My Hustler Gets A *Mitcher T Paint Job*
09-18-2009, 12:27 AM
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My Hustler Gets A *Mitcher T Paint Job*
How I got to Mitcher T's Custom Paint
Ill give you a little info on my 9 1/2 months of Hell with the Previous Painter (Aqua Fiberglass/Tracy Hipp here in Ms).I dropped the boat off at Aqua Dec 3rd. They said 2-3 months,basically started as a touch up,reclear part of the deck, fix chips/scratches in bottom.Then it turned into make the boat look brand NEW!! He started on it in Feb,He just would not stay on it,stretching it out. I was the bottom of the list,small jobs came first.He asked for some money around June,my $10k partial payment put them in slow motion.Thinking it would motivate them.Wrong.They made the job into a full repaint ,This went on and on,making more work for themselves ,charging me more,I was Fedup, I called on Aug 19 Wed to pick the boat up unfinished,they wouldn't even give me a week to pick it up.to find somewhere to put it or find a new painter,Funny how they had it for 9 1/2 months.They pushed it outside that Friday, threatening me with storage fees,that I had to pay the full amount now,they already had a lawyer, I went to pick it up Aug 26th,.It turned nasty!! I did have to pay full amount to get it out,not much choice,I got screwed!!! it would of turned into lawsuit and me losing another year,it would be sitting outside and them charging storage fees during the lawsuit,I just wanted to move forward.At least I get to use it in 2010.Aqua/Tracy told me it was finished except the deck,that it was fully prepped and ready to shoot,Went to pick it up It was dark and raining with the cover on it,Didn't matter I wanted it out of there.Then in daylight it was worse than I thought
So I started looking for a painter,a Pro!! no more dishonest amateurs in Mississippi.I emailed and talked with a good bit of painters. They were all over 10-12 hours trips,I was willing to drive the distance,I figure they would think I was serious being I am driving that far.I decided on Mitch at Mitcher T's, I PM'ed a bunch of people on OSO about him,all said good things,Like Mitch told me I will not find a person that's dissatisfied with him,I searched all the boards ,nothing I had to babysit Aqua,literally,painting over chips,overspray on dash,leaving sand scratches all in the paint etc.Mitch said you will not need to babysit us, this is all we do,just paint nothing else.He said no worries,I guess he's baby-sitting me now
We left Thursday Night 8pm got there 9.30 am Sept 4th,I drove straight through,RedBull and chocolate .We went over the boat about a hour went to lunch,Got back they had already started on it it was taped up and they were sanding on the back.I spent another 3 hours with Mitch and Mason going over stuff. I'm sure I repeated stuff I was up for 36 hours straight,We drove 28 hours of the 50 hours since we left the house,1874 miles total. Went thru 10 states.He said 2 weeks,he's a man of his word,were headed back up there 24th. that's 13 days of him working on it.There's got to be one of those priceless jokes somewhere in all this.
From the time I picked up my boat to a finished paint job at Mitcher T's 28 Days
Rob
This is what it looked like before paint.
Ill give you a little info on my 9 1/2 months of Hell with the Previous Painter (Aqua Fiberglass/Tracy Hipp here in Ms).I dropped the boat off at Aqua Dec 3rd. They said 2-3 months,basically started as a touch up,reclear part of the deck, fix chips/scratches in bottom.Then it turned into make the boat look brand NEW!! He started on it in Feb,He just would not stay on it,stretching it out. I was the bottom of the list,small jobs came first.He asked for some money around June,my $10k partial payment put them in slow motion.Thinking it would motivate them.Wrong.They made the job into a full repaint ,This went on and on,making more work for themselves ,charging me more,I was Fedup, I called on Aug 19 Wed to pick the boat up unfinished,they wouldn't even give me a week to pick it up.to find somewhere to put it or find a new painter,Funny how they had it for 9 1/2 months.They pushed it outside that Friday, threatening me with storage fees,that I had to pay the full amount now,they already had a lawyer, I went to pick it up Aug 26th,.It turned nasty!! I did have to pay full amount to get it out,not much choice,I got screwed!!! it would of turned into lawsuit and me losing another year,it would be sitting outside and them charging storage fees during the lawsuit,I just wanted to move forward.At least I get to use it in 2010.Aqua/Tracy told me it was finished except the deck,that it was fully prepped and ready to shoot,Went to pick it up It was dark and raining with the cover on it,Didn't matter I wanted it out of there.Then in daylight it was worse than I thought
So I started looking for a painter,a Pro!! no more dishonest amateurs in Mississippi.I emailed and talked with a good bit of painters. They were all over 10-12 hours trips,I was willing to drive the distance,I figure they would think I was serious being I am driving that far.I decided on Mitch at Mitcher T's, I PM'ed a bunch of people on OSO about him,all said good things,Like Mitch told me I will not find a person that's dissatisfied with him,I searched all the boards ,nothing I had to babysit Aqua,literally,painting over chips,overspray on dash,leaving sand scratches all in the paint etc.Mitch said you will not need to babysit us, this is all we do,just paint nothing else.He said no worries,I guess he's baby-sitting me now
We left Thursday Night 8pm got there 9.30 am Sept 4th,I drove straight through,RedBull and chocolate .We went over the boat about a hour went to lunch,Got back they had already started on it it was taped up and they were sanding on the back.I spent another 3 hours with Mitch and Mason going over stuff. I'm sure I repeated stuff I was up for 36 hours straight,We drove 28 hours of the 50 hours since we left the house,1874 miles total. Went thru 10 states.He said 2 weeks,he's a man of his word,were headed back up there 24th. that's 13 days of him working on it.There's got to be one of those priceless jokes somewhere in all this.
