The price of paint

[Garageaholic]

I was talking to my shop guy... where I'm going to get my car painted in march. He said that the price of paints (more specifically the blues/greens/reds and metallics) are going up 2 fold and probably will keep going up higher an higher..... obviously due to gas prices. How true is it that in the past 3 months, the price of paint per gallon has gone up almost 45%?

Discuss...

[delphini]

WELL, being that i'm not an expert at paint work , i'll tell you this , a few weeks ago i was quoted under 150.00 for ALL the paint i'd need to paint my DELPHIN GREY METALLIC cabby. Actually that quote was for a gallon of paint and all the reducers etc. etc. that i would need. This was at a reputable supply shop here in SOUTH CAROLINA.

[rede30]

My uncle was telling me about this a few weeks ago. He told me his paint has gone up 50% ish.

[Mastrcruse]

how much do you think I would need to paint both bumpers and valance? I am also looking to buy paint

[Mastrcruse]

Anyone?

[Rigmaster]

Saying that you can buy paint for $150 is like saying you can buy a car for $1000, sure you can, but it's not the same as a $10,000 car or a $30,000 car.

There's a huge difference in price for different types/quality/brand of paint, so make sure you compare apples to apples when shopping around.

I can't comment on the price of paint going up 30% or 50% or whatever, but I know it's gone up alot in the last 6 months or so.



Bret

[eighteight325is]

I've been shopping around for factory color paint to do a small repair on my wife's Impreza and have found that in general I'm going to get soaked for $30-40 for a pint. Maybe it would be cheaper if I was re-painting the whole car but it seemed steep compared to the last time I bought paint which was a few years ago.

[Julien]

i've noticed that in europe spary cans are way more expensive (like 10$+ for 1 can!!) .. so maybe there is a corelation between it and the price of gasoline?



Julien

[german g]

that sux, i want a respray next spring:(

[nkell09]

I was talking to my shop guy... where I'm going to get my car painted in march. He said that the price of paints (more specifically the blues/greens/reds and metallics) are going up 2 fold and probably will keep going up higher an higher..... obviously due to gas prices. How true is it that in the past 3 months, the price of paint per gallon has gone up almost 45%?

Discuss...

I havn't noticed any major changes in the stuff I buy.

Quart of Dupont Chromabase - 38.00, I think the reducer for it is 20 bucks or so.

Can't speak for the Dupont or Sikkens clears... But haven't heard anything out of the ordinary.

[1991 318is]

$ for paint.

There's a huge difference in price for different types/quality/brand of paint, so make sure you compare apples to apples when shopping around.Bret

Sad but true. Even the cheapie brands have a formula to make any BMW color. Price Glasurit, Sikkens, and the high end of PPG, Dupont, etc. Within PPG there are different qualities available. Six months ago Diamondshwarz was $300 p/Gal. Add the other materials and you're at $500 for a complete repaint. A gallon of quality primer is $100. The quality of the other materials is as important as the paint.
An E30 is a rather small car and you can sometimes paint one with half a gallon. 3 quarts gives a bit left over for panel repair with the same paint.

[James Crivellone]

For price comparison it was 1300 dollars at COST for Dupont Alpine White to paint my car.

BASF was over 2000

[CleanAzzE30z]

i've noticed that in europe spary cans are way more expensive (like 10$+ for 1 can!!) ..

Julien

You tagger you, jk

Mariano

[Garageaholic]

Most paints Ive checked on ppgpaints.com are between $225 and $315 per gallon.... ($315 being the brilliantrot for the e30)