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Originally Posted by Tommy
And provide the painter with as much detailed guidance as you can (e.g., materials, work to be done, etc.) before he starts.
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The only thing you should tell the painter, or the bodyshop owner so that he can guide his painter is what the finished product is supposed to be. The last thing you should ever do is tell a painter what materials or product to use, or how to do his/her job. Anyone who gets caught up in this brand of paint vs that brand of paint line is a fool these days, as there are only 4 actual major manufacturers of base products in the northern half of the world these days. They then sell their products to others, who relabel it as their own. In some cases, they even sell to the other 3, who then relabel product for their own lines. As the retired bodyshop owner, I used to have people tell me to use "this brand, or that", I then either educated them as to why this is misguided thoughts, or advised them that my painter knows how our paint product sprays out, or showed them the door and thanked them for considering us. Very few actually had to be shown out the door, 70% of them eventually came back, as every other shop owner pretty much said the same thing to them.
Don't be "that guy".
Bill S.