Re: Sanding Car ready for Paint

Posted by Rusty O\'Toole On 2010/12/25 23:08:41

You can buy the paint from any local auto store that sells paint and bodywork supplies. Your painter will get the paint from his favorite supplier. All he needs is the name and/or the code number. The local dealer may have to send to the home office for the formula but they should be able to get it in a day or 2. Once they have the formula they can mix up all the paint you want. Some will put it up in spray cans too. The spray cans are rather expensive and to be used for painting small parts. You will buy paint by the quart or gallon for a paint job.

There are no precut kits for the leather. You have to buy the hides then cut and sew them. It takes a very heavy commercial machine to sew leather. And a very skilled upholsterer with steady nerves. You see with leather if you make a mistake in the sewing you have to throw that piece away and start again. It is not like cloth where you can rip out the stitches and do it over. Once the needle perforates the leather you can't sew it again and leather is very expensive.