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Originally Posted by Cloud
I was wondering . . . maybe I should get a custom paint job. Something flashy, yet subtle, like a chromatic blue/green paint job.
But some of the repainting jobs I've seen are crappy. Are there good painting services out there?
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There is a reason why a decent paint job costs so much. Honda painted your car in a clean room. Even dust is harmful. How it dries is required. Even air used to spray that paint is carefully purged of harmful materials.
Many crappy paint jobs look good in the first year. Then the paint degrades after two into pale, tarnished, and sandpaper like finish. They use crappy paint, not a humidity controlled environment, and the materials just do not harden properly. Forget even trying to restore that luster with rubbing compound. You will not get a decent finish until you get down to the original paint.
There is a reason why the paint on a bumper costs as much as the unpainted bumper.
Meanwhile, other problems exist such as paint between doors and pillars, etc. To really repaint a car, remove all lights, plastic trim, bezels, inside of the door panels, license plate mounting hardware, door locks, etc. IOW by the time you paint it right, you have paid for the car all over again.
There is good reason why so many GM and Chrysler paint jobs pealed down to the grey undercoat. They did not do what Honda and Toyota did routinely - including clean rooms for painting and drying. You will never get a paint job as good as what comes from Honda. Eventually paint even peals away around door locks, and other 'masking tape' boundaries.