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I'm still kinda reeling, last week I stocked up on some primer, sealer, sandpaper, ect $300. Today I needed paint, reducer, hardner, and a new respirator $600. Its been awhile since I bought paint but $185.00 for a quart, it's a special mix, but really! I now have more invested in paint materials than I paid for all 4 of my projects!!! Next time better get Maco?

Sounds like you have a good product quality to start with .I can remember a few hundred could pay for all that in the old days!

$185 for a quart of paint is absurd and you have every right to be shocked. What kind of paint and what color are we talking about here?

I don't know current prices but whenever I buy some I'm shocked at the cost, even when I was getting it through the shop I worked at and I'm sure it was a good/fair price.
Good paint is expensive!

Grigg

$185/qt for quality automotive paint is a bargain. Depending on type and color, it can go for a LOT more than that.

Where's the bodyman's "stimulus package"????

That's why I want to know what kind of paint we're talking here. I bought 2K PPG paint for my truck in all of the original matching colors and never paid more than $40 for a quart... period.

My receipt: Delstar Acrylic Enamel= 3 qts PPG DARSC-Q "prophet green" list $189.66ea. My cost $151.78ea. 1 gal reducer my cost $53.60, 1 pint hardner $28.56. The last time I purchased any paint was 2006! Little did I know that the Burb would require over 2 gals of paint, inside and out!

I just got back from my friendly PPG dealer. The guy ahead of me carried out a gallon of paint, I couldn't help overhearing the transaction - $1300 and some change!!! Just for the paint.

So I asked the counterman about paint prices. Of course they vary between quality, and color mixes but anywhere in the
$100 to $400 a quart range is typical according to him. So I asked him what was the high-end paint going for - he reached back and grabbed a 6 oz.(!!!) bottle of something and said it sold for $325. Egad!!!!

Fortunately, I only needed wet/dry paper today.

My farm and tractor enamel looks better every day. $30/gallon

I couldn't agree more! I keep hearing people bad mouth using Rustoleum or Farm Implement paint, etc. But for the do it yourself gang that don't want metallic paint it is the most economical choice, hands down.

There a couple of threads on the HAMB, one is current right now, detailing a $30 paint job using Rustoleum paint. 30 bucks was for the whole kit and caboodle. Within the thread is reference to a rolled on paint job on a Corvair. It looks terrific over 3 years later.
In the "New Economic Reality" that looks to be a pretty viable alternative to spending the long dollar on a pro paint job. It certainly has my attention for my Suburban project. All that roof area and all!

$150 for a quart of Acrylic Enamel? Yikes!

Last week at NCS: One quart of Nason Ful-Thane Gloss Back $35.95, Activator: $28.80.

October, 2009: One gallon Nason Ful-thane Seacrest Green $134.65, One pint Activator $45.79, One quart of Reducer $8.75

Every time I buy paint they load me up with free strainers and stir sticks... I must have 100 of each by now.

At $300 a gallon I can paint my truck ten times W/ F+T enamel!!!

I'm planning on using Hot Rod Flatz on mine, its $150 or so for a gallon of paint, reducer, and hardner. But I don't want a show quality job, it all depends what you're after doesn't it? If you are building a $40,000 "Dentist and Lawyer Hobbyist Special" then you probably are gonna drop a fortune on paint. If you're doing it yourself and work for a living, the cheaper paint suddenly doesn't look so bad!

Let's keep in mind that there's a difference between "cheap" and inexpensive.

Cheap implies poor quality. Inexpensive implies a good price.

I don't buy cheap anything. I look for the biggest bang for the buck and I'm more than satisfied with my paint.

Well said Woody. I'll put my "cheap" amateur paint job up against some "professional" paint jobs this weekend at the local show.

Maybe this explains why so many people are going with the black primer look! I personally don't care for that, but I suppose it beats paying that kind of money for paint.

Thats what I meant, Czechman...Thanks for clarifying that!

I guess a lot depends on what you want and what it's going on. If it's a 57 Chevy convertible or a Hemi Superbird then you can spend $1000 a gallon and laugh about it but when I repainted my car trailer recently I went to Tractor Supply and got the $30 stuff. I'd throw a person out of the shop that wanted to el-cheapo the paint on a Duece 3 window.

I am painting my truck corvette yellow and of course that color, along with red, seem to be the most expensive hues. I guess the yellow requires a bit more for opaque coverage to boot.