Painters and paint shops in philadelphia

[87gninpa]

Wondering if anyone here either paints or knows a good reasonable paint shop in the philadelphia area. Not looking for show quality at all, this is a daily driver. Only the roof, hood, and trunk need to be stripped i was told, the rest can be sealed and painted as is. any help at all would be greatly appreciated
thank you
shawn

 

[hanly2]

I don't know any in Philly but in 2 weeks I'll be stripping and priming mine and this guy in West Chester who works by himself is going to spray the paint for me for $500. It's a lot cheaper then a body shop. He will let you buy all the supplies and he will do the work for you. If you want his # let me know.

 

[87gninpa]

yea, let me have his number. btw, what are you using to strip the car yourself?

 

[hanly2]

Just to be clear its a 442 not a GN but close enough for this purpose. My paint is completely wasted not sure how bad yours is but I will be using Aircraft remover and 80 grit da discs to strip the car to the metal.

His name is Glen 484-995-3315. Call him and see what he says. He is a really nice guy and has helped me a lot.

 

[87 WE2]

My painter can do it if you would like, he is located off I95 10-15 min from the philly airport. I will get his # and e-mail it to you he would have to see the car to get you a price.

 

[SavageT]

I found a guy in Bucks county who will media blast the car to bare metal for about 6 to 7 hundred dollars, he said it will take a day or two, (depends on workload). sound like a good deal to me, but I am not a body man, I could find his number if anyone wants, just email me, he is near Willow Grove Pa..

 

[hanly2]

Wow is that how much that stuff costs? Thats crazy IMO I'll just sand it bare and work my arse off.

 

[Red Regal T]

No need to work your ARSE? off. You can buy stripper at your friendly walmart for $12 a gallon. With a little bit of determination, some coarse steel wool, razor blade scrapers, lacquer thinner, rags, and at most, couple of gallons of stripper, you can do the whole car yourself.

I sent out a couple hoods to be media blasted a few years back. NEVER AGAIN! If you like warped panels, you'll really like media blasting.

 

[hanly2]

I bought some aircraft remover and I will be trying that out but that was $10 a quart. What kind of stripper you get from walmart for $12 a gallon?

 

[SavageT]

I seem to always have a problem with aircraft strippers, How do you keep it from getting the rust flashover after you wash it off (or maybe I should'nt wash it) let me know plz

 

[hanly2]

Oh wow how soon did you see the rust? I think after you wash it down and then wipe the car with laquer thinner. you should wipe it down with some phosphoric acid metal prep like metal ready from por-15. That will convert it so it doesn't rust.