jackcarlson
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dam thats a nice looking mustang owner should be tickled what motor tranny combo does it have???
ta be honest i always pull the front cover but this one was one of those unique situations that i was afraid to!!! first time i have paited a cover on a car in yrs the thing that pissed me off is i had ta respray it cuz the color was so far off whats scary is that cover actully came out clean:blink: :blink: i just kinda tippy toed my way thru this one cuz of all the previous repair work seemed like the thing to do in this particular case:evil: 👿
see im no hack i did have the plate off:P 😛 😛
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its amazing the diff between the alt 2 an std huh:blink: :blink:
[img]http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s151/jackcarlson1965/DSCN1345.jpg[/img]actually i did take the lic plate off an i did tape off the lights an painted the cover on the car i was afraid to pull it as it mighta cracked worse i learned this trick watching jimmos training vids:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
btw 200 does sound a little more reasonable dont it:) an sides ya need ta stock up a little on his nickle ive found alot of guys like that are more than willing ta buy the materials an its fun to see the look on their faces when they bring that box in an go ya wouldnt believe what that stuff cost me:blink: :blink: but they never associate that cost with what your charging em:laugh: :laugh: trust me plus some of those guys will write alot of that stuff of thru their buissness any way just somthing ive learned over the yrs;)
ya could tell him 150 an he buys the paint an materials that way it ends up around 250 then he still thinks he is getting it for 150;) most guys ya send em to the paint store with a list they never associate the paint cost with you plus make him by the mud to he will have 300 into that fender an still think it cost him 150 or 200 👿
well one thing i have found is if i take somthing on like that at that price is it about gaurantees something else thats a moneymaker will come thru the doors sides you should be able ta bang that dude out an have her in primer in a day hope ya got a good sandblaster though that would help it go alot faster besides 150 is still 150$$ an it looks better in your pocket than the owners huhB) B)
bondo im gonna tell ya something that my uncle tom told me an it was dam good advice “dont buy your work” trust me their is allot work out their unless this guy can really do somthing for ya that you need 😉 like work on the house your better off spending the time making mama happy till that job comes along this can be alota fun but ive been down the same road to its your time dont under price it just cuz he is a freind mabey your can swap with him but let him know your doing him a HUGE favor:evil: i wouldnt touch that fender for less than 500$$ but for some of my customers i might doit for 250 depending on who they are an how much ins work they send my way or trade it out with him an be heartless just remember your time is more valuable than his. ol bondo dont horsetrade much. but when i do i make it WORTH my while why shouldnt you???? after all its only money ya gotta set the pace for yourself an it trust me after seeing your mustang you can pic an chose anything ya wanna do BUT taking that fender on for 150 is going ta bite you in the ass an you know it an i know it your time is worth more than that that guy is gonna want more an geuss what he will ask so better to soften him up now than later as uncle tom said “dont buy your work”course he also said “if ya cant use the broom ya cant use the shop!!”i kinda miss the ol fart he passed away a couple yrs ago at the age of 59 kinda a long sad story but some of the advice the guy gave me lives on he used ta tell me an my brothers we thought a grease gun was a medieval torture device to funney bas turd he was but one smart one to he was a licensed surveyor an had his own buissness for yrs but he understood how the cookie crumbled i hope this helps bondo im sure you can bang that fender out for 150 but just remember not everybody can do this stuff so why not charge em ya owe that to the customer an you are worth every penny of it go easy as you can but make it worth your while hope i didnt bore ya guys ta death with my windy post beer #6 crack ssssssssssssssssglug glug glug:unsure: i sure do miss my uncle he died way before his time:(
if ya doit to cheap he is gonna expect the rest of the car to be restored for cheap to
looks like a 46 ford fender have fun;)
3 down how many ta go???? ive got 8 an have never regreted a single one kids keep ya young
congrats on the new daughter bondokingB) B) B)
with my gun set up right i can really bang my base on to if ya guys were wondering how i can bang one coat of base after another its the gun setup not that im not honoring my flash times i aways let my base flash dull before i put on another coat but when they are thin coats ya just can dam near bank on it flashing within a min ta min an a half in my system especially mettalliics an thats with a med reducer
hey jc that an excellent link on how ta set up your gun now if more painters would learn ta do it its amazing what you can do to a gun by dialing it in running every thing wide open makes ya a slave to the gun adjusting it puts the painter back in control as far as sweet spots go a guy should track exactly what psi and the fluid adjustment plus your distance whaen ya really hit it !!! it really helped me out when i broke my ol cheater valve habit:evil: 👿 now i track every thing i do an rarely run into trouble plus its amazing how much less dirt ya get in a job when your putting down thin wet coats of base plus a guys met control goes oughta siteB) B) also i think the job goes together faster to!! but try to tell some of us older painters that you can lay it on faster with the fluid turned in on a gun with a 1.2 or 3 fluid tip a youll just draw a blank stare like your smoking crack:lol: 😆 😆 the only thing i really push alota guys on not to do is crank that fan in that really takes 2 much air away from the air horns an we need all the volume their we can get ta bust up these new products id rather back the air down to the gun
what did ya do ta ducky!!!:blink: :blink: :blink: