Need Painters Expertise On Supplies, Please (not labor)

---------------------------------------------Originally posted by Slappy Mc Nasty i know priming and guide coating is part of the process but to completely prime and guide coat 3 times = 3 gallons of primer?????  ---------------------------------------------that doesnt seem bad to me at all. Like I said I used 4 gallons to spray mine twice and its less of a truck.  

allright, like i said im not a painter and with the 2nd guidecoat sanded down the body feels like a damn super models ass. to do it again might just make it feel better i guess. i just wanted to get insight from painetsr as to actual supplies for a single job. will see how it all irons out in the end. summer madness is the next deadline so i have over 3 months to lose my hair and drink some beer. thanks for the insight guys

---------------------------------------------Originally posted by shpaint1well a couple things, first thats a ton of materials for a job, like was said tho all of us do it differently so its hard to say he is wasting it, i will say tho if he got all that stuff for 1300 bucks he stole it each gallon of rage is about 38 bucks                                                                                                                                                      152.00 each gallon of primer around 185 with all the crap that goes in it .                                                                                                         370.00 each tube glazing putty around 45 each                                                                                                                                                  90.00 a "sleeve" of blue tape (well blue tape dome come this way) but say 6 rolls 7.50 each                                                                           45.00 each gallon of transtar clear has got to be around 195, with hardener or so, (i dont use this crap so i am makin a educated guess)  585.00 a roll of sharkskin (plastic wrap)  is around                                                                                                                                                27.00 each gallon of acetone (what the fuck does he use acetone for)11.00                                                                                                       77.00       this stuff alone comes to more then 1340 bucks, and what the heck is he using to guide coat? something thats catalyzed? this makes no sense at all and i cant even believe hes doing it but hey all i got to go by is yer word    body and paint is not a cheep sport man, ya got to pay if ya want to play, and like i said i dont think i would have used any where close to that amount of materials but maybe hes not into makin the panel flat before he starts his mud work, i can't see any way possible to lay down 2 friggin gallons of 2K primer on any rig  especially if it had 3 gallons of rage under it to flatten it out, again i dont have a clue as to what he is usin for guide coat but there's no way i would ever use another 3 gallons of materials to guide something that had 4 gallons of mud and 2 gallons of primer on it      , then add 3 gallons of clear on top of this, dude you better have some serious bags on this bad boy cause he has added about 300 pounds of materials to it, the way i teach body work and have done all my life this amount of materials would have lasted me at least 2 rigs, maybe 1/2 a third one, but again every one does it different                 ---------------------------------------------ur prices are high. is that what the jobbers in your area sell that shit for?

what exact brands of primer is he using? what is the candy color u speak of? (brand and name) and so on. it might be a little on the high side. but he is doing the work. tuff deal.

---------------------------------------------Originally posted by wymplo94Well.... Shoot man first off i was like the mud seems right then you said 1 1/2 gallons of candy what brand of candy cause on that size of truck with jambs and all thats not going to go far.  didnt hear anything about what you were using for a ground coat. 7 gallons of pre cleaner yeah think he got ya there. Then this is what got me 3 gallons of TRANSTAR CLEAR Really all that time and money and your going to spray that thing with a clear that wont last six months in the sun... paint material isnt cheap especially for the good stuff i have people crap thier pants when they pay 600 dollars for primer material honestly for what you got 1300 dont sound to bad some of it sounds questionable but hell paint material is cost money. the clear i used on my truck for the 5 liters of clear and the 1 liter of hardner was 455.00 and that was with my works discount   ---------------------------------------------sikkens?

All the material he has put on this truck sounds like alot of work, what did it look like before and what does it look like now, you mentioned labor for labor, what have you done for him lately.