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08-06-2014, 08:29 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
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Paint Cost
Just had the RV-7A painted. I'm completely satisfied with the quality and
the people are nice to work with. However, the final bill had significant extra
charge to fix pinholes on the gear leg/wheel fairings. After a phone call to the shop, they gave me the option to discount as much as I wanted on the extra charges. To be fair I'd like to know how about how many hours labor is needed to prep pinholes on the fairings? What is an average price for a basic paint job from a quaility shop? (Not counting disassembly/assembly, which I did)
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08-06-2014, 08:46 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: St. Paul, MN.
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$100 an hour is what the paintshop I use charges.
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08-06-2014, 10:03 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Central IL
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Thanks for the warning - - prep-work can take a long time, not so skilled as shooting paint.
So, just guessing $600 additional?
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“I often say that when you can measure what you are speaking about,
and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you
cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge
is of a meager and unsatisfactory kind.”
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08-06-2014, 10:22 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Wichita, KS
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Who did your paint, and can we see pictures? I'm willing to pay to have someone else fill pinholes at this point! Not sure I could even count the hours I've spent, and I'm probably not even halfway done.
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08-06-2014, 10:51 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: California
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Filling pinholes with epoxy, as Dan and other composite pros recommend, shouldn't take more than a couple hours with sanding by experienced craftsmen. Other methods take much longer because they don't work as well and have to be redone several times.
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08-06-2014, 04:04 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Plano, TX
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When I spoke with glow customs a few years ago they quoted $1000 if they did all the pinhole work.
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08-06-2014, 04:06 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: California
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Quote:
Originally Posted by WingsOnWheels
When I spoke with glow customs a few years ago they quoted $1000 if they did all the pinhole work.
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I'll do it for that. Should be able to do three or four a day...... 
Well, maybe 1 or 2....
Last edited by flyingriki : 08-06-2014 at 07:08 PM.
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08-06-2014, 05:59 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
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Tapping the VAF brain trust
For those here that have done it, what IS the best way to fill pin holes? 
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08-06-2014, 06:25 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Southern Michigan
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Quote:
Originally Posted by NYTOM
For those here that have done it, what IS the best way to fill pin holes? |
Pure epoxy and your wife's favorite credit card to work it in works very well.
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David C.
Howell, MI
RV-10: #41686 Under Construction
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08-06-2014, 07:07 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: California
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 9GT
Pure epoxy and your wife's favorite credit card to work it in works very well.
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