[Shotimes] Paint Cost

[Kevin & Cheryl Airth]

Be glad you are not using House of Kolor paint. Some of it goes for around
$500/quart. Yes that's over $2000 per gallon!!!
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> The '94/'95 Moonlight Blue is like that (it's considered a pearl).
> Something like $300/gallon.
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> Dave
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> -----Original Message-----

>
> Mind you even with the right equipment it is not cheap, and some colors
are
> outrageously expensive.  Mostly on new cars though.  I recently was
picking
> out a blue for my motorcycle and looked at about 10 different shades.  I
was
> looking at 2004 model colors.  bad idea as each was about 65 bucks a PINT!
> I looked at 1999 colors and picked a couple.  First one was $17 for a
pint.
> I have no idea why certain shades of color are outrageous.  Sure, pearl is
> more expensive than metallic than flat color, but WOW!  Not to mention
> buying reducer, primer, clearcoat, hardener, and misc supplies.  Body
shops
> charge a lot, cause it's not a cheap deal.