Cost of paint work.

[Hellfire_Studios]

People want to know why paint work is so costly....without looking at labor costs, I just went to the paint store to day to stock up on materials for a job I am painting this weekend and these is what I got....

1 Gallon of Diamont White paint (color code GM 8624)
1 Gallon of Diamont tri-coat paint (color code Toyota 051)
1 Gallon of Diamont UR50 mid temp reducer
1 Gallon of DC92 Diamont clear (with 42 series hardener)
1 Box of 1/2 inch foam tape (for the door jambs etc...)

My total cost 938.88

Granted I bought alot of paint (its a big car) and its a tri stage job. But still you can see why a good paint job is so expensive.

Josh

[Walter]

dont forget about........

paper to mask off the car
plenty of tape 1" and 3"
wet sand paper
buffer and pads
compounds and glazes


my father owns a auto body shop and i had to pay 2000 dollars for my paint job and that was with no labor

[351coupe]

Originally Posted by Hellfire_Studios

People want to know why paint work is so costly....without looking at labor costs, I just went to the paint store to day to stock up on materials for a job I am painting this weekend and these is what I got....

1 Gallon of Diamont White paint (color code GM 8624)
1 Gallon of Diamont tri-coat paint (color code Toyota 051)
1 Gallon of Diamont UR50 mid temp reducer
1 Gallon of DC92 Diamont clear (with 42 series hardener)
1 Box of 1/2 inch foam tape (for the door jambs etc...)

My total cost 938.88

Granted I bought alot of paint (its a big car) and its a tri stage job. But still you can see why a good paint job is so expensive.

Josh

I work in a body shop so I know how costly it can get,the paint jobs I work on get up into the 60K-80K range .By the way,what are you painting a,,,a bus

[Walter]

Originally Posted by 351coupe

I work in a body shop so I know how costly it can get,the paint jobs I work on get up into the 60K-80K range .By the way,what are you painting a,,,a bus

60k-80k for a paint job or a complete restoration?

[351coupe]

Just a paint job...there $1,000,000 and up RV's.

[Walter]

Originally Posted by 351coupe

Just a paint job...there $1,000,000 and up RV's.

oh ok that makes sense

[jlmaxima4sale]

Place I Paint For Charges No Less Then 6k For A Paint Job And As High As 20k Depending On Paint And Schemes And Stuff

[Hellfire_Studios]

I know I bought alot of paint but I am painting jambs and trunk as well and wanted to make sure I had enough. Besides my vehicle is 8624 so if I dont use it all i can still use it. I am just going to be upset if I dont use most of the pearl as I will have no real need for it

The cougar is a big car and I think I will use atleast 3 quarts of the mid coat. didnt want to run short on it though.

I will post pics when I am done. Pushed it back to friday due to some fine detail work that needed to be attended to...

Josh

[jlmaxima4sale]

if your doing the whole car make it stand out and shoot 5 or 6 coats i have 9 coats of 065 lexus pearl over a pure white base on my boys car if you look at it in the sun u see a big black spot in ure eyes for a litle lol

[VOD]

damn makes me wantto bust out the rattle cans..but costs are good to know..
i going to have to buy one gallon at a time..so in 4 month i should be ready to paint

[jlmaxima4sale]

wow u only need a gallon lol unless u are doing a pearl tristage then you need 1 gallon of base 1 gallon of mid

[killerMikeD]

yea you bought WAAAY TOO MANY GALLONS, why dont you go learn how to paint abd buy your materials right, i mean wtf, waste of paint, gonna ruin the earth, and after the job you have to throw the rest away, since everyone knows that you cant use it anymore after one job.

[Hellfire_Studios]

yeah...I painted the door jambs tuesday night and I decided to use 2 coats of the Mid coat. I could have gotten away with 2 quarts but I decided that i am going to use the remains to flame out my truck when finished. So it will not go to waste.


Josh

[Hellfire_Studios]

Originally Posted by jlmaxima4sale

if your doing the whole car make it stand out and shoot 5 or 6 coats i have 9 coats of 065 lexus pearl over a pure white base on my boys car if you look at it in the sun u see a big black spot in ure eyes for a litle lol

Thats scary.....2 coats will do it for me. The customer wants just a touch of pearl so that should be more than enough.

Josh

[LudeTillIDie]

hey man,

How much for this

2 Coat Base 2 coat Clear

I am looking for a black blue combo as well.

Also if you know how to airbrush I would like my daughters name down the side of the car not to big in the lower back corner where the door meets the fender.

There are also some minor dents sunroof has some issures but I am switching to a glass roof anyways. Let me know a ball park

Its a 94 Prelude SI