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Originally Posted by jb-ob
When in doubt, spend more $$.
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Boy, ain't that the truth!!
Paint products have seen anywhere from a 50%, -to over a 150% price increase since COVID. A great example is Rage body filler. We were paying a little less than $50 a gallon a few years ago, and now it is $100.00 more a gallon than what it was. Then if that isn't enough, it used to be that you received a full gallon of filler in the can whereas now you only get a little more than ¾ a can full!!
Another is PPG's Black Concept was under $500 a gallon 2-3 years ago and it is nearly $900 a gallon now, plus another $230 a quart for the hardener.
The issue IMO is now with the price of paint materials, most people cannot afford to take chances with mixing paint materials, -or doing something that the manufacturer will not stand behind. Who would have ever thought the day would come when it would cost over $3,000.00 for paint materials alone to paint a Model-A??
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Originally Posted by jb-ob
Brent, Just skip the paint and go directly to a roll of colored vinyl and a heat gun.
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Yes sir, that day is rapidly approaching. The issue is the 3M vinyl we use on our race cars is getting really expensive too! Below are some pix of Blake installing the vinyl wrap on our race car ...in an effort to save some money.
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