Dag Martinsson
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Hi Jim,
I am living in Kinshasa the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (former Zaire)
You actually find a lot of SUV here as the roads are so bad but of course there is a lot of wrecks rolling around too.
The Autobase is $65 for a liter and the clear is $50. The main problem is to find material, often they are out of stock and you have to buy some other brand and mix.For the Mazda I used some Chinese SS The Harley I use a Glasurit Etch and then a Sikkens Primer, Autobase plus and Autoclear HS Plus
Yes the metal guy is not to bad, exept he smokes some funny stuff…
when he is done with the Austin I will have him start on the P1800.yep, free beer no problem! 4 degrees and 19 minutes South and 15 degrees and 19 minutes East.
Hey Jimmo, when you done, could you come and help me?
My landlord and I bought this one two years ago but we haven’t had time to work on it…
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This Swedish site has a lot of info, and manuals that you can download.
Dag
[b]Han wrote:[/b]
[quote]It’s cool to see how things are done all over the world. Maybe jimmo can put a world map with flags indicating
locations of forum members! Just a thought… 🙂Dag, what are your rates like? How much did you charge for those jobs? How is business overall?[/quote]
I just started out with this as a side business. Friend of me had his Alfa Romeo resprayed and he paid a “pro” about $1100 for a color change including material. It was actually not very nice done, a lot of dust in the paint. There is not many places here witch has a paint booth. I believe there should be a market for someone who do a good job. One big problem here is to find material, for example I have only found one place who sells tack rags. one liter of Autobase + is $65, $50 for the hardener and $27 for reducer. The Chinese SS is $35 a liter U-pol primer 20:25 is $35 a liter and the clear 20:81 is $45 They asked $70 for 5 liter degreaser/silicone remover. Labor is cheap though I pay between $5-20 a day depending of their qualifications. The problem is that you have to be there all the time, they love to take shortcuts…
Hi Jimmo, thats a Banana tree, the palms are at the entrance.
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We have two seasons rain from end of September until end of May and now the dry season starts and it’s just overcast and a lot of dust in the air. Temp around 75-95
I just started out painting myself and for the moment I have a local painter do the bodywork and then he brings the car here for paint. I charge him $50 for the rent of my booth. He is a old school so when I gave him my LPH-400 to try he adjusted the fan to about 5″ and he sprayed from about 20″ I can get AKZO NOBEL’s Sikkens Autobase + and DYNA COAT Glasurit 55 PPG Autocolor. I recently found a hardware store selling U-POL products.
Hello Han, The Mazda had Chinese SS paint, UK hardener U-POL and Italian reducer Palinal
The Toyota has a SS from South Africa and unknown hardener and reducer… They by the cheapest they can get and they mix everything.Learning to polish now. [img size=800]http://refinishnetwork.com/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/IMG_0048.JPG[/img]
I got plenty here bondo, how many do you need? 😆
Dag
