Two years ago, I decided to undertake a year long shot at body work then paint in my 20 by 24 garage. I am still having hammer and dolly dreams, once the body was straight, there was no doubt it was getting shiny urethane. It made no sense to me to go otherwise, stripping it down to bare metal and fixing dents is real work and friggen went on seems like forever too. Clear coating rusty patina is just plain lazy, I'm sorry.
Body work is worse than going to the dentist right after an IRS audit. The people who do it are worth every penny. But still charge too much.
I don't mind the weld patch work. That is kind of fun. But off dolly, on dolly, planishing, discing, sanding with 8 different grits, guide coat, primer filler, regular primer, epoxy primer, single stage, BC/CC, wet sand, polish...............I've had it with all that. I can't do it. What I think is smooth is actually crappy rough. I can't pay $15K so I go with this nice guy, good guy. Lots of body work and single stage PPG Omni. $4000. Pretty cheap.............................I got what I paid for.
I am bailing out, whatever is on the next truck when all else is ready for sale, I will call it patina. It's a good word for "paint it yourself". I'm sick of it I tell ya. Like SS says, it never gets done. The supplies cost a fortune. Dust everywhere. Serious lung problems. Block this, block that. What the [censored].
