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Old 10-13-2007, 11:45 PM
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couple weeks ago I was behind a truck and paint container flew out and white paint went all over my car. after 8 hard hours and a dawn wash, sure solv paint remover, claybar and a polish I got it looking new again

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Old 10-13-2007, 11:48 PM
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I WOULD BE PISSSEEEEEEEEEEEEEED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!! congrats! lol
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I was upset, it was all over the car real heavy on the right side ...........but his insurance paid for the cost of labor/material
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I would be pissed as well but atleast from that pic... it kinda looks cool, haha. Glad you got it cleaned up though.
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I WOULD BE PISSSEEEEEEEEEEEEEED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!! congrats! lol

X2 how much did they give u
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I hpe they paid for a paint job..
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X2 how much did they give u
I'd hope it'd be a lot
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that **** sucks, i hope you got paid good for your labors.
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total was $1700
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you did all the work and got 1700. thats good money for 8 hours of work but still, sucks that that happend
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I'm pretty sure I would have flipped **** that that happened... but at least the guy had insurance..
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you did all the work and got 1700. thats good money for 8 hours of work but still, sucks that that happend

I paid a couple hundred for materials. Its was going to take a body shop 32 hours. I worked really hard got it done in 8
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nice work, even though the situation would be better if it never happened you still got some cash
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the white flakes looks good

JK looks like you took care of that one, and made a quick buck
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Looks great.

Very good job.
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Wow! Good job.
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b4 winter sets in I gotta give it a Zymol wax job to lock in the polish
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Looks like you missed a spot, jk! looking good
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nice work and you got some mod cash
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