Friday, August 27, 2010

BELMONT, MISSISSIPPI – TIFFIN PAINT SHOP

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We have never been to the paint shop for the Tiffin coaches but it is only about 5 miles across the state line in Mississippi and we decided it was time to see it.  What a place!  They say that a paint job on one of these coaches costs about $10,000.  Now we know why.  This place is big and beautiful.  They have three paint lines and each line has four paint booths large enough to handle the largest coach Tiffin makes (45’).  Tiffin is the only coach manufacturer that paints all of the intricate designs on the sides of the coaches.  Others use decals.  The process is really neat….In the first booth they paint the coach a solid color, then they take it out and put stencils on the sides (yellow in the photos).  In the second booth they paint the various colors in the design.  After the second booth, they check the coach for problems, which are all corrected in the third booth.  All of the colors so far are flat with no shine and that’s where the last booth comes in where they paint the clear coat shine.  The results to all of this is one of the best paint jobs in the industry.