dying to paint my ski!

[norcal ex]

i have the biggest urge right now to get my ski painted!! how much does a profetional paint job cost? im thinking about 2 colors. black being the main color and haveing bright greet (monster energy drink green) with some sick scheme! its in my head still but one of these days ill play with photo shop and design one. something about those colors....

 

[onesojourner]

ever thought about doing it yourself? its a handy skill to have. getting it done somewhere is one of those things your just going to have to call around and figure out. you can get a car painted for 200 or 5000 all depends on who is doing it and what products they are using.

 

[surfgy45]

dude im right there with you. planning on painting my ski but i did a few threads here and pwctoday. most quotes people get from shops are like $400+ to have them paint it after ski has been prepped by yourself

a few board members said they did their first ski paint for under $100 and they loved it. thats buying they're own gun and paint.

my problem is, if i paint it i have to do a bunch of other sh*t while its stripped down. (reinforce, refoam, returf, paint) and all that starts to price up! :banghead:

 

[norcal ex]

i dont mind painting it myself....i dont have a booth though and im already taking up most of the garage... im really no suppsose to be buying more parts but i need a bigger engine:biggthumpup: :27: i told my dad i wouldnt be keeping my ski in the garage once it was finished being built, but it has been finished for 5 months and its still in the garage:bigeyes:

 

[Mouthfulloflake]

do it yourself.

cheap gun, air compressor, decent paint, and GOOD prep work.
and it will come out great.

once you have the stuff, then the next job only costs a small fraction of the initial job.
hook some buddys up and share a gun and the consumables cost.

 

[norcal ex]

well, i already have a gun and a compressor (60 gallon) so it woul djet be the cost of the paints, but i have no booth!

 

[Shonuff]

2x4s + plastic = booth

 

[onesojourner]

just wetsand between coats you will be fine

 

[norcal ex]

but i need somewhere to put the 2x4s and plastic haha

 

[surfgy45]

but i need somewhere to put the 2x4s and plastic haha

slowly take the rest of the room in the garage :27:
got to be sneaky though...moving one inch a day. or else its no fun...

im thinking of getting one of those plastic sheds large enough for the job. cheap... just need to make sure you air that sucker out

 

[norcal ex]

haha. i actually could do that. i have a pad on the side of the house down the street. i was thinking of building something over there, and i can use my work compressor or something...that MIGHT work...hmmm i need to design a scheme though for the ski!

 

[Idok]

i'd contact daylite and see what he'd charge you......have you seen his work?

 

[butti]

camo it!!! you could be done 20 min!

 

[Idok]

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[IceRocket1286]

get on of those P.O.D.S... portable on demand storage, in ur driveway. Cover the walls, paint in there.... my friends done that before.

remember, black shows imperfections the best