Paint Job

[rwdrs]

What have you chaps paid for a quality paint job on your pride and joy?

What sort of money does paint cost per litre these days?

The last time I priced up paint (which was a very long time ago now) it was £30 a litre for good quality (base/solid colour) 2K paint; from Brown Brothers. I assume in the intervening period the price has risen somewhat?

[kas750]

There is a large variation in the price of the clear coat if you are going the base and clear route.

[rwdrs]

The colour I will need is a solid colour and shouldn't really need a clear coat finish.

[kas750]

Yes,we repainted my Mexico with standox high solids as I personally prefer the finish on an old motor.

[chris chapman]

Try glasurit 68 line mate.. I pay about £30 a litre for it but price could be more to someone not in trade.. quality is as good as it get mate trust me I work for BMW in bodyshop and BMW recommends glasurit.. we can only use base and clear but all lads buy 68 line whenever we are painting anything for are selfs..

[alancdavis]

My respray was 2k which I thought very reasonable

[grum]

£2k a litre ............ ........... think you been tiddled on Alan

[lee bishop]

No Grum, he's saying it was painted in two pack, those in the know abbreviate it to 2k

Alan finds two pack very reasonable

[grum]

oh .........

[alancdavis]

[rwdrs]

No Grum, he's saying it was painted in two pack, those in the know abbreviate it to 2k

Alan finds two pack very reasonable

I think maybe he means 2 graaaaand

Wop your wod on da countaaaaa

[Neil Fletcher]

No Grum, he's saying it was painted in two pack, those in the know abbreviate it to 2k

And there was me thinking that he meant that his respray cost him £2,000

Anyway I'm respraying my daughter's Mk1 in Cellulose Monza Blue at the moment. I used about 6 Litres of Etch Primer at @ £15/Litre then 12 litres of High Solids primer at £17.50/Litre and then 12 Litres of Cellulose Top Coat at £20/Litre which is about 500 quid in paint alone - of course that's a complete car inside and out and underneath. And then there's all the other stuff I had to buy but with a good paint job it's really the cost of time that's the biggest end of the bill.

All the best, Neil. .

[Neil Fletcher]

Here's a photo of Laura's car.

Neil.

[lee bishop]

I think maybe he means 2 graaaaand

Wop your wod on da countaaaaa

And there was me thinking that he meant that his respray cost him £2,000

Anyway I'm respraying my daughter's Mk1 in Cellulose Monza Blue at the moment. I used about 6 Litres of Etch Primer at @ £15/Litre then 12 litres of High Solids primer at £17.50/Litre and then 12 Litres of Cellulose Top Coat at £20/Litre which is about 500 quid in paint alone - of course that's a complete car inside and out and underneath. And then there's all the other stuff I had to buy but with a good paint job it's really the cost of time that's the biggest end of the bill.

All the best, Neil. .

oh .........

Guys, I was........tekkin the pi$$

[gazd]

Nice job that.