Originally Posted by Strip Poker 388

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,away for the store a month,had it by myself,Dad terminally ill,3 accidents with my truck,not my fault,unexpected drive repair,6500,came back damaged,McLeod screwing me,double 1900,truck motor,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.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 tone but got a half asses paint job,buddy driving backs inti new dodge himi with 500miles,same fender,bed cover in storm rips off hits hood,hit power line burns carpet,flys into water,takes almost 2 months for them to make a new one,its built allot cheaper,business real slow,we do our own financing,stay in court most of the time,most just skip out,Employ help high turnover.The year aint over.I dont think ive see the worst.

Im ready for 2010

Rob

Originally Posted by boatnt

Hey Strip,nice meeting you guys,I just picked up my Powerquest I was dropping off the day you were there,looks great!

Mitch only knows how to do things one way,the right way!

Originally Posted by Strip Poker 388

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.

Originally Posted by TexomaPowerboater

Nice, what did you use to paint the drives? Or did Mitcher T do that?

Originally Posted by LubeJobs42

Rob,
How could you be so dumb to get yourself in a situation like this?! I would never get into a situation like this. Next time before you do something, Call me and I will tell you how to go about it!!

It's really too bad things like this have to happen. It really takes the joy out of having the boat. It's bad enough what we have to spend to maintain these things but to get screwed every way you turn and having to be on your gaurd and defensive all the time really sucks!
We all learn for our mistakes. It never fails, every time I try to save a few bucks it cost me double if not triple. If I told you what I went through with my engines and what it cost the last 12 months, you wouldn't believe it!

Originally Posted by LubeJobs42

Rob,
How could you be so dumb to get yourself in a situation like this?! I would never get into a situation like this. Next time before you do something, Call me and I will tell you how to go about it!!