Post some PICS, hope they do a great job. 

I’ve had more experience using lacquer paints the “ newer” formulations. I used to really enjoy how lacquer jobs turned out, the more you shot on, the better it looked and hours of wet sanding was a must.
The water based paints seems totally alien to me!

Hope it turns out great, and in a timely fashion.  Nightmist is the original color of the Heap, beautiful color.  Bring it to the bash in September so we can all lean against it...LOL.
 

Bolted to Floor wrote:

Gotta love the smell of new paint. Will ya make weekly visits to check the progress?

Hope to

Nos681 wrote:

I suppose your workbench is gone too?😁

No, that's still here but buried.  I'm refreshing the sealer on the garage floor while I have the space to move all my stuff around

Bullet Bob wrote:

Hope it turns out great, and in a timely fashion.  Nightmist is the original color of the Heap, beautiful color.  Bring it to the bash in September so we can all lean against it...LOL.
 

Thanks Bob.  Don't know about the bash but I'll post pix when I get it back.

BobE wrote:

Just wondering, if I can ask, what does it cost to paint a complete car in Mitchell, SD?
 

He told me it would be around $15k, maybe less.  I'm lucky that it spent most of its life in Texas and doesn't have all the rust it would have if it had been up here for most of its life.  EDIT TO ADD:  There are 3 shops in the general area that do classic cars.  I've seen the work of 2 of them and the third has a great reputation but is about 50 miles away.  The fellow in town (I've seen his work and it's excellent) didn't want to do it because he was afraid it would need a lot of rust repair, which I could not persuade him otherwise.  The shop I'm using is about 20 miles away and has done a number of classics in the area.  I've seen his work too and it's also top-notch.

Last edited by John Ha (3/19/2025 9:20 AM)

Fresh paint is like getting a new car.  Looking forward to pictures

The shop is getting started on it.  They have stripped the doors and found 2 rust holes in the lower forward section (I had no idea they were there).  They're fixing those AND they were able to remove the crease I put in the door when I overdosed on my Stupid pills and backed into it with the Dodge. 

They have also gotten the fenders off.  The left one looks to be original - it has holes where the trim logo would normally go behind the front wheel well.  The right fender doesn't have those holes so it's apparently been replaced at some point.  They've found some rust around the edges of the cowl that are under the fender and they're going to fix that too.

I'm really impressed with their work.  The patches in the doors are completely invisible and fixed as they should be rather than mudding over them as was done in the previous paint job.  They're going to weld up the fender holes too (those were also mudded over).  They also found a ton of little dings in the rear valence, which they've fixed properly, and I saw that someone in the distant past (not me) was somewhat ... creative with the holes for the backup lights.  That's pretty crazy.

Last edited by John Ha (7/03/2025 3:52 PM)

It will be worth the wait.
I am excited to see it all shiny and sparkly. 😁

Exciting times!  I agree it looks like they are doing things right.

Kudos, nuttin like a fresh paint job. Hope all goes well with the painter.