Thread: whats a good price on a paint job

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i need proof on that one. going to be hard to believe ppg is relabeled shrink and wrinkle . i know that barry does his own at spi .

Originally Posted by shine

i need proof on that one. going to be hard to believe ppg is relabeled shrink and wrinkle . i know that barry does his own at spi .

PPG shows that they have manufacturing facilities in 60 countries. Pretty sure that Valspar makes all of their own coatings, which is the House of Kolor line.

shrink and wrinkle does not make all the paint . nor does dupont mfgr for anyone else. and i know damn well ppg makes their own. every company buys resins and makes their own.

and for the record summit sells kirker paint. another brand i would not use.

Originally Posted by stovens

At the last car show here locally, a guy had a 57 Chevy 2 door in twotone green. He took it to Maaco and provided his own paint. They did a beautiful job and color sanded followed by clear coating. He said it was about 3500.00 Mind you he did all the prep and provided the paint. He said there was still a bit to do for around 1500.00 more. I think the comment of going to the cheap fast paced centers is valid. They may use cheap product, but they do know how to paint! For me I'll never pay 10k for paint, because I have way to many things that need to be done that I can't afford that for a weekend driver. But I can tell you summit is selling paint and clear coat, etc. that one of the hotrod magazines featured a few years ago. The paint isn't expensive, and it's suppose to be good quality. One of the guys at the Nevada store, showed me his car, that he painted with it. It looked fantastic to me. I bought their paint for when I paint my truck, but meanwhile the air quality laws changed in this part of California, to where it would be illegal to spray here. 45 minutes north of here it is still leagal! So I guess when the time comes, I'll go to a Maaco far enough north to get it sprayed!
I'm not advocating buying cheap stuff, or low quality, because in the end you will get what you pay for, but it depends on what you can afford and living within your means. Do the best you can with what you can. Many people on here have built some fine cars for reasonable budgets. Will they be featured in GOODGUYS, probably not, but who cares. As long as your happy with it, then it's good enough. In this economy it's a miracle people have 20k for a paintjob!

Amen to that, though I can understand it with some peoples show vehicles that I've seen. I would LOVE to go get myself a paint job done in a house of color paint or some of those PPG hughes, THAT I can understand paying a good amount of money to have done. I can also understand someone bringing in a rust bucket and needing a ton of body work, I can see this running 20 grand.

I cannot myself justify spending probably anymore than 5k on my paint job, I dont need awesome paint though I would like it. Im fairly young (28) and do not make a ton of money, its this kind of thing that scares my generation away from this hobby. That and they do not know much about it, hence the reason you see a kid with 15k in his motor in an eclipse, a car thats now worth 1000 bucks.

I'm totally floored at the prices you guys are talking about. The last car I painted was my 1970 Caprice in 1976, switched from gold to burgany, did all the jambs etc., took 1 1/2 gallons of Laquer.... Total price for paint was $55.00

You guys would be very surprised what is licensed for production and by who. I get this right from the regional management of each company. Again you need to see it to believe it. I have.

Bill S

you wont find any rumors or guess work there . any bs advice is deleted immediately and the poster will get only one warning. unfortunately the internet is full of as much bs bad advice as good advice. some of the so called experts on some other sites are surprisingly absent there even though they use spi.

That site that shine suggested is tops. I'll lurk mostly, seldom check in, but it has to be the best automotive painting site on the net. Additionally, the owner of SPI is a great guy to talk to and do business with. My '31 is primed and cleared with the SPI materials. I used DuPont's ChromaBase as SPI doesn't offer colors now but black

Here's a good first step - Block Sanding Kit 3 Sanders-2PSA paper Guide Coat Guide coat & block sand to ID low spots. If shallow (~1/16" or less) just fill with a good quality body filler and sand using blocks & 180 to 220 grit. Two coats of epoxy primer, block to check one last time for lows & highs, and a final prime coat for any sand throughs. Watch the video on the Eastwood site page attached for some basics.

never try to fill one at a time. on a bed rail just glaze it front to back and bring it all down together.

Originally Posted by rspears

Here's a good first step - Block Sanding Kit 3 Sanders-2PSA paper Guide Coat Guide coat & block sand to ID low spots. If shallow (~1/16" or less) just fill with a good quality body filler and sand using blocks & 180 to 220 grit. Two coats of epoxy primer, block to check one last time for lows & highs, and a final prime coat for any sand throughs. Watch the video on the Eastwood site page attached for some basics.

That same kit is on sale today for $151 Block Sanding Kit 3 Sanders-2PSA paper Guide Coat

Originally Posted by randyr

That same kit is on sale today for $151 Block Sanding Kit 3 Sanders-2PSA paper Guide Coat

How do you get a $151 sale price to come up? When I click the link it says $189, you save $4.95... Today's Deals doesn't show it, either.

Originally Posted by rspears

How do you get a $151 sale price to come up? When I click the link it says $189, you save $4.95... Today's Deals doesn't show it, either.

It was in this newsletter I got Auto Body Parts Warehouse, Discount Auto Parts Online Stores, Cheap Auto Parts & Equipment

I agree with shine on that going after individual spots will drive you nuts, especially if you keep sanding too much off!

More "Know it Alls" Huh Shine?
Will it ever end?
PPG doesn't make their own paint?
Since when?