Spray booth time for base and clearcoat - Brissy Northside

psimitar Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,506 posts · joined Jan 2009 · 20 Feb 2016, 10:25 pm

#1023905

I was just wondering if anyone knows an automotive painter on Brissy Northside that is willing to shoot the base and clear coats of a fully block sanded Bug?
Also at a reasonable cost not over $1k, more like $500-600 for the booth time it takes, if I'm supplying all materials and help with the masking.

Pm me if you know anyone.

Cheers,
Mike

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helbus Administrator Mad fabricator, paint and body

7,386 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 21 Feb 2016, 5:29 pm

#1023935

Booth hire is normally $500, so the painter who is "shooting" the paint will want something to make it worthwhile. You will have to think in the $1K range minimum.

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psimitar Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,506 posts · joined Jan 2009 · 21 Feb 2016, 9:40 pm

#1023946

helbus wrote:Booth hire is normally $500, so the painter who is "shooting" the paint will want something to make it worthwhile. You will have to think in the $1K range minimum.

I used to do this when I were a lot younger and for the time it takes to spray and bake the base and then clear makes it no more than a $1K all up, especially if I'm helping.

Also, $1K is the most I can afford as been out of work with chronic back pain for over a year and the government are no help what so ever in helping you get better to return to work.

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adlbeetle66 Under the car.........again!

1,476 posts · joined Aug 2014 · 22 Feb 2016, 6:53 am

#1023957

I had a mate at the Sunshine Coast who had it Dat 1200 ute painted for $400. Great job. He supplied all materials and masking, the painter just painted !

bushed Wolfsburg Elder

3,541 posts · joined Dec 2006 · 29 Aug 2016, 10:47 am

#1029485

Dattos 1200 are mini cars, so mini cost
hows the back Mike?

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psimitar Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,506 posts · joined Jan 2009 · 29 Aug 2016, 10:53 am

#1029487

bushed wrote:Dattos 1200 are mini cars
hows the back Mike?

The backs OK mate. Getting better. Now the Oval's finished I'll have more time to work on my health and fitness 🙂

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bushed Wolfsburg Elder

3,541 posts · joined Dec 2006 · 29 Aug 2016, 12:01 pm

#1029490

If you ever go to Gympie let me know
the chiroman there
a science teacher is a miracle worker ...mostly one treatment...I used to drive 100kms to get healed.
teaches some prevention and self help too.

want any vw bits old but like me, Made in Germany!!!

psimitar Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,506 posts · joined Jan 2009 · 29 Aug 2016, 12:28 pm

#1029491

bushed wrote:If you ever go to Gympie let me know
the chiroman there
a science teacher is a miracle worker ...mostly one treatment...I used to drive 100kms to get healed.
teaches some prevention and self help too.

I'm moving down to Melbourne in a few weeks Bernie but thanks for the info.
Chiro isn't quite so good for me due to the damage I have but exercise is the main thing to help with my injuries.

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tonytyga Casual Dubber

30 posts · joined Aug 2016 · 17 Oct 2016, 7:30 pm

#1030822

Hi Mate ,

maybe im too late with my reply but I recently got quoted $200 a day to use a booth in North Brissy

Tony

psimitar Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,506 posts · joined Jan 2009 · 17 Oct 2016, 10:02 pm

#1030824

tonytyga wrote:Hi Mate ,

maybe im too late with my reply but I recently got quoted $200 a day to use a booth in North Brissy

Tony

Wow, that's pretty good. If you end up using it yourself just make sure the lighting inside is good. Otherwise you struggle to see the wet edge and run into problems 🙂

As for me, I finished the paintwork back in March but thanks anyhow 🙂

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tonytyga Casual Dubber

30 posts · joined Aug 2016 · 19 Oct 2016, 8:31 pm

#1030866

Thanks yeah, i will check it out in more detail ...........to be honest ....Im not really confident to spray the car myself but i will give it a go if i have too !
Currently looking at estimates of a pro job .

psimitar Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,506 posts · joined Jan 2009 · 19 Oct 2016, 9:53 pm

#1030871

tonytyga wrote:Thanks yeah, i will check it out in more detail ...........to be honest ....Im not really confident to spray the car myself but i will give it a go if i have too !
Currently looking at estimates of a pro job .

The money is all in the prep mate and that's the easy part. So long as you have a good feel for undulations in bodywork. You can buy a pretty good set of sanding blocks on Ebay and so long as you coat bare metal and bondo in an epoxy primer, to protect from moisture, then it's just sanding.

I found a guy in Oxley that would do the spraying for $800 but his booth wasn't heated. Still shows you that you can just get the base n clear sprayed without shelling out a small fortune on the prep work cos the paint guys know this is where the money is. Base and clear takes little more than an arvo to lay down with a heated booth.

Things like masking can take a full day and that's $1000 if they charge at the normal hourly rate. $1000 for masking up?!?!?!?!?!? 🤪

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tonytyga Casual Dubber

30 posts · joined Aug 2016 · 21 Oct 2016, 3:18 pm

#1030929

Im cool with the prep work mate ....done a fair bit of diy over the years ..my problem is .... im working in a single garage in an integral unit so neighbours may object if i start gasing them out with 2 pac toxins !

Body shops wont warranty apparantly unless they prep (so ive been told )

The booth in Nundah is available but ive never laid 2 pac down and i want a good job on my 60 bug daily driver .

More contacts are now coming up through the forum so ill make an informed decision when the quotes come in !

psimitar Son of Jim - Creator of Good

2,506 posts · joined Jan 2009 · 22 Oct 2016, 10:34 pm

#1030960

tonytyga wrote:Body shops wont warranty apparantly unless they prep (so ive been told )

Blah blah blah. That's just an excuse cos they can do a cash in hand job plus if it's all the same paint system and the primers degreased then any base and clear adhesion problem is down to them. Anyway, they bug me.

I did find a guy in Warner with his own booth. Found him on Gumtree along with the dude in Oxley.

Good luck and shame about your garage. Still, as I said you need really good lighting. The colour is pretty easy to apply as you can see the wet edge against the primer. The clear is much harder to see if the lighting isn't good. 🙂

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