Wow you guys seem to pay a lot more than we do for primers & paints, for example i pay £12 for a litre of epoxy primer which is about $15, straight colour is around £25 ($33) per litre



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I didn't even touch on the cost of supplies. Just to spray paint cost me in the neighborhood of a thousand plus bucks - and that's only the equipment which included a 50' copper line and valving, two dryers, a supplied air personal safety system, two separate paint guns(primer and finish), shoot suits, face masks. Then there was the 7 quarts of DuPont BC paint at ~$150/quart, the 6 quarts of CC at $50/quart plus the required reducers for more $$. A gallon of Rage Gold plastic filler was ~$40 then the 4 quarts of epoxy primer at~$50 quart and the dozens of sheets of sandpapers at $1-$2 a sheet (80 - 2000 grit). Then there's the cut and buff materials - a 7" buffer at $250, pads at $12-$15 each and the Presta 1500 and swirl removers at $25 each. And of course 3-4 rolls of 3M 'green' masking tape at $7 each. And that's just the big stuff I can think of right now

Every time I walked into my supplier, his big smile told me that he was going to be able to pay the employees out of the gross that day instead of his pocket