Z4mc paint correction

Beedub · Post by **Beedub** » Wed Jul 25, 2018 8:40 am

beanie wrote: ↑Wed Jul 25, 2018 12:29 am
Beedub wrote: ↑Tue Jul 24, 2018 4:18 pm
Ho did you find it, really don't enjoy doing black cars!
Backbreaking tbh!

It was the first time I'd used a machine so I took my time and went gently. Seemed to take ages to get out some really fine hazing in the last phase but managed it eventually. Having done my girlfriends silver z3 I'd probably say I preferred doing mine as I could see the defects more easily, but then I guess that's what makes them buggers to get spot on!

what you explain is very normal, and bending over etc is actually crazy the level of fatigue on the body over a prolonged period.

Bodyboarder · Post by **Bodyboarder** » Wed Jul 25, 2018 9:33 am

Beedub wrote: ↑Wed Jul 25, 2018 8:40 am
beanie wrote: ↑Wed Jul 25, 2018 12:29 am
Beedub wrote: ↑Tue Jul 24, 2018 4:18 pm
Ho did you find it, really don't enjoy doing black cars!
Backbreaking tbh!

It was the first time I'd used a machine so I took my time and went gently. Seemed to take ages to get out some really fine hazing in the last phase but managed it eventually. Having done my girlfriends silver z3 I'd probably say I preferred doing mine as I could see the defects more easily, but then I guess that's what makes them buggers to get spot on!
what you explain is very normal, and bending over etc is actually crazy the level of fatigue on the body over a prolonged period.

Hard work !

Try doing this for a living !

NorthernSky · Post by **NorthernSky** » Wed Jul 25, 2018 9:59 am

Bodyboarder wrote: ↑Mon Jul 23, 2018 2:09 pm Southampton based

Cheers fella. If you can PM me the name of the co then would be v. grateful!

Angelus666 · Post by **Angelus666** » Wed Jul 25, 2018 10:02 am

For a daily used £5k Z4....maybe even a £12k Z4M, spending £000's on a top-level professional detail doesn't make a lot of sense to most people. If that chap can deliver those results for £150 then I'd bet that 95% of people would be more than happy with that, so need to hate on that IMO

Beedub (and other top detailers) will always only appeal to the 5% who want next level results. For those people, most will pay what it requires.

beanie · Post by **beanie** » Wed Jul 25, 2018 10:56 am

Bodyboarder wrote: ↑Wed Jul 25, 2018 9:33 am
Hard work !

Pah, climbing trees, hanging from ropes-looks like messing about in an adventure playground to me

Bodyboarder · Post by **Bodyboarder** » Wed Jul 25, 2018 11:39 am

NorthernSky wrote: ↑Wed Jul 25, 2018 9:59 am
Bodyboarder wrote: ↑Mon Jul 23, 2018 2:09 pm Southampton based
Cheers fella. If you can PM me the name of the co then would be v. grateful!

Pm’d

Bodyboarder · Post by **Bodyboarder** » Wed Jul 25, 2018 11:40 am

beanie wrote: ↑Wed Jul 25, 2018 10:56 am
Bodyboarder wrote: ↑Wed Jul 25, 2018 9:33 am
Hard work !

Pah, climbing trees, hanging from ropes-looks like messing about in an adventure playground to me

Pretty much ... and people pay me to do it

Nictrix · Post by **Nictrix** » Wed Jul 25, 2018 12:50 pm

CHIMV8 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 23, 2018 2:33 pm Theres a guy i know in West Yorkshire who works on the car all day,he works from home in his garage, and measures thickness of paintwork before he starts......the paint work in the first pic is the same in the detailed finish below it,he charged £150 cash
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That TVR has came out amazing, what a difference to the dull paint in the first pic.
I would rather use someone who knew what they were doing and had experience in what they are doing no matter what the cost rather than someone who had only been doing it a few months and charge a fortune when you have no idea of their experience.
Just because somebody has a certificate doesn't make them an expert.
Some of the best workers work out of their own garage with no overheads or advertising. Just because someone has fancy signs in a new unit doesn't mean a thing.
Facebook seems to be a growbag for new businesses as anybody can set up a business and advertise on facebook. There are thousands of people using this now as a way to con money out of others as some people think they are legitimate businesses when some of them are just losers working out of their mums spare bedroom.

Bodyboarder · Post by **Bodyboarder** » Wed Jul 25, 2018 4:34 pm

..... or garages

Anmarube · Post by **Anmarube** » Fri Aug 17, 2018 8:08 pm

CHIMV8 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 23, 2018 2:33 pm Theres a guy i know in West Yorkshire who works on the car all day,he works from home in his garage, and measures thickness of paintwork before he starts......the paint work in the first pic is the same in the detailed finish below it,he charged £150 cash
IMAG0385.jpg
IMAG3193.jpg

Do you know what Paint Gauge he uses for measuring the thickness of the different layers of paint on a fibreglass car.

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