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We have a gun and compressor. Not counting sand paper, just going to the store to buy a gallon paint with reducer and clear, we usually come out at $100-200. Then again, we dont buy the fancy stuff. PPG or Omni. Usually stuff with metallic flake or if you order from a book instead of a color sample, then its like $200-400. My mustang is supposed to be a 3 stage paint, but I guess that means primer, red, and clear. I worry that the paint I plan on buying for my gt6 will be expensive since its out of the book, metallic, and possibly a little pearl even.
 
Painters can paint a LBC in 20/40 minutes. You can buy a good acrylic with hardner for $100 or so.
If you get a $300 paint job, the part that gets the short shrift is the sanding and prep work. Anyone that has ever done any body and paint work knows that you may spend a year to get your car prepared to paint, only spending a short time actually painting.
When I was in the LBC business(early 70's) we had all of our cars painted in acrylic for $200 a pop. They ALWAYS painted the exhaust pipe, sorta like a signature I guess!
Emmett
 
emmett1010 said:
Painters can paint a LBC in 20/40 minutes. You can buy a good acrylic with hardner for $100 or so.
If you get a $300 paint job, the part that gets the short shrift is the sanding and prep work. Anyone that has ever done any body and paint work knows that you may spend a year to get your car prepared to paint, only spending a short time actually painting.
When I was in the LBC business(early 70's) we had all of our cars painted in acrylic for $200 a pop. They ALWAYS painted the exhaust pipe, sorta like a signature I guess!
Emmett
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My gt6 originally was green, but the white paint on it is pretty impressive (minus the clear coat flaking racing stripe) I dont know how old the paint is, but considering the rust bubbling under it, Id say 20yo or older...

...they sprayed the tail pipe too!
 
well I can attest to the cost of paint, dupont chroma at least for red is 85 a pint and the reducer was maybe 50 but you mix it one to one so 1 quart for 85 bucks plus reducer cost plus the clear maybe 60 for the quart and activator, then you throw in the bondo, glazing puddy, and primer 100 a gallon, sand paper and you got a respray on a TR6 hood thats around 700 dollers so far and I left out the compressor, and the reason I say maybe on the price is cause I stopped counting, thank god I am girlfriendless right now, mainly by choise, another story, so I figure every date cost 60-100 bucks I am still ahead of the game but the benefits are lacking, dont go there, the companionship, right? but I know when I am done it will look better than the rest of the car so I will then start on the rest of the car, as far as paint dupont has their less expensive paint. Nason which is half the chroma system, the paint guy said the nason paint might or might not be a perfect match where as the chroma system is very consistant, WE will see soon

hondo
 
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