Ya I was skeptical myself. I had to find some of his finished work and also some of his in-between work. He owns his building and has his family working for him (he's Mexican) Not only did he sand my van down to bare metal he used a sand-able primer then wet sanded it. Then on top of that he used a good sealer. I was able to drop by and inspect the work. I used to paint cars and boy does that take forever to do. His brother and cousin are pros at the prep work. I guess I consider myself fortunate. I did tell him if he did a good job on mine I would refer other VW van owners, so maybe he gave me a real good deal to attract others. Here are a few pics of it before the sealer. One thing I'm glad for is that I only paid $900.00 , I have 2 small children and use this van for numerous adventures. Some involve logging roads and lots of brush, this = scratches. That is why I had him do base coat�clear coat so he could buff out the scratches. And if it only
 lasts for 2 or 3 years then I will take it back and pay him another $900.00 it might even be less being that when I took it to him the first time there were some pretty good dents and dings. Looks good for now and I did not want a show quality paint job ($3,500 to $6,500), if that was the case I would not even let people get closer than 5 feet. That I would not enjoy. I'm sure I will win some shows the paint looks absolutely fabulous......... :-)

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Danny C.
'84 Westy (Vanny)
'90 Jeep Cherokee 4x4
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--- On Sun, 1/31/10, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET> wrote:

From: Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject: Re: Paint in PDX Great Deal!!!
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Date: Sunday, January 31, 2010, 6:13 PM

Not to burst a bubble, but time will tell if it is a $2.5K paint job.� I don't see how the guy could do it.� He got $900 for seven days work, and of course, he had to buy materials, pay for his shop and equipment .............. .� How does he make a living?� If he is actually pocketing $500 above shop costs (such as insurance, rent, equipment) and materials, and takes no days off the entire year, with work continuous, he is making $25K per annum.� That won't support most folks these days.

David Mc

---- JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:
> In a message dated 1/31/2010 9:23:05 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> bruiserbabie@YAHOO.COM writes:
>
> I found� a guy here in Portland Oregon who just painted my van for $900.00.
> He did a� base coat clear coat paint job, stripped it down to get rid of
> the old flaking� paint and rock chips. He did 3 different colors- White top,
> the factory yellow center and then black around the bottom. All for� $900.00
> and took him 7 days to complete. Looks� great........
>
>
>
> definatelty not the norm.���around here that's a 2500 paint� job