Collision repair today is $2000 clear per week for five days work. Sometimes twice or three times that depending on type of cars you work with. But it requires years of skill building and dedication to the trade. I e worked in several body shops and the bosses can make over 200k per year usually in high volume shops. It’s a money maker!
@@MrCbell57 just do some cars in the side. One car a month you can charge 5000-10,000k from start to finish, while working your job at the shop. It’s a money maker. A big one if you use your head.
Great job Pharraway, it's always nice to see someone block primer the way it should be done I do it the same way but also use guide coat before each grit on the DA, my old eyes are not so good these days so want to make sure I remove all the sanding scratches from the blocking, subscribed to your channel 👍 John UK.
Good work as always Pharraway. The Black Widow gun in the video looks to be slow? Thanks for every video you have put out. All good stuff! The older black chevy you just did looks soooo good! Phillip Hall
EXCELLENT VIDEO,, I HAVE A DOOR IS ARE READY SAND IT , AND IS A LITLE METAL HIGTH OVER, REALLY SMALL, I JUST HIT IT DOWN AND APPLY BONDO OR IS ANOTHER WAY TO DOIT, THANK YOU
Anytime you see a shiny area you’ve already gone to far on the blocking. You will always have a high and a low area. But I cannot believe so many shops or garages have their compressor running right next to workers. They are loud and the noise is distracting not only for videos but for you. lol I always put the compressors outside or in another area of shop further away. It’s so much nicer to not have the irritating loud churning noise of em coming on and running all the time. I work in a body shop so I’m doing this all day long. 10 hours of blocking daily. Thanks. Good job explaining to those who are just getting started.
I did a fiberglass truck lid and blocked between 400,600 and 800. Still missed a bunch of low spots. If you happen to have a low spot where you didn’t spray guide you will miss those low spots. In the beginning I could feel some and knew they were there but the ones I missed I couldn’t feel. I did float a layer of water on it but should of backed up and checked. I was to close. So much to learn.
Hey Primo, just caught this Vid, necromancing while doing admin work for the business. Thanks. I still put 1/2 masking tape on my body lines since I cannot be trusted to not sand down the sharp line 🤣🤣 Blue Mule
I sprayed Speedokote 2k primer. mix ration on can. It was like setting up in the gun, had to keep clearing the needle hole with my glove. sprayed dry even turning down air pressure and fan adjust didn't seem to help. turned out really ruff. Any experience like that?
I have primed and block sanded and guide coated my car 3 times and I am confident that it is very straight. What do you do if there are some very, very, very small edges that got sanded through to bare metal. They are so small they are the width of a small needle. Do you get out the primer gun, mix a little bit more primer and try to spot prime those very small areas. It seems like I am going to be chasing my tail when it comes to these very mall break throughs to metal. Any input would be appreciated and thanks!
What would you recommend when confronted with some rotted thru areas on window channel on a chevy suburban. I heard there some kind of 3M Product you apply hard as steel? Thank you ! Rich
Looks Great ! Can you comment on why some are against spray bombs and some have no issue with spray bombs for the guide coat. Thanks......As always thanks for sharing your knowledge.
What if you hit the metal like you see in the video with 220 sand paper can i go back over it again with primer surfacer over the 220 scratches and block again until i dont see any metal showing then go to 320 and so on?
I love you videos. Qq: when to use self etching vs DTM primer? I am about to spray my hood at home and it needs to be taken to metal as paint is very bad. Great work!!!!!
Looking good. Questions for you about a couple of things. I was surprised that you used nitrostan under the paint like that - I know you'll put a sealer on but nitrostan is really nothing but a thick lacquer primer. I was told to always use a hardened polyester. And on the small areas that were a little high, you just let those be? No problem just wasn't sure if we missed anything there. Last - what grit paper do you recommend on plastic body components where the paint needs to be removed and feathered? Thank you!
Thank you for the video very informative alway like the block sanding side , by the way I don't here the rooster anymore what have you done with him he is a major part of your channal Stay safe pharraway love your channel
Quick question When you go through to metal like this on some areas and you spray sef etching primer, do you sand it before you spray the sealer or is not necessary?
I have a couple of questions. I was blocking my car out in 320 with dura blocks thanks for the tip on those super handy with all the different sizes and shapes. I had a whole bunch of spots that came through metal or through to the filler. I think I didn't put enough high build primer on. Should I etch the bare metal spots than re prime the whole thing since there were so many spots? I realize your time is valuable and you already share so much so if you would prefer to private message me and I can pay for a consultation. Thanks again.
I bought those durablocks for my restoration. Multiple types too. Now everyone says they're inferior. Seems like they work fine to me in this video🤷♂️. I haven't used mine yet...
What do you do about the spot that have no guide coat on it? What if there happens to be a low spot in the same place that the guide coat didn’t direct hit? You know what I’m saying? Thanks
is some stuff he should have mentioned like when you masking for primer you want to hardline everything the opposite of when you are painting and damn whoever did the Bondo didn't do the best job flattening when I'm blocking primer I almost never run into areas that low but if course all our body techs have been doing here for 30 years
@@PHARRAWAY but then you would guide coat and go over with 180/220 makes it much faster try it.... and it would remove scratches which your trying to do makes sense
I am very appreciative of your skill and sharing. I have a question that I am curious about. I see most air spraying to remove dust from sanding, grinding. Would it be more environmentally safe, healthier and economical to have dust extractors like wood shops (vacuum cleaners)? Just curious and again thank you for a great video. I hope to try your method out soon on a trunk lid.
Hi, interesting video...I have one question: the can you're using as a guide coat is a normal matt black acrylic paint or is a product specifically designed just as guide coat?Thanks
@@PHARRAWAY Hi... just to clarify better... your reply saying "that is correct" refers to the fact that you're using a normal spray paint or it's a sprayable guide coat product? Thank you again
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