What are your bad habits in this line of work

[RosharonRooster]

I find that most people won't see defects unless they are glaring. They like shiny and just better. Shoot for perfection and settle for really good.

Had this convo earlier this evening people want Shiney.

 

[Chris_Hamilton]

I think my worst "habit" is not taking pictures of work in progress and when finished. Upcoming job I'm going to try to discipline myself to do so.

 

[MikeK]

Thinking I'm Jim C'ing this beotch and spray Silver over the Green Kandy I was planning another coat of rather than the ab beside it with Green. Not a total screw up but a few more coats of Green than I expected.
Yeah,Perfectionism is a curse for real.
I "try" to settle for reasonable results but it is Hard.....
I've always said and it happens almost every time,
You take a job to the track or a show and the First Question asked is,
Who Painted it ?
He did.......

 

[theastronaut]

There is truth to that but, you won't know unless you try. That's been my experience anyways. I say that yet I chickened out replacing the quarter panels. At that point in time, I thought it was beyond my capabilities. Now I don't feel that way and will try it on the next vehicle if it's needed. Thankfully my quarter panels didn't have any rust, just lots of dents.

I meant it more like when customers want something else done that adds a lot of time to the build (which pushes back starting the next project), or someone ask if we do "____" and I say "I can do that", but I really should be doing other things that are easier to make more money doing instead.