Paint Options

COLLISION REPAIR, SCRATCHES, VANDALISM, ETC.

Rest assured, Artistic Auto Body of Portland has the ability to duplicate the factory paint on your car. We know how concerned you are about the color matching, but for us that is just the beginning. We also strive to match the texture and gloss of the finish as well. Our goal is what we call an "invisible repair." In other words, you can't tell that anything ever happened. Just how do we do this? We have the area's best craftsmen and utilize the finest European paint and equipment in all of our auto body shops.

Any quality shop can make the paint look good when you pick it up and even offer a lifetime warranty. The evidence of a true high-quality repair is that is stays looking that good for years to come. Fresh automotive paint can actually take months to completely cure, and as it cures small imperfections in the finish can develop. This is called shrinkage or sandscratch swelling. In the hot summer it may fully shrink and cure in just a few weeks. In the winter it may not fully cure until it gets some direct sun in the spring. Most shops only bake the paint during a 20 minute bake cycle in the paint booth which does not fully cure the paint and sandscratches can appear months later. At Artistic Auto Body, we take the time for an extra step in the process by using special infra-red heat lamps to completely bake the paint from the inside out before it is polished, which assures that our finishes stay looking just as good years from now as they do when you pick it up.

COMPLETE PAINT JOBS

We are one of only a few shops in town that will do a complete paint job, so we would be happy to talk to you about that. You've heard the term "You get what you pay for" and that is very true with a complete paint because there are so many variables. Our prices start at about $2,000. If you are considering a complete repaint, please call the Tigard office and ask for Terry. He will walk you through all those options and help you make an informed decision. He will need to see the vehicle to give a detailed cost, but can still give ballpark ideas over the phone.

CUSTOM WORK

Let us know what you have in mind! We can do special two-tones, stripes, and hand painted stripes.

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