From the time I picked up my boat to a finished paint job at Mitcher T's 28 Days
Rob
This is what it looked like before paint.
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09-18-2009, 12:36 AM
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Rob,I been FUKKED over by every shop that has ever done body work for me on anything so I feel your pain. I don't know what it is with these guys but I have ran into the same scenario before, I had a 1973 t/a getting painted,went thru 3 places and finally pulled it out of the third place at gunpoint then sold it unfinished in disgust,Smitty
09-18-2009, 12:39 AM
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From what I've read and seen you will not be disappointed. Can't wait to see it. Be sure and check your trailer over before you start home. You don't want any gremlins to pop up...
09-18-2009, 12:53 AM
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I have some more picks from Mitch I'm going to post,
A deciding factor on taking it to Mitch. I got to thinking,Who sees all of these big name painters paint jobs.The ones that hits all the magazines.The big poker run guys I asked has limited experience mainly with there own paint jobs and word of mouth on the others, Then I thought of Donnie with Marine Clean'Leverage'.he See's them all, he rubs on all of them, he's the one that gets hand on on all of the boat manufactures,Cig,Outerlimits,MTi,Skater,Active Thunder ,Black thunder,Fountain,Baja,Hustler,Nor-tech,Sunsation.With him going to all the boat shows,Poker runs etc. He does the polishing and detailing on these boat.,Ya know they have the best of the best painting the new ones for the show.He's polishing ,waxing,detailing all of them at the Miami boat show, his face is 2 foot away,he will see all the defects,runs,missed buffing areas,bleed thru,crooked lines,tape lines,a run
He gets to put signs over the bad spots
Thanks Donnie for your help!!
Rob
The day we dropped it off,within 3 hours they already had it taped up and were sanding on the rear,
2nd pick the previous guy had the paint lines off, they didn't match up with the side.also the lines were straight,they were suppose to swoop like the bottom,Mitch had to redo all of this,also the lower edge the yellow fade he miss matched the color,the static was off ,Mitch straighten it all out,this side had some rock chips in the front, he fixed all of them,then rebuffed all the sand scratch,swirl marks that Aqua said was normal
A deciding factor on taking it to Mitch. I got to thinking,Who sees all of these big name painters paint jobs.The ones that hits all the magazines.The big poker run guys I asked has limited experience mainly with there own paint jobs and word of mouth on the others, Then I thought of Donnie with Marine Clean'Leverage'.he See's them all, he rubs on all of them, he's the one that gets hand on on all of the boat manufactures,Cig,Outerlimits,MTi,Skater,Active Thunder ,Black thunder,Fountain,Baja,Hustler,Nor-tech,Sunsation.With him going to all the boat shows,Poker runs etc. He does the polishing and detailing on these boat.,Ya know they have the best of the best painting the new ones for the show.He's polishing ,waxing,detailing all of them at the Miami boat show, his face is 2 foot away,he will see all the defects,runs,missed buffing areas,bleed thru,crooked lines,tape lines,a run
He gets to put signs over the bad spotsThanks Donnie for your help!!
Rob
The day we dropped it off,within 3 hours they already had it taped up and were sanding on the rear,
2nd pick the previous guy had the paint lines off, they didn't match up with the side.also the lines were straight,they were suppose to swoop like the bottom,Mitch had to redo all of this,also the lower edge the yellow fade he miss matched the color,the static was off ,Mitch straighten it all out,this side had some rock chips in the front, he fixed all of them,then rebuffed all the sand scratch,swirl marks that Aqua said was normal
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Last edited by Strip Poker 388; 09-18-2009 at 09:19 PM.
09-18-2009, 01:30 AM
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I let it all build up,at the time he said he would stay on it,I figured no one would want to do a unfinished job,he had called everybody in town telling them i was to picky,worried about then if each other blaming the other for something going wrong in the paint,that would make paying for 3 jobs.Ive had the worst luck of my life this year,sister had baby,she was away form the store a month,had it by myself,Dad terminally ill,we've worked together 29years,3 accidents with my truck,not my fault,unexpected outdrive repair,6500,it came back damaged,McLeod screwing me,double 1900this one really P!ssed me off!!,truck motor,with 90k miles blows head gasket,mech said needs heads also,and he could not show me were the coolant was leaking into the engine,or on the head gasket, that was a week before going to Mitch's,6680.rear tire on truck blowing out taking out the fender,new stainless exhaust,supports,inner bed side wheel house,all the wiring out of my new LEDS,another tire blew out same fender,just fender this tine but got a half asses paint job,buddy driving backs into new dodge hemi black truck with 500mileson it,same fender,The bed cover in storm rips off, hits hood,hit power line burns carpet,flies into water,takes almost 2 months for them to make a new one,its built allot cheaper,business is real slow,we do our own financing,stay in court most of the time,most just skip out,Employee help high turnover.The year ain't over.I don't think Ive see the worst yet
.I'm ready for 2010
Rob
They tried saving the center hump paint,The previous painter that said it was ALL ready to be shot,and I was charged for it to be ready,He sanded thru in the blue and the red,so almost all of it had to be redone,I paid for all the stencils for all the graphics on the boat,just in case,Mitch was able to use them.
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Last edited by Strip Poker 388; 09-18-2009 at 09:34 PM.
09-18-2009, 01:31 AM
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primerBow rails painted white and cleared,he got that out of the way first,then concentrate on the priming and blocking the deck,redoing most of the other guys work,sounds like he went the extra mile on the deck.
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09-18-2009, 07:26 AM
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My Sunsation had a Mitcher paint job. Very nice. I have looked at several Fountains with his paint, also beautiful. I would definetly make the drive to do my next paint job.
