I read a thread about finding a painter below and I thaught I would throw in my knowledge.

best way of finding a painter is of course to ask your scoot friends who painted theirs and if they were happy with the painters results and attitude toward the project,also how long it took the painter to do it,and if he must be reminded a lot on when it might be done.

If you are going to find a painter with out any previous info .
the best thing is to take a restored scooter and /or a book full of color fotos to different painters and ask if they want to paint a scooter,
offer them a fully stripped scooter,sandblasted if necessary,the painter has never done such a project and if the parts are clean then he is not turned off so fast.
you got to ask if he wants to do it,if he has cold feet then he really is not interested that nmuch,a high production shop will probably say no as painting a scoot is a loss of time,money for them.
its much easier painting a nice flat surface of a car then a multi angle surfaced scooter.
some painters start to think scoots are cool during the prohject and actually want one later but a disinterested painter is only going to promise you bike will be worked on "next week" and this might drag on until you give up and drag it out and to another shop.
I know a guy that has been waiting 2 years!a great painter is valuable guy so respect him if he is interested,if you then load him down with everybodys else scoot then he will raise the price or just say no more
i hope this helps-mike

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