Cost for Paint Job?

Pfff. That's really not necessary.

 

Don't need to be like that bro.

Doing it yourself is very satisfying and if you aren't dumb about it you can get some very good results. Sure you're going to have some problems but I personally would always rather do it myself than pay someone to do it for me.

I'm more invested in my bike and like it that I can do it myself. Makes me feel all good inside :biggrin:

 

Totally uncalled for!

But I"m laughing my ass off!:biggrin:
Well said. (I'm the angry and smart moron-Moe:thumbsup
The comparison to healthcare was brilliant.
Can we all agree it is labor intensive, and the cost of labor varies from one part of the country to the other; and that a fair price for labor is different for everybody? Can we just agree on that?
Whereas everything is different....





click-clack------click-clack-------click-clack------click-clack
(the sound of a thousand spraypaint cans being shook across Planet VFR)

 

$18.95 is as low as I can go. Moe just quit. He got a gig in Haiti.

 

OK...here it is from a former PROFESSIONAL painter. I did it for my bread and butter for the better part of 13yrs. 1st off, the last year I painted I made
$63K+ that was from Jan. '4 until Oct. '04 (only TEN months) then I went to the police academy.

Painters (REAL painters) will NOT work for nothing (I know I didn't) they know that they have the skill and are used to getting paid to use them. I would have you disassemble the bike, bring me what you wanted repaired/painted. Quote you for the repairs if any, ask EXACTLY what you wanted,(single color, stripes, flames, fades, etc.) quote you for the actual paint labor. Then TELL you what I was willing to work with (I WILL NOT use B.S. cheap material because MY name goes on it when done). Now you would have the choice of major paint brands to choose from. DuPont (I am a certified DuPont re finisher) SIKKENS (also a certified re finisher) or Diamont (R/M).

The materials would run you a minimum of $500.00 (a whole bike in color and top coat would take "about" a quart of color, qt. to qt/half of clear) that would leave you some material left over for possible small repairs in the future. Quality costs, period. When I was spraying bikes "average" job was about $800.00 in LABOR alone. As I said you would purchase the sprayable material yourself or give me the $ and we would go get it together. If it took more than a pint of primer / sealer you'd buy that as well. sand paper and tape I would supply due to the limited amount I would probably use (the overall cost is negligible so no need to nickle and dime you)

So ball park single color respray with minimal damage/ repair would cost you "about" $1400.00, but it would be flawless. You would not get it back unless I was happy, and I had more side work than I could do (hence the nearly 64K in ten months of work)

Some will ask why I don't do that work anymore, PEOPLE ARE CHEAP BASTAGES!!!! I tired of the whining, crying, wanting everything for free, fixing work that people "THOUGHT" they could do and it came out looking like ass. Besides that I now have a job that the chemical hazards are minimal. How many 60-65 yr old automotive painters you see running around that aren't hacking and coughing or have some lung disease or some form of cancer? I'd rather dodge the occasional bullet thank you. :wink:

 

$17.95 is my final offer before I loose Curly and he runs off with my last box of rattlecans.

 

You're so cute dude. Bitter because I can do a $300 paint job that looks almost as good as your $2500 one?

 

If the existing bodywork and tank are in good shape you can sell them on Ebay and put the money toward new OEM plastics and a used tank in the color of your choice.

Regards,
Rollin

 

From 100 feet away, both assumptions have credibility.

 

That dear boy is complete and utter BUULSHEIT.......I challenge you to try and do even 1/5 as good a job with rattlecans as a job done by a REAL professional painter with proper equipment/supplies..... I know because I used to have to REPAINT those "good as" jobs.....:crazy:
LMAO

 

That dear boy is complete and utter BUULSHEIT.......I challenge you to try and do even 1/5 as good a job with rattlecans as a job done by a REAL professional painter with proper equipment/supplies..... I know because I used to have to REPAINT those "good as" jobs.....:crazy:
LMAO




Oh...BTW.....if your age in your profile is correct, I STARTED making my LIVING painting cars while you were still peeing in a diaper!:biggrin:

 

lmao, I never said anything about rattle cans. I would never use a rattle cans to paint a bike

 

More like from 5 feet away. Don't try to bullshit me, you and I both know the average person can hardly tell the difference between a really nice paint job and a so/so job.

I'm not trying to knock your profession at all. All I'm saying is, the average person who isn't completely loaded would rather spend a few hundred bucks on equipment and paint, do the job themselves and have a decent product than spend 2.5g's to have someone else give them a perfect product.

More so, people like myself would never let anyone else work on or paint their bike because honestly, I take great pride in being able to do that myself (or learning how if I don't know how already.) I like to be the one working on my bike (and yeah, getting to know it better)

I'd rather do it myself and have a few hiccups along the way then paying someone I don't even know to do a flawless job.

 

Oh dear GOD!!!

I'm brand new here. I haven't even had my VFR cherry popped and here I am starting a flame-off!!!

God bless internet forums.

Painters suck!!!!

And rattlecan paintjobs suck!!!

FUCK OFF!!!!

Can I still be a member???

 

Oh and I almost forgot... congrats on being an old man :biggrin:

 

This one sure started some crap didn't it..good to see that most forums are all the same.....I think it comendable to do work on your bikes I've been doing it since the early70s....I also am sure that after attempting something as challenging as paint work and taking advice from internet professionals as one the other posters will net results to be not so proud of...thats when other guys get involved to make it right...."shade tree paint work" which is what I did can be done and can obtain great results....good on anyone trying this it takes some gumption to do this work.....Be ready to pay the piper if your results are less than you desire.....it really does matter how well the job looks to see the difference in a good and anot so good job.....terms come to mind"orange peel", "sag","fish eye".....these show up and experience is a teacher....you leanr what to and what not to do..good luck to all who try good stuff in good stuff out....
Rod

 

I had a great shadetree in my backyard in Houston. A Chinaberry. Great shade and the goo that dripped off that sucker took the paint off my picnic table and my damned barbeque..

Sags: aka runs-curtains ect. Too much paint or not following the profile of the object being painted. Reverse curves or concaves being the major culprits.

Fisheye: Insufficient tacking or painting in a non dust free environment. Sometimes caused by silicone contamination from the environment in general, a dirty gun or old wax that contained silicone. The usual cure is to use a product called "Smoothie."

Orange peel: Too much air and not enough material, wrong head/needle/nozzle, too much catalyst in the paint, objects being painted too warm, too much distance between object and paint stream, wrong reducer for ambient conditions. Biggest culprit? Thinking that anybody can paint at the level of pros. The upside? Keeps the folks at 3M really happy selling masking tape, Wet and dry sandpaper, rubbing compound ect.

 

Its funny how DIY becomes here take my 2500 and paint my bike where the bike costs 3000!!!! not to mention one tip over and goodbye 2500!!!

Come on folks get real.If the bike costs 4000 used and you pay 1500 for paint job that's just oxymoron!!
You should spent money on a bike relative what is worth!!!
my bike costs 3500 used so I will paint it myself no more then 500 tops!!!and take the hard earn money and upgrade the suspension instead of superficial thing like paint!

 

Well said. Maybe these other guys own 10k bikes and are fine with dropping a ton on a paint job. As for me, I'll use the skills I learned working 2 summers at a bodyshop and do it myself :thumbsup:

 

DIY'ers Paradise.

A 1962 Ford Falcon Recieve A Budget Paint Job - Hot Rod Magazine

Looks like a million cruzieros.