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Message: <blockquote data-quote="71buickfreak" data-source="post: 1662326" data-attributes="member: 8373">As far as spraying the paint, it should be done in one day. You spray 2-3 medium coats, letting each flash off for 15-30 minutes, depending on the paint system and then spray the clear. There is no real reason to sand the car between coats, that will actually create a lot more work for the painter, put lines in the paint, not to mention the potential for really screwing it up. If the color is left longer than about an hour, it needs to sit for 24 hours and then it must sanded, but ALL 2K (that base/clear type)automotive paints are designed to be sprayed, flashed and then cleared. What if they are using a baking booth you ask? No, the color should not be baked until the clear is put on. Once the clear goes one, it will need to be color sanded (that is high-grit wet sanding) then buffed. If it takes them 2 weeks to get the color on, they are messing with you. You didn't ask for 20k paint job, 20k was supposed to be paint, body, full assembly, etc. The first coat of primer is usually primer/surfacer, which is a sanding primer, it is thicker than a sealer. Most cars get one round of primer/surfacer, block sanded, then hit with a round of sealer. This is not sanded. In fact, you can go from surfacer straight to paint within 30 minutes. You wipe it tack rag to clear it of any trash, dust, etc. Please give me a call, I can help you through this. There is no way they spent 140 hours on a hood and wheel well. I do this stuff every day, they are messing with you.Some people are saying that you don't know the car look like till you get it stripped, which is true, I blast car for restoration shops all the time. The problem is that it just doesn't take that long to fix. Most quality body shops can cut out and weld in a quarter skin in a day. Then you have another doing the fill work and blocking. 2 days to replace an entire quarter skin. I just did it on the '65 Mustang I am restoring for my wife. It actually takes longer to do it the wrong way.</blockquote>

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