Well there is cheap and REAL cheap.

The cheap stuff is "Stories" which happens (I think) to be the family name on the business so obviously it is relabelled stuff. Mine has been on our Westy for a couple of years now - stored on the carport - and still looks good.

The REAL cheap stuff is farm implement paint from the local Co-Op. I've used it on the frame of my Beetle with good results. That stuff is about $15 a gallon. Don't think it would be good for large body panel but underneath....

However - it looks damn good compared to some of the botched jobs I have seen with much more expensive materials.

It's not the materials that guarantees you success - it's the person applying it. Yes good materials and a good spray good person is best, but a good sprayer and cheap materials still looks better than some amateur with the world's best paint.

I'd lean towards the better stuff of course - I'd expect it to last longer. Whatever you can afford.

At 09:41 PM 3/16/02 -0600, you wrote: >What's the brand name on that " Acrylic Enamel" down there in Tenn? > >Farm and Fleet brand?---:>) > >No such animal here in the Windy--not that cheap anyway--- > > ______________ > |[ ] [ ] [ ]\ > | | | | > ~~~ ~||-(())----(())-| > >Terry-- > > "Zoom, Zoom, Zoom" >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >http.//community.webtv.net/CTONLINE/TerrysHighOnLife > >Received: from smtpin-2105.public.lawson.webtv.net (209.240.213.115) by > storefull-2357.public.lawson.webtv.net with WTV-SMTP; Sat, 16 Mar > 2002 16:34:06 -0800 (PST) >Received: by smtpin-2105.public.lawson.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix+sws) id > 43AED7F92; Sat, 16 Mar 2002 16:34:06 -0800 (PST) >Delivered-To: ctonline@webtv.net >Received: from gerry.vanagon.com (gerry.vanagon.com [66.95.48.130]) by > smtpin-2105.public.lawson.webtv.net (WebTV_Postfix+sws) with ESMTP > id A11017FA2; Sat, 16 Mar 2002 16:34:05 -0800 (PST) >Received: from gerry (gerry.vanagon.com) by gerry.vanagon.com (LSMTP for > Windows NT v1.1b) with SMTP id <0.FBA9147A@gerry.vanagon.com>; Sat, > 16 Mar 2002 19:06:55 -0500 >Received: from GERRY.VANAGON.COM by GERRY.VANAGON.COM (LISTSERV-TCP/IP > release 1.8d) with spool id 769359 for vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM; > Sat, 16 Mar 2002 19:06:55 -0500 >Received: from gemini.tntech.edu (149.149.11.7:1782) by gerry.vanagon.com >(LSMTP > for Windows NT v1.1b) with SMTP id <0.FBA91478@gerry.vanagon.com>; > Sat, 16 Mar 2002 19:06:54 -0500 >Received: from lm114.gemini.tntech.edu ([149.149.27.28]) by tntech.edu (PMDF > V6.0-025 #38966) with ESMTP id <01KFFROU78QY000CTV@tntech.edu> for > vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com; Sat, 16 Mar 2002 18:14:21 -0600 (CST) >X-Sender: scmills@gemini.tntech.edu >MIME-version: 1.0 >X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 >Content-type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=us-ascii >References: <"Jon Sykes <jon.sykes"@PS.GE.COM> >Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20020316180505.02d6fec0@gemini.tntech.edu> >Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 18:08:22 -0800 >Reply-To: Chris Mills <scmills@TNTECH.EDU> >Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> >From: Chris Mills <scmills@TNTECH.EDU> >Subject: Re: Maico $399 respray any good? >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >In-Reply-To: <19005-3C8CD990-887@storefull-2358.public.lawson.webtv.net> > >You get what you pay for. Acrylic Enamel + hardner is about $50+ a gallon - >cheap stuff here in TN. > >Count on a couple of gallons at least of paint. See what's left over for >labor. > >That said - if you could deliver a properly prepped vehicle you might get >something back that looked decent for a few years. Might look much better >than some of the vehicles I have driven over the years. > >Give it a shot. It's just money. Let us know. > >(I'll bet you can spend as much on a proper prep as you will with them to >spray it...). > >At 10:21 AM 3/11/02 -0600, you wrote: >>Quality of Maaco's paint? >> >>You'd do better buying spray cans and doing it yourself--- >> >>Figure this--- >>I just got done painting the cab of a Mack--- ( which by the wy has less >>surface area than a Van---) >> >>The gallon of PPG paint alone was $238.00 ( not including acid etch >>primer, and the filler primer, sand paper, tape, reducer, hardner ) >> >>So tell me--what kind of quality is Maaco giving you? >> >>Will they spray the engine compartment? >> >>Sure, along with all the rubber mouldngs, glass, headlamps, taillights, >>anything you want !!!:>) >> >>Pay the piper, get it done once---get it done right--- >> >>Later, >> >> >>Terry >> >> >>E-mail message From Jon Sykes >> >>I saw an ad on tv over the weekend - Maico are offering a auto respray >>and 4 hours of bodywork for $399. My 82 diesel could use a respray once >>the current rust and knocks have been fixed. Can anyone comment on Maico >>and the quality of their work? $399 seems pretty cheap? I wonder if they >>also spray the engine compartment? >>--- >>Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. >>Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: >>6.0.325 / Virus Database: 182 - Release Date: 2/19/2002 > >Chris M. <Busbodger - "TEAM SLOWPOKE"> >Cookeville, Tennessee > >ICQ# 5944649 >scm9985@tntech.edu > >'78 VW Westfalia (67 HP -> that is...67 Hamster Power) >'65 Beetle - Type IV powered >'99 CR-V AWD station wagon >'81 CB900 Custom moto-chickle >2.5 Corvair engines for my Trans-vair Conversion

Chris M. <Busbodger - "TEAM SLOWPOKE"> Cookeville, Tennessee

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'78 VW Westfalia (67 HP -> that is...67 Hamster Power) '65 Beetle - Type IV powered '99 CR-V AWD station wagon '81 CB900 Custom moto-chickle 2.5 Corvair engines for my Trans-vair Conversion