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Melbourne, Victoria
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March 2005
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Cheap paint job
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Fri, 29 April 2005 06:35
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Any1 know of a place that does good cheap paintjobs in melbourne?
I know u get what u paid 4 but a friend is gettin it done for 1500. Just wonderin if there is anythin cheaper than that?
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Melbourne
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May 2002
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Re: Cheap paint job
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Fri, 29 April 2005 07:06
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Hrmmm there is one place a mate got a really cheap job done, but it looks decent enough he paid about 500 for a white car but that included him rubbing it back with wet and dry i will find out
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Melbourne, Victoria
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March 2005
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Re: Cheap paint job
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Fri, 29 April 2005 07:30
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Normally a 500 dollar job doesnt include rubbing back and the paint cracks and peels after a yr but this definately sounds interesting. Appreciate it 
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Vic, AU
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September 2004
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Re: Cheap paint job
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Fri, 29 April 2005 07:44
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Europaint in Bayswater do it for around that price. Only includes basic spray though, no prep work.. I got quoted around $3-4k for a complete respray, including door jams, engine bay and boot, as well as all work associated, on my old Commodore.
Check out this thread;
http://forums.toymods.org.au/index.php?th=16891&am p;t=msg
Might also pay to search, never know what you'll find.
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Perth, WA
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December 2004
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Re: Cheap paint job
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Fri, 29 April 2005 14:20
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just to spray a whole car, from the exterior, no prep work. my mate said $200-$300, since this is just to get it over pits its fine...
although, i wouldnt do something like this on a car thats half decent 
Eldar.O.
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Batemans Bay, NSW
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February 2005
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Re: Cheap paint job
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Sat, 30 April 2005 02:54
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save urself some funds by doing as much of the prep work as u can.....
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Location:
Melbourne, Victoria
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March 2005
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south east - melbourne
Registered:
March 2004
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Re: Cheap paint job
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Mon, 02 May 2005 02:10
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hmm im looking at doing the same shit soon , my car is a white soarer and i plan to stay white
how do u do the prep work yerself any ideas what need to be done
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Melbourne
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November 2002
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Re: Cheap paint job
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Mon, 02 May 2005 03:17
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just get sandpaper,
probably a course grit to start off with..
Make sure you hose down your car with water.
if done correctly, you'll get a nice sludge coming up while you are sanding.
repeat the same process with a finer grit sandpaper.
Keep doing it so till the surface is super smooth like a baby's butt. Make sure there is no gloss from the previous layer of paint. Make sure it's as matt as possible.
Next, look for any minor dints, bad levelling, or rust. Treat all that. Din'ts and bad levelling, you can use a small amount of bog. For rust, angle grind as much of it as possible. You should really be doing cut and shut jobs for rust, but for smaller surfaces, fiberglass is fine. Bog that up.
give everything a rub back one more time so it's nice and plush. And go over any bare metal patches with etch primer.
mask your windows, door trims, etc. etc.
then your done!
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Location:
Melb, Victoria
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April 2004
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Re: Cheap paint job
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Mon, 02 May 2005 08:37
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Europaint was the cheapest i could find. i went throught this all just over a year ago.they did the whole job for under $1600. im happy with the job they did.
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Location:
Melbourne, Victoria
Registered:
March 2005
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Re: Cheap paint job
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Mon, 02 May 2005 09:31
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| Aust162 wrote on Mon, 02 May 2005 18:37 |
Europaint was the cheapest i could find. i went throught this all just over a year ago.they did the whole job for under $1600. im happy with the job they did.
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SO they rubbed it back and pained it for undeer 1600? Is it mettalic and gloss or matt and gloss?
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