damaged custom paint !!!!!!

[Revolution]

so i drop off my custom painted side panel to get cleared this morning. i remind the guy to use the products specific for my paint and how to apply. i get a call from the body shop owner in the afternoon and i could tell in his voice something was wrong. he tells me there's a problem with my painted panel, that it got damaged during degreasing. right away i knew they didn't follow procedure since i degreased it myself before dropping it off...

i had to wait until i got back in town this evening. i thank the martial arts i'm taking for helping me stay kool, i was definitely "not happy" but i didn't throw my cell phone [thought about it]. so i get in town and pull up to the shop. mind you the owner is a kool guy, and so am i but i dont think he caught a grasp as to how much work went into this piece. he gives me a friendly "what's up? i think to myself ["dude dont you know what's up?...], i'm not a happy person at the moment and i'm not one to be fake. we walk inside and i had seen a pic that was emailed to me earlier so i know it's gonna be bad. the anticipation has my heart pumping, i could feel the anger brewing yet i say calm...

here's a pic of the carnage...

the top of the samurai's arm is missing, the top tiger's claw, the tigers head is damaged, along with streak marks...

 

[smithabusa]

OH no that sucks

 

[goodluck]

wow sorry to hear rev is he going to do anything for you

 

[razorshark]

that sucks bro...they going to compensate you for it?

 

[BlueHaya]

dayum....that sux.

your ghost cane is gone also.

 

[Revolution]

i owe about 500-600 on the prep and clear so i'm sure that'll be waived. wife said she'd fix it if it was her so...after a few hours...

a little more tomorrow night and thursday night and she's be salvage. this is how she looks as of tonight.

 

[Cblast]

That sonofabitch, sorry but I do not know how to say it any other way.

 

[BlkDrgnZ28]

ouch bro sorry to hear about your loss on that

 

[Cblast]

Failure to follow simple instructions...FAIL!!!!!

 

[Revolution]

she'll be good as new after some more layering of black and white, and black and white...and black...and white... mannn i just wanna ride!

 

[Copperone]

Man really sorry to hear about this after all the work that went into making it right.

 

[Revolution]

i'm actually starting to look at it as a challenge to make it look as close to the original.

 

[roadthing]

Oh, man! That is just painful to look at. Absolute negligence, and carelessness.

Accidents happen, but come on! Inexcusable.

I hope the second time around is WAY more successful.

 

[zukracer]

man that blows ass... hope you can get it back as it was and they compensate you well for it

 

[GIXERHP]

That really sucks!

 

[BusaWizard]

Man glad you're able to repair. People sould be more careful with a one off master piece.

 

[bacharles]

DAMN!! DAMN!! DAMN!!! Sux the big one...

 

[criomega]

Can't you give it a light top coat of clear before giving it back to them to protect your hard work? I did a piece once that I was sending out to have a few top coats put on. I had used an acetylene torch with no oxygen running to dust over the piece with black smoke sout and it was very easy to mess up so I dusted a light coat of clear on it.

 

[kennym4]

I don't take kung fu, you want me to smack his a$$ ??

THANK GOD you have the talent to fix it !! Could you imagine if it was someone like me, with no talent or the cash to fix it ?

Hang in there Rev !!

 

[BigBSBusa]

Just good that you have the skills, but I know it's still frustrating!