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Wideboy · 28-03-15, 10:39 PM

I was on about labour, that's a lot of time and work for 50 quid.

Paint isn't expensive if you buy it unmixed in tins, £100 quid would respray and SV in a metallic. It's a shocking comparison when you compare it to the price of aerosols.

andrewsmith · 28-03-15, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Wideboy

I was on about labour, that's a lot of time and work for 50 quid.

Paint isn't expensive if you buy it unmixed in tins, £100 quid would respray and SV in a metallic. It's a shocking comparison when you compare it to the price of aerosols.

Fair enough
Last things I took in were prepped. I will say it gets expensive trying to match some of the older colours unless you can get old stock

Geodude · 29-03-15, 08:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Wideboy

where are you getting that price from?

prep, prime, base coat, top coat and clear coat for 50 quid labour?

My ex mrs would have gone bankrupt (runs her own paint shop) long ago if she charged that. She has just spent last few days fixing a 'cheap' £35 a panel paint job (repsol race rep side fairings) that were hideous, so you do get what you paid for remember that.

29-03-15, 10:39 AM

Thanks for the replies,

Originally he quoted £130 which I thought was at the top end of my budget. Then he went away and priced the paint and came back saying that because it's a pearlescent finish it can take many top coats to get it right and came back with the £230 figure.

Knew I should of bought a black SV!!!!

DJ123 · 29-03-15, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Dec

Thanks for the replies,

Originally he quoted £130 which I thought was at the top end of my budget. Then he went away and priced the paint and came back saying that because it's a pearlescent finish it can take many top coats to get it right and came back with the £230 figure.

Knew I should of bought a black SV!!!!

why not just get it done in black? Will blend in to the bike just as well, and not show as much dirt as White. Especially as it will always get covered in crap from the road and stones and what not flung at it from the front wheel.

Mark_h · 29-03-15, 03:09 PM

Sheet of carbon wrap can't be all that expensive. Can probably get multiple colours too.

Jason H · 30-03-15, 10:45 AM

Not overly shocked at this price given it's pearlescent, number of coats to match existing, plus there is a fair bit of labour involved between prime, base, and top coats and then finishing that everybody forgets about.

dirtydog · 30-03-15, 03:27 PM

Or maybe get it hydrodipped?

28-03-15, 10:39 PM	#11
Wideboy Evel Knievel Mega Poster Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Eastleigh Posts: 4,641	Re: Paint prices I was on about labour, that's a lot of time and work for 50 quid. Paint isn't expensive if you buy it unmixed in tins, £100 quid would respray and SV in a metallic. It's a shocking comparison when you compare it to the price of aerosols. __________________ 05 DRZ400E RIP hovis

29-03-15, 10:39 AM	#14
Dec Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Paint prices Thanks for the replies, Originally he quoted £130 which I thought was at the top end of my budget. Then he went away and priced the paint and came back saying that because it's a pearlescent finish it can take many top coats to get it right and came back with the £230 figure. Knew I should of bought a black SV!!!!

29-03-15, 03:09 PM	#16
Mark_h Member Mega Poster Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Fleet, Hampshire Posts: 2,448	Re: Paint prices Sheet of carbon wrap can't be all that expensive. Can probably get multiple colours too. __________________ Don't want to be the quickest; don't want to be the best; just want to be the one having the most fun. XL125Varadero -> Curvy SV650N-Y -> SV1000N-K3 -> Multistrada 1200s Twin-tastic stuff. Minister for Sustainability *Aliquid prudentissimus delectabiles et intelligentes in adamasset lingua.*

30-03-15, 10:45 AM	#17
Jason H Member Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Sussex...Previously a Somerset Lad Posts: 276	Re: Paint prices Not overly shocked at this price given it's pearlescent, number of coats to match existing, plus there is a fair bit of labour involved between prime, base, and top coats and then finishing that everybody forgets about. __________________ Naked K5 - Now Red with sexy stripes!! Mods: Renthal Flat bars, 's' clutch perch, GSXR front master cylinder, CNC shorty levers, Tail Tidy, Fuel Mini S/S Slip-on, 15/47, 's' Swing-arm, Pillion seat cowl, GSXR 750 front end, CNC polished top yoke, R6 Throttle tube, GSXR rear shock Rotate your Owl

30-03-15, 03:27 PM	#18
dirtydog Knob faced knobster Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Haslemere Posts: 5,422	Re: Paint prices Or maybe get it hydrodipped? __________________ 2011 Speed Triple 1050

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