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quinns20
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3h ago
PSA: the $180 spot weld drill from the tool truck finally paid for itself on a Civic rocker panel
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miles798
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5h ago
PSA: I primed bare steel with rattle can etch primer for 4 years, then a painter in Reno showed me a rag
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reese_wood55
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2d ago
Watched a guy back his truck into my freshly painted bumper at the shop on 5th, and his excuse was something else
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roberts.troy
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2d ago
Vent: my old boss swore by duraglas over fiberglass mat, I switched to panel bond and never looked back
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davis.mia
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4d ago
Showerthought: took the $1,400 insurance payout for my wife's rear-ended Civic instead of the shop repair in Garland
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jordan305
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5d ago
Heard an estimator in Dallas say 'blend the whole side or eat the comeback' and it stuck with me
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rayc89
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6d ago
Rant: A guy at the parts counter in Reno swore I didn't need to prime bare metal before filler, and now I'm sanding it all back off
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jenkins.wade
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7d ago
Just found my old boss's frame measuring trick from the 90s in a notebook
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blake842
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9d ago
Almost sprayed a car last Tuesday with a regulator I never checked
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paigeharris
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9d ago
My old shop lead in Fresno said to skip the primer on plastic bumper covers, and the paint peeled in 8 months
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brookefox
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10d ago
Sanding a fender with 80 grit then jumping to 320 vs stepping through 180 and 220 first
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hall.charles
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12d ago
Watched a rear quarter panel go from golf ball to glass in 2 hours with one change
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jana584
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12d ago
Pro tip: a painter with 30 years in told me to stop blocking primer with 180 and my sandpaper bill dropped $60 a car
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the_emery
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13d ago
Warning: dropped $700 on a "dent repair course" that taught me less than one afternoon with a real tech
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felix_wilson86
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13d ago
Used a torch to warm a fender at 62 degrees and watched a 4 inch crack turn into a 9 inch one
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