Thread: Questions about paint, way ahead of time

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I would recommend painting the whole truck at the same time so that all of your base colors match... Then clear the whole truck. Once the doors have been based and cleared then send them to your Airbrush guy. He will then sand the surface of the clear coat so that the paint will stick then do a final clear over the doors when the graphics are finished. That is how I would do it.

Actually we would shoot several coats of clear so that once we color sanded and buffed the doors the graphics would totally flat, no ridges around the edges. Sometimes it the graphics are really built up we will shoot as many as 9 coats of clear so that once it is sanded out it is completely flat!

As far as a ballpark on the cost of the graphic work it is really hard to say because it all depends on the skill level of the artist. Someone who is really good with those types of graphics is going to be in higher demand and require a higher rate. With airbrush graphics, you get what you pay for - quality work costs more! Looking at your digital rendering I would guess that we might charge around $2000 including materials, but I am sure there are lots of painters who would estimate less and some that would estimate more.

Dave Brisco
Dangerous DesignWorx