ORIGINAL: SGT.SHAGGY
The true flames are Sick with the Skulls blended into um. what a lot of people do not understand when you tell them a 2k or 3k paint job is the amount that actually goes into the price of the paint. I needed two colors for touch up and it was 180.oo smackers just for the two pints.
then there is the hardener , and the flex additive ( if being used) then there is the labor that goes into the prep before you even get to paint..... Jobs look great.
You nailed it! The cost of materials is ridiculous, not only for the paints, but the polishes, polishing pads, and the equipment you need to do the work. While it's true that you can get a nice paint job using a cheapo gun from Harbor Freight or something, you can achieve better, lighter results using a gun that atomizes the paint more evenly and allows it to flow, it's the difference between a $50 gun and a $500 gun.
I am able to save some money on a paint job because I stock the full line of PPG omni and PPG Concept (DBC) paints. I have my own full mixing systems with all tints so if I only need a half pint of a color then I only mix a half pint.
When you start doing things like the true flames, you can drop $200 just on the Kandy concentrates and mixing clear.
If you have to buy all the materials up front, a paint finish like my Super Bandit will cost you around $1000 just in materials between primer, base, Kandy's, clear etc. If I was to replicate that paint finish for somebody, because I don't have to buy specific amounts from the paint shop, it ends up costing about $250 in materials to the customer.
I have around $60,000 tied up in paints and tints right now!
When you're dropping 6K + on a jet, 2 or 3K for paint isn't so out of this world
