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  • Ben Hart
    February 10, 2011 at 4:06 am #28274

    So, the painter quit last week. Now there are just us 2 bodymen in the shop. We have been slow, so we decided instead of hiring a painter we would both just prep and paint our own jobs. I haven’t used these Sikkens products before (autowave) so today I tester it out…

    had a door I repaired on a 2010 Silverado and replaced the fender. repaired and Primed it yesterday…
    [img]http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/180743_10150151769555033_723495032_8389663_132833_n.jpg[/img]
    [img]http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/181722_10150151769505033_723495032_8389660_253289_n.jpg[/img]

    also cleaned up an ugly used tailgate…
    [img]http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/180111_10150151770325033_723495032_8389676_510561_n.jpg[/img]

    Loaded up the booth (bumper and fender for a Camry, black…tailgate, white…repaired door and new fender, silver). It was easier to take the door off the truck, that way I could do it all in one batch and not have to move vehicles around.
    [img]http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/180967_10150151770350033_723495032_8389677_1818688_n.jpg[/img]

    And the finished product:
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    [img]http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/168726_10150151769525033_723495032_8389661_2788468_n.jpg[/img]

    All in all it came out well…always room for improvement though. Now I just need to get use to the product a little more a get a better “flow” to my work :cheers

    brandon dingwell
    February 10, 2011 at 4:29 am #28275

    Hell if Benny can spray autowave I’m sure I can too :cheers

    Stone
    February 10, 2011 at 5:09 am #28276

    don’t be scared … painting is the easy part of a job :whistle:

    Han Kim
    February 10, 2011 at 5:13 am #28277

    Nice job! Yeah, the painting is the easy part…

    don prcotor
    February 10, 2011 at 6:05 am #28282

    Nice work ben. I see the old comp. Let you keep your snazy blue suit.

    Lloyd
    February 10, 2011 at 6:11 am #28283

    Gentlemen, I think that man might be a pro.

    ABDUL CHATILA
    February 10, 2011 at 7:12 am #28287

    Looks good Ben :rock

    WEIDERMAN MOTORSPORTS
    February 10, 2011 at 7:15 pm #28302

    Looks good Ben :dnc

    Andy Taylor
    February 10, 2011 at 10:48 pm #28307

    Great stuff.

    I’m guessing you’ve got a real good airflow in the booth, otherwise you’d be risking colour transfer between the panels. Certainly makes the most of the booth doing multiple jobs like that :rock

    MoCoke
    February 11, 2011 at 2:08 am #28315

    looks great Ben! :cheers soon the manager will realize the shops better off having combo techs

    darren
    February 11, 2011 at 6:52 am #28348

    nice work ben..

    Ben Hart
    February 11, 2011 at 7:06 am #28353

    [quote=”Andy T” post=18217]Great stuff.

    I’m guessing you’ve got a real good airflow in the booth, otherwise you’d be risking colour transfer between the panels. Certainly makes the most of the booth doing multiple jobs like that :rock[/quote]

    Yep. I did some more jobs today, a couple white and a dk metallic blue all close to eachother. Had to hold my breath when I was spraying the edges, the overspray was getting pretty close to the other parts, but nothing landed on the other parts! The booth is old and well used, but functions just fine.

    Thanks for the comments everyone! :cheers

    nick
    February 11, 2011 at 2:20 pm #28360

    very nice work

    we also paint different colors in the booth on occasion, big time saver, and that what our game is all about selling time.

    darren
    February 12, 2011 at 1:26 am #28371

    just out of curiosity has the intake filter ever been changed it that booth? thought they were white:whistle:

    brandon dingwell
    February 12, 2011 at 2:23 am #28372

    [quote=”painter123″ post=18266]just out of curiosity has the intake filter ever been changed it that booth? thought they were white:whistle:[/quote]
    :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl

    Dont blame poor Benny. The painter just left and he hasnt had time to Spruce it up brokeback style yet :whistle:

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