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Cake day: June 23rd, 2023

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  • I’ve done body work and painting, and trying to do it the “right way” is a black art of the highest order. My hat is off to people that master this, I definitely have not.

    And yes, you will not find good products at the usual suspects. You have to find an actual automotive paint supply and convince them to sell to you. And it is not cheap. If it’s cheap, it’s not good. The materials alone to do a complete car will be almost $1000 between filler,masking, sanding materials, primer, paint, clear and hardener.

    And then all this has to be done with a good paint gun, in a dust-free environment, after you burn through a bunch of practice material. I’m not saying a paint job needs to be $10,000 like some of the shops want to charge, but it isn’t peanuts to DIY and you better have some pretty good native talent at it.