JohnnyC
Well-known member
Hi all,
Over the past 2 years or so, the paint on the hood and roof has noticably faded to a gray haze and swirl marks. I am unable to remove with polishing and waxing on my own.
A coworker suggested i try his friend, he looked at it and gave me an est of $150-180 to detail and polish up, etc. So i agree. I get a call from him later on in the day after my car is already at his shop, "you need this entire car to be wet sanded. Gonna run $450-500, looking at about 2 days". He did 1/2 of the passenger side door, and he stopped and returned the car to me. You can really see the difference. Orange peel gone, deep black. It looked great! This was with 1200 grit paper.
Is this a far estimate? He also had his body shop quote me at $2,500 for an entire paint job which seems low to me. I got another estimate 2-3 years ago at $6-7,000. So, i told him i would get back to him about the wet sand. And with NJ winter just 3 months away, i'm not sure if it is worth it.
Any experiences or comments with this situation would really be helpful.
John
Over the past 2 years or so, the paint on the hood and roof has noticably faded to a gray haze and swirl marks. I am unable to remove with polishing and waxing on my own.
A coworker suggested i try his friend, he looked at it and gave me an est of $150-180 to detail and polish up, etc. So i agree. I get a call from him later on in the day after my car is already at his shop, "you need this entire car to be wet sanded. Gonna run $450-500, looking at about 2 days". He did 1/2 of the passenger side door, and he stopped and returned the car to me. You can really see the difference. Orange peel gone, deep black. It looked great! This was with 1200 grit paper.
Is this a far estimate? He also had his body shop quote me at $2,500 for an entire paint job which seems low to me. I got another estimate 2-3 years ago at $6-7,000. So, i told him i would get back to him about the wet sand. And with NJ winter just 3 months away, i'm not sure if it is worth it.
Any experiences or comments with this situation would really be helpful.
John