Navarro's Body Shop Los Algodones Mexico - Re: Painting your coach

[rogerwwebb]

As you may remember, my 91WL (Bird of Week a few wks ago) was
repainted by Parliament Coach two years ago. Someone asked the cost
of the repaint job and I avoided answering, as it is much more than a
rational person should be spending on a 15-year-old coach, but
certainly not the only irrational thing I've done when it comes to
spending money on vehicles.

At any rate, my advice (not thinking cost here) to those of you are
considering repainting your BB, is to remove ALL hardware, as well
as, any part that is removable and difficult to paint, especially
edges, (e.g., the louvered battery & radiator doors) to be painted
separately. Have the coach stripped down to metal, paint everything
the base color and then add the decorating colors (you may have to
reinstall some parts like the aforementioned radiator louvers for the
decorating colors). Multiple coats of clear coat (hand sanded
between each coat) is best (mine has four). Replace as much hardware
as you can afford (lights, etc.), use stainless steel screws to
remount hardware and SEAL each screw when you do. Put 3M clear
shield on the front to protect your investment.

I would believe that the Mexico shop is quite capable of doing all of
this, most probably much less expensive than I had done at Parliament
due to the cost of labor. It took almost three weeks to have my
coach repainted, so it is not a quick process.

for what it is worth ...

Roger Webb
91 WL
Cedar Rapids, IA