[joedoh]

what a shame, here in kansas you cant swing a dead hooker without hitting a guy with a paint booth in his home shop, and the good guys are known all over town (so are the bad ones cof cof). I cant believe you cant find a painter, I knew a guy once that was one of the good ones, he would even plastic off YOUR garage and paint it, he would show up, scuff and tack, put some water on the floor, shoot and clean his gun. he loved those jobs, no overhead. no warranty either though.

I knew also guys that would quote high, prep and tape and TAKE IT TO MAACO, no kidding. with the prep and taping done MAACO jobs werent all that bad at all,but he was still shady about it. Then there were the home shop guys who charged regular rate. I never used them.

shops want to pay their guys so its probably about you did the hours of work they could charge for and didnt leave enough meat. I did a toyota a long time ago and the guy was a friend, let me use the shop and booth after hours. one of the nicest trucks I ever had too, as far as paintwork.

gorgeous color, I am still enamored by it.

edit: are you scanning photographs? I see artifacts in the pictures that seem to be in the same place on every photo! just a question haha.