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Posted by James (92 SE auto) on June 13, 2002 at 14:56:17:
In Reply to: yeah.. those painters are amazing.. --> posted by Matt on June 13, 2002 at 14:48:36:
: he'd open up this wooden box, grab some paper towels and bottle of cleaner of some sort and wipe down the area, then mix up some paint.. : the whole time, his whole body is shaking like Michael J Fox.. twitching hands, etc etc.. scared me to death to think he'd be putting paint on a car. : then soon as he puts the paint on the brush, the twitching is gone and he does a quick swipe down the car and it's done! if you wanted more stripes, he'd change brushes (twitching the whole time) then go by and do the next stripe.. : He'd thank people for their business, pack up his stuff and wobble on to the next car. he'd have cars stacked 6-8 deep waiting in line for him, and at $40+ each car, you know he had to be banking some cash! :
: Several years back, we were at a beach in FL.. there was this rickety old man doing pinstripes on people's cars for $30-200, depending on what you wanted.
: You'd tell him what you want and hand him some cash..
: : : : not on my last car. I was going to remove it because it was fading away. I walked around the car examining it once and I got to the rear passenger side and I was amazed at how good it looked. I went to poke at it and quickly figured out that the quarter panel had been redone and that they put a fresh clearcoat over the whole thing including the pinstripe.