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Roy Grand Master

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dido....takes the gloss of owning a nice car... in Sydney i was just staring to get a good network of ppl to look after me and my car, now in Melb have to go through the whole learning curve again....my car needs little panel work, but i think ill just stick with rain/hail dances

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Yer black is a bastard to paint and get nice.

 

So how do you think it will finish up? Doing what you mentioned above does it generally come up ok?  

 

I've already told him I don't want those nasty swirl marks you see in the sun. I used to have a commodore that was sherbrook green. Only after I bought it I realised it had bad arsed swirl marks that made the paint look dull when the sun was directly on it. It didn't have that nice deep look.

You can polish a car so it looks mint in the shop, take it outside in the sun and it looks like crap (or vice a versa). Alot comes down to how time the guy is prepared to spend on it. Once its had the runs and orange peel dealt with, it will need a heavy machine cut to bring it back up, whether it then shows swirls or not depend on his follow up system, or more likely the apprentice/shop hand who will be doing the actual polishing.

Swirls also vary by what pad they use, wool is be far the quickest but swirls pretty bad, foam pads are less prone to that, but have their own problems (like heat and grabbing), be interesting to see what they actually do with it, you should make a point of being there and watching, tends to improve the end result...

meshmesh Mentor

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Merli & NRB,

Copyright practices generally use Postage Stamp dates as evidence in court. This is the only legal method I know of, that can confirm a specific date. That said, Joel could take digital or standard photos and slip them into 2 envleopes, send them to himself & store them for evidence if the repairer disputes his claims.. If the matter goes to court, then you prsent the "unopened" evelopes in court.

Merli Grand Master

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Merli & NRB,

Copyright practices generally use Postage Stamp dates as evidence in court. This is the only legal method I know of, that can confirm a specific date. That said, Joel could take digital or standard photos and slip them into 2 envleopes, send them to himself & store them for evidence if the repairer disputes his claims.. If the matter goes to court, then you prsent the "unopened" evelopes in court.

Interesting!!!

Well there you go Joel, get to it! :)

noise Mentor

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this doesnt surprise me ... most auto workshops of any kind use unskilled people to do a lot of the work ..ive had problems with almost every aspect of my car when taking it in... few examples...

-nuts comming off my dump pipe the next day

-compliance people leaving tools under my bonnet that fall out when i drive away

-wheel alignment guys not making my steering wheel straight

-electrical installers ****ing up installs and breaking the device

fun fun

pentae Mentor

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I find it helps if you tell them straight up you are one picky motherf***er who is sick of getting screwed around and the work 'will look perfect, right?' and 'what will you do if the job is not perfect?'

Once you've made clear you are anally retentive, tell them your only behaving like this because of -insert random story of guys in similar industry screwing you around- or -because your mate got screwed- etc.

I find the job is usually done properly then.

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Merli, I wouldn't use digital media - I'd be taking the photos on 35mm and having them processed immdiately with a "summary" print showing all shots on the roll. This will have a date stamped on it, and you'll have an hard copy receipt too. Then it's difficult for them to say the scratches were made "in the last month". If you're really concerned, you can take digital shots, print several pictures onto a page, fold up the page and seal with scotch tape, and mail it to yourself. That way there's a franking stamp that's dated by Australia Post.

good idea, but they don't seem to stamp the mail anymore, obviously it is a little too hard!

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