What percentage of owners on here paint / body work on their own cars?
 

A buddy and I have an argument going on it

I do all my paint and body and it sucks when it is 100 degrees or when its to cold to paint.

Hey why don't you make a poll :thumbsup:

mike a

i do..but not much

My dad and I do all of our own body and paint.

I don't, I am more productive doing my line of work and having somebody else do the body and paint.

We do most in house as well. Body work makes such a mess in the shop so we moved our paint shop outside the fab shop to help with the mess.

i do all my own, too picky i could never afford to pay someone to block sand a car out as many times as i do to get it straight-chris:thumbsup:

I do all the smaller projects my self, including paint, but when i can see it will turn into one of those year long projects i outsource when feasable..

I do all of my own... it's not perfect, but then again neither is the work at a pro-shop and that's why. You see, I can point out every freaking flaw in the body work, paint work, detail work, etc. on the cars I have done. A pro-shop would HATE me! They would probably have to kill me and weld me into a 55 gallon drum. So, to avoid all of the unpleasentries of someone having to go to jail just because I'm a pain in the butt, I do it myself.

Shiny Side Up!
Bill
'72 442 "Inamorata"
www.FQuick.com/ProTouring442

I have done several of my own, and am currently doing the paint on Malitude. I am accepting help with the bodywork though! :yes: I can get it right but not in a timely manner, at least not quick enough to make Power Tour.

Jody

I do all my own, including a few for other people.

Mike

My dad has managed a body shop for 35 years, so we do all of our own work. I'm not much of a painter (yet), but I can bodywork them out pretty damn straight.

Whoever said it is right about the mess. We do a lot of our work in the same shop and some days after a long night of sanding it looks like it snowed inside our garage!

Later,

Brandon

I do my own as well, have done a couple for others too. I prefer working with suspension and metal but I cant afford to pay someone else to do paint/body so I do it myself.

I have a hard time letting someone else work on my daily-drivers, much less my toys. I do everything myself except building engine, trans, and rear axle.

I have always done all of my own.

I am not fast though, I probably could never earn a living at it...

Thanks for all the replies. That is what I figured. I have a buddy who is looking to start a business on the side and wondered if most of the guys on here do their own work. The Barrett auction this Jan has kind of scared him from starting it. I personally thought that there were several cars that were bought for alot less money than people probably had spent restoring them.

If he opens a shop, does good work and meets his scheduling commitments to his customers, he should do very well. There are so many shops that CAN do awesome work, but just can't ever seem to get anything done on a reasonable schedule.

I WISH I could do my own work.
I may take some classes at MTI and get myself on the right track.
With all this passion for these cars that I have, you would think I was working on them all the time. Hopefully someday!!:yes:

I've done all my own work in the past, but with the chevelle, I'm doing all the body work,priming, sanding, priming, blocking down to 320 and then were gonna have someone paint it and color sand. it to hard to keep the nibs out of the paint without a booth!

I do 99% of EVERYTHING ELSE on the car...Can figure out most everything...

But boywork?...If it was just a "lot of hard work and labor", then I'd have no problem taking a stab at learning how to make stuff flat and beautiful...BUT IT AINT!!!...It's this evil black art that only people with "talent" can do...Too much to learn, too messy, and too expensive to buy equip for...(I kid)...

As much as I hate it, I will either still be pimping my primered 2 door wagon around, or I'll buck up and most likely double my money into a car by getting it done by a pro...And then bitch up a storm that his idea of perfect laser straight panels doesn't seem to match my version of the same...

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I do my own paint and body. I enjoy the work, time and the end result but it takes me months and months to do. The next projects are a 1966 skylark and a 1964 riviera.

I do all of my own work. I went to school to do it, but then did not want to die of cancer.