+100000

This is why I hate doing custom work. I have been painting for 10 years and the only way to make good money is through insurance jobs. Materials have gotten so expensive and everyone wants something for nothing. I sprayed Dupont at work for collision stuff but for custom jobs I only use PPG, Spies Hecker, or House of Kolor. A gallon of quality clear with hardener can run you $400 and a gallon of black basecoat is around $200. I will never use cheap materials just to give someone a lower price. As soon as you do that and the job starts to look like **** down the road it will do nothing but run your reputation. You charging $125 to dent a tank and get it in primer is a damn good deal. People don't realize how much work is involved and how much everything from tape to glazing putty costs.

 

Coz he asked for pics

 

Cutler im gonna be by lakeland on the 10th, for a week, so hit me up your number and ill get ahold of ya when im down there.....i'll just swing it by to ya

 

im not a painter so i dont have the inside knowledge im just saying from my past experience. i went into a paint store and bought automotive paint, ppg or whatever it is. i bought a metalic charcoal, think it was a toyota color and i payed 17 dollars for enough to paint my whole bike. i gave it to a painter in daytona and he painted my whole bike for 120 dollars including using his own clear coat and it looked pretty damn good. im not getting a porsche painted just a bike tank.

 

So your say in ran you $137.00 just to paint it with no making a tank. I think $125.00 to dent the best looking and feeling tanks around is a steel. anyway I dont rely care that much I have lots of tanks to do I do them all the time and the people that know my work will always bring them to me. Thanks for the info though.

 

Sounds good bud I will PM you my number. I should be able to get it done for you wile your down.