Thread: Sanding Paper sure ain't cheap these days.

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3M has a new line out now, 3M Red... doesn't last as well as the good Norton and Mirka paper, but cost less then half... None of the shops around here handle Mirka anymore either, order most of it online...

Nothing gets any cheaper! It doesn't seem like too long ago when high quality paint and materials, for a multi-color custom paint job, started costing me about a grand. Today it's 2-1/2 times that. That's why I pass the materials along at "cost", and try to make a living on the labor only.

I still insist on good paint, as I see some of my stuff from 20 years ago that still looks fresh.

I heard somewhere that bodyshop materials go up 10% per year, no matter what the economy is doing! I could go back and look at my records.... but I'm sure I would not like what I see. :-(

This is fact- Call your jobber and ask.
PPG, Dupont etc usually go up 8 to 12 % every january.
3m only goes 4 -7% per year.
I concure with ya Hotrodpaint.
Average mtls cost on a job today is $1800 to 2500

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I would look into that, but... I quit Dupont when they went to "no lead" paints. I was shooting twice the material, which also doubles the hours, and could still see through it. :-(