Can you please take me to school on painting a project
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2015 12:10 pm
Good morning, and thanks in advance for the coaching. I am looking at an Elan which would be my first fiberglass bodied car, and since it is stripped down to the gel coat she'll need a fair amount of work to be back on the road. I am OK with a MIG welder and have prepped a couple TRs for paint (driver quality) but am pretty sure welding skills won't help me on the body of an Elan (ha).
There are paint and restoration shops all around me in SoCal that are familiar with Corvettes and VW conversions, so in theory I could thrown money (once I find money to throw that is) at it but I was hoping to learn what I should be expecting as a ballpark cost to get a good (but not show) paint job done and how I can put sweat and effort of my own to make that a quality and less expensive job. My intention is to use the car for touring events up/down the West coast and she'll all the bumps and bruises that go along with that, so presentable but not to a point where I want to think twice about using her is the goal.
Thanks for suffering through a long post!
There are paint and restoration shops all around me in SoCal that are familiar with Corvettes and VW conversions, so in theory I could thrown money (once I find money to throw that is) at it but I was hoping to learn what I should be expecting as a ballpark cost to get a good (but not show) paint job done and how I can put sweat and effort of my own to make that a quality and less expensive job. My intention is to use the car for touring events up/down the West coast and she'll all the bumps and bruises that go along with that, so presentable but not to a point where I want to think twice about using her is the goal.
Thanks for suffering through a long post!