Anyone know of a paint shop that will spray a board? Not looking for anything fancy, but need someone who knows how to shoot quality auto paint, and throw some glossy clear over some decals. I called a few random auto shops and they weren’t interested. Hopefully Los Angeles/Ventura/OC area. Thanks!
You should look for shops that specialize doing custom motorcycles and cars. Painting surfboards with solvent based auto paint is a rare thing in SoCal. It’s typically done with water based paints on the foam before glassing or on the sanded hot coat before glossing.
I worked at a glass shop that was next door to an auto body shop. The owner of the AB shop wanted to paint his own surfboard with car paint pearls. The sanded finish on the board (100 grit) was too coarse so the board was re-hotcoated and sanded down to 1000 grit.
The paint job came out really nice. I was curious what he would charge someone to do it. He said about what he would charge to paint a bumper on a car…about $300.