Barry,
When I painted my truck last spring, primer+pain was about
$415. This included reducers, catalysts, etc. I was surprised it was
that much and could have been more. There are some "specialty"
paints selling for over $500/quart!
Doug
At 06:42 PM 11/4/2005, you wrote:
>Its been a while since I have painted anything, but have prices gotten out
>of hand, or is my local paint place charging too much???
>I went in to my local Tri-city paint, the place where many body shops
>around here do business, and told the counter guy what he would recommend,
>since its been probably ten years since I did any real painting. I figured
>that paints had progressed somewhat, and I wanted to find out what would be
>a good primer for a large project that would be done in several stages,
>over several months. I told him that I would be replacing some with new
>sheet metal in a hard to reach area, and that I wanted some corrosion
>protection, fair sand-ability, and that if left unfinished coated, that is
>bare primer, that I would have some protection from rust or corrosion until
>several months later when The rest of the project would catch up to it and
>would be painted. I realized of course that the area would have to be
>re-sanded/primed, prior to the final finishing, but I wanted it to be
>somewhat protected until then.
>He suggested a PPG epoxy primer (grey), catalyzed, so I asked how much for
>a gallon, figuring that it would eventually be used over this entire
>project. He came back with a quote of almost $200, for the paint and
>catalyst! Now I was figuring that I'd be out maybe $50-$60 so when he came
>back with a $200 amount, FOR PRIMER, I almost croaked! Am I out of line
>here? Have prices gone up that much?? Can I get this stuff over the net
>for less, or is shipping paint a NO-NO here in California?
>Barry Schwartz (San Diego)
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