell of a deal. I know alot of body shops that do work that looks nowhere near as good as what I did for him. Once again this is a hobby of mine. Not my fulltime job.





C. Charles Hahn said:
Not bad, but I've got a couple of questions:



1) Why didn't you remove the tail light instead of masking around it?



2) Is there some reason you stopped painting half way up the C pillar on that car instead of working the whole panel? A clear coat blend in mid-panel is never going to last....
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xtremekustomz said:
I had a feeling someone would mention the tail light LOL It was taken out and scuffed behind and I had to drive the car the day before to go get the paint scanned and during the taping process I might have gotten a little lazy.
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So it was scuffed behind, and then you just left it that way because you didn't feel like removing the light?



And the whole panel on that car includes both rear quarter panels and the top of the car. I've blended clear many times with no issues. Not to mention painting in my garage I get a good bit of trash.
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Umm... so there's no panel break at the deck lid, or a seam between the quarter panel/pillar surround/A-pillar and the roof skin, or at the rear bumper cover?



Sure, you can successfully blend clear and have it look fine at first, but over time the blend line will start to show if it's buffed on or sanded in the future. It doesn't really take that much extra work to prep the rest of that continuous panel and paint it, so IMHO it makes no sense to leave the job only half finished.



I can understand being on a budget but even in the case of those jobs it doesn't take that much longer to be thorough and produce a repair you know will last.



Sorry, that's just my $0.02; If your customers are happy, I guess that's all that ultimately matters.
 
Nope. It is all one piece. It goes from the left quarter panel into the top of the car into the right quarter panel so all of it would have to be repainted. This is the best picture I have of what I'm talking about.

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C. Charles Hahn said:
Umm... so there's no panel break at the deck lid, or a seam between the quarter panel/pillar surround/A-pillar and the roof skin, or at the rear bumper cover?



Sure, you can successfully blend clear and have it look fine at first, but over time the blend line will start to show if it's buffed on or sanded in the future. It doesn't really take that much extra work to prep the rest of that continuous panel and paint it, so IMHO it makes no sense to leave the job only half finished.



I can understand being on a budget but even in the case of those jobs it doesn't take that much longer to be thorough and produce a repair you know will last.



Sorry, that's just my $0.02; If your customers are happy, I guess that's all that ultimately matters.
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Well, that makes the blend a little more understandable, even though I personally wouldn't be too happy with it. Love the color, for sure!
 
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