snaggletooth
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Looks like I may haver to take a bad painter to court. My Busa rolled off the kick stand last year and I finally scraped up enough cash to have it painted.
I provided the paint shop the color and reducer from Color Rite ($150) (07 busa black) and asked them what it would cost to clean up the light rash and re-spray the left lower and nose fairings. The guy charged me $200. He said that I was getting a great deal beacuse he was providing the clear and hardener. At first I thought I was getting a smoking deal but after considering that I was providing the color and reducer, the $350 total cost seemed fair but nothing to write home about.
I told the guy several times that I expected the fairings to be "like brand new" or I would return them. I also advised him that if he couldn't make them "like new" not to take on the job. He assured me that he could make them like new but couldn't guarrante the color match because I was supplying the color. That's fair I thought and handed him $200, the fairings, and my paint (1-pint color and 1-Qt reducer).
A couple of weeks later I get the fairings back. The ass hat gave them to me full of pollishing compound. After cleaning them up I find a bunch of flaws (lots of orage peel, chips, and dimples). I returned them and gave him what paint was left over.
Yesterday (month later) I call and he says I can come and pick them up. At first glance the nose fairing looked good but the ass hat failed to remove the screens and painted them. The lower fairing turned totaly blue in the light. I asked what the heck is up with that. He said that he had to scrape the bottom of the paint can to get enought to re-paint the lower fairing and ended up getting to much flake in the paint. "the thing looked like a carnival ride!" Now I'm wonering if there was that much flake in the bottom of the can, does that mean the nose fairing is lacking in the right amount of flake?
I told him that he would have to keep it and fix it, it ws no good for me to use. Then he tried to tell me where I could get the paint localy at a reduced cost. I was so pissed I told him that it was his problem and walked away with the nose fairing.
While at home I had a chance to give the nose fairing a good inspection. It has a few dimples, some orange peel under the chin area, a light run, a lot of un-finished pollishing, and of course the painted screens.
When I'm done with my work week I'm going back to demand a full refund ($200)! I guess I'll eat the cost of the color ($150) and the cost for new screens. I don't care how much time / labor and clear this crappy painter has spent on my fairings. I plan to sue him for the cost of the screens, Color Right paint, plus the $200 labor charge if he doesn't refund my $200 payment.
Has anyone out there gone through this BS besides me, S/T?
I provided the paint shop the color and reducer from Color Rite ($150) (07 busa black) and asked them what it would cost to clean up the light rash and re-spray the left lower and nose fairings. The guy charged me $200. He said that I was getting a great deal beacuse he was providing the clear and hardener. At first I thought I was getting a smoking deal but after considering that I was providing the color and reducer, the $350 total cost seemed fair but nothing to write home about.
I told the guy several times that I expected the fairings to be "like brand new" or I would return them. I also advised him that if he couldn't make them "like new" not to take on the job. He assured me that he could make them like new but couldn't guarrante the color match because I was supplying the color. That's fair I thought and handed him $200, the fairings, and my paint (1-pint color and 1-Qt reducer).
A couple of weeks later I get the fairings back. The ass hat gave them to me full of pollishing compound. After cleaning them up I find a bunch of flaws (lots of orage peel, chips, and dimples). I returned them and gave him what paint was left over.
Yesterday (month later) I call and he says I can come and pick them up. At first glance the nose fairing looked good but the ass hat failed to remove the screens and painted them. The lower fairing turned totaly blue in the light. I asked what the heck is up with that. He said that he had to scrape the bottom of the paint can to get enought to re-paint the lower fairing and ended up getting to much flake in the paint. "the thing looked like a carnival ride!" Now I'm wonering if there was that much flake in the bottom of the can, does that mean the nose fairing is lacking in the right amount of flake?
I told him that he would have to keep it and fix it, it ws no good for me to use. Then he tried to tell me where I could get the paint localy at a reduced cost. I was so pissed I told him that it was his problem and walked away with the nose fairing.
While at home I had a chance to give the nose fairing a good inspection. It has a few dimples, some orange peel under the chin area, a light run, a lot of un-finished pollishing, and of course the painted screens.
When I'm done with my work week I'm going back to demand a full refund ($200)! I guess I'll eat the cost of the color ($150) and the cost for new screens. I don't care how much time / labor and clear this crappy painter has spent on my fairings. I plan to sue him for the cost of the screens, Color Right paint, plus the $200 labor charge if he doesn't refund my $200 payment.
Has anyone out there gone through this BS besides me, S/T?
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