What a mess that makes. Now my 68 is down to the bare glass and everything is visible. 

What was the reason for the change in price?

$8,000 was the starting price which included the soda blast. 50 hrs were a given for the price, plus paint etc.  Seems to think that the 50 hrs will be used up quickly and needs more hrs. 

Rich I'm making ass'umptions here but since you have done the soda blast yourself you must have a compressor. Why not tackle the paint job yourself? If you do all the primer sanding you will get the feel for the paint technique. Then base coat it and clear it. You can sand any imperfections out yourself and buff. Lots of good articles on many google sites. Do you have any local schools that have night courses where you can sign up for body work and get your car over there? Will they (a school) do it for a project learning price?

Rich,
How much soda blasting media did you end up using to get your car down to bare glass. Also where did you get it and what kind of costs are you looking at. How do you clean the car once it is blasted so that you have removed any residue left? I am thinking about doing that to my 72.
Thanks Rodney

I had Midlife Classics Restoration in Princeton Tx do the Soda Blasting. They do Media and Sand Blasting too. They are not real familar with the Soda, but I had done a lot of studies and Soda is the best for glass. They have a large machine to do this with. Most people will tell you to use vinegar to clean it up. but  the company in Houston has the solution which is called Holdtight102. It cost $75.00 a gallon which should be enough for a corvette. Go to www.holdtight.com  Anyway the Blasting cost $800.00 which they said it should have cost closer to 1,00.00 since it took so much soda.  Anyway they are good people and have a lot of ideas and advise. Just call Bob  at 972-736-3560 and he has a lot of free advise.   

Ebo ---Your so right. I painted this vette 22 years ago myself.  I had experience in paint work from the military. I sanded it myself , primed and sealed it. Then used Glassurt base coat clear coat and it really looked great after all the buffing etc.  But after all those years it had stress cracks etc. plus the touch up from gravel chips etc. 

I hear ya  And your right on the bigger compressor, I bought Eastwoods dual blaster, soda and or media....then had to buy a big axed compressor

I had my '80 completely stripped-down and repainted this year.  It cost me $500 for the soda blast and $5500 for the paint job.  This included new weather stripping and realinging the doors T-tops and hood.  I took it to a guy in my area who has an excellent reputation for quality.  He did a fantastic job on my Vette. 

Thanks, and I hope it comes out as I expect it to.