Most of the time "grinding out rust" is a waste of time. The best way to remove rust, is sand blasting. Then a coat of some chemical rust stop. Then sand blast again. Epoxy prime, body work and paint. Doesn't look like this money is being spent very well, unless they give you a garrentee, on the rust. It's very unlikely they will. Eric 86-VW4x4 vw4x4@fyi.net 72-240z Pittsburgh, PA USA 1936-Chrysler
On Fri, 12 Mar 1999, Dieter Thiessen wrote: > Folks, > I just received a hard jolt knocking me back to reality. Diehl collision > center just gave me a preliminary estitmate on painting my 84 GL. The > estimate includes grinding out all seams > removing all outside hard ware > removing windows and reinstall > sanding and repainting entire van > clearcoat > now hold your socks on > body labor 50.5hr......1717.00 > paint labor 50.2hr......1706.80 > paint supplies 57.1hr...970.70 > parts............................99.70 > > TOTAL.....................4494.20 plus 6% sales tax....269.65 > > any moonliters around York,PA that need extra money? > > Thanks, I needed to get this off my chest, as I was hoping to repaint for > about half the estimate. > Dieter > 84GL > |
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