Some day I'll add up what my costs were for my car's paint job and it's driver quality. I do know that the BC color was approximately $150 a quart and it took seven quarts. The CC was reasonable at about $50 a quart and that too was 5-6 quarts. Then you add the reducers, hardeners, epoxy primers, the urethane 2K, the poly primer, the bucket of Rage, a bale of sandpapers from 80 to 3000 grit, the 4 different liquid compounds and swirl removers and sealers. And of course I needed better tools with a Finishline lll for primer and an Iwata for the BC/CC. Then my ancient grinder/buffer went up in smoke, so that was another $300. Next was a bigger compressor as the little one I had used for years wouldn't supply enough cfm, and of course, I needed a booth though temporary, was another $2-300 with a fan and filters.

Now, DIY'ers, that's only the easy stuff. At least I started with all new steel, even if it wasn't straight so that was several hundred hours.

Now - why are paint jobs expensive ....and I'm a do it yourselfer, with no overhead