I'm the opposite. I'll take body work over paint any day. I just replaced some rust on my 95 civic with some nicely home made panels. Cutting and welding the stuff in wasn't bad, and the putty application and sanding I could take, but when it came to the paint gun I wanted to scream. My body work looked fine under the paint, but paint job looked like crap I ran it, I had the garage open which blew all kinds of dust on the wet paint. I had to do it three times before it looked decent. My 2 day project took 4 days and I didn't get to work on my truck like I wanted.
I hate painting. but I'll do it my self rather than pay someone else.
