brandon dingwell
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tell them you dont write estimates on insurance jobs until the car is in the shop
i think i would have bagged that one a little different :whistle:
5 hours :ohmy: I would never spend 5 hours on a detail job unless I was getting paid good money for it. 1/2 hour to 1 hour at the most to vacuum, wipe down the interior, clean the windows, wash the outside and spray some tire shine on. and with that most customers are so happy they cant stop thanking you enough that their car is clean.
5 hours is a $300 detail job. dont waste your time doing that on a collision repair[b]BondoKing wrote:[/b]
[quote]Do tell where you get all the dog food bags 😛Jimmo, you made me tired watching how you spread filler :unsure: little swipes all the time :pcorn: .. you need some time with me or ole bondoM :evil:[/quote]
His wife said the same thing :exci to many short strokes :rofl :rofl :rofl :roflCustomer was extremely happy. She even called me back today after she looked it over really good just to say thanks again. those are the kinda calls you like to get
[b]BondoKing wrote:[/b]
[quote]NO I always include the sand and buff since i get trash like I do.. If I could keep it clean I would not sweat buffing it, but you already know the gig there :blink:The engine bay is only going to get 1 coat of clear.. and trust me I know first hand thats more than the factory does 😉 ..
Jambs are getting 2 coats
Exterior is getting 3 coats ( only to ensure enough mils after the buff )
have ran the idea thru my head of 1 coating the jambs,. but I have never done that.. well I have never 1 coated anything but then again Im not doing a muscle car either 😛
Wonder what ole Bondo would do :exci :rofl[/quote]
Bondo would use his 1k lacquer cut in clear on the jambs :rofl
you can drive the car up here and use my booth if you want. wont have to worry about buffing it then 😉Go easy with that grinder :blink: you should have covered up the window but i dont see a wiper blade so the sparks shouldnt do any more damage than a bare wiper arm scraping across it :rofl
I was gonna send you a wheel cover but i didnt have a good one :whistle:
Cool,
A true 101 controversy. JC has a great point. true coverage is true coverage. But you can get a good match with gray shade undercoats and save materials in doing so. It’s not only dupont that doing it either. Just about every paint company has come out with grey scale primers. Getting a good color match is sometimes more about illusion than having the exact color. thats why we blend. to step out the diff in color so it wont be noticeable. Stepping out a blend on a transparent color is not going to change the shade any more than using a color with good coverage.
Three stage paints look different with more coats of mid coat over them yet you can blend out a three stage color and without having it noticeable. so transparent yellow or reds or any other color that can be affected by the ground coat color can be blended out just fine without affecting the final color matchGround coats are important when matching oem paint as well. Some of those transparent colors are not sprayed to true hiding by the manufacturer. they rely on the ground coat color for coverage and when doing a repair if you dont use the same shade ground coat your color wont match. Completely understand what you are saying about true hiding JC but with some of these colors true hiding will create a mismatch when trying to match that oem paint.
In BK’s case since he is doing a complete and not trying to match anything it wont matter so much. if he keeps track of what he uses he can repair it simply enough in the futureBurn it 😛 . didnt your kid used to put that stuff on. he should know how to get it off :whistle:
this is what happens when bondo has too much beer :wak :wak :wak
martin senour 15410 clear.
just put up a sign that says you charge say $20 per estimate and that amount will be credited to the repair. you dont really have to charge for the estimates. the sign itself will get rid of a lot of people that arent really serious
[b]jimmo wrote:[/b]
[quote]Not to shabby ding. I didn’t remember your booth looking that nice.[/quote]
had the kid clean it and put new filters in a few weeks ago 😉