Paint Correction how much do u guys charge an hour?

[Eddie 4.2]

Paint Correction how much do u guys charge an hour? and what do you know about paint work and whats your back ground? its sum one on here used to come down my bodyshop knew fk all about paintwork etc and now is charging big money to run a mop over a car lol



Ed

Edited by Eddie 4.2 on Thursday 18th March 23:42

[Eddie 4.2]

£30.00 and under is a bargin coz its a lot of hard work and back breaking at times lol



Ed

[Eddie 4.2]

Auto finesse said:

We charge £45 an hour for paint correction aloe, simply as its hard work, using expensive products and expensive paint measuring equipment.

Cool does paint measuring equipment do fiber glass?


Ed

[Eddie 4.2]

waxaholic said:

Not to mention rent and rates that etc..that change with location.
Location plays a big part in prices charged, no matter how much you
spend on products.

Yeah true mate

[Eddie 4.2]

kds keltec said:

Eddie 4.2 said:

Cool does paint measuring equipment do fiber glass?


Ed

This one does , and will measure on any surface and also showning upto 3 different layers , so can show the primer coat / base colour coat / and top lacquer coat .

But is tricky to use on some surfaces due to using ultrasound




as well as measuring on steel as shown next to its brother paint depth gauge for metals surfaces only

this one is far easier to you and very simple to use and calibrated




These alone cost near on £4000 for the advanced models

to add to that i totaled at least 20k of equipment for machine corection and detailing , without materials for the job .


Kelly

Edited by kds keltec on Sunday 21st March 19:18

Can I ask what you spent 20k on?


Ta Mate Ed

[Eddie 4.2]

Sun Guns?? whats that? or did you mean stun guns lol



Ed

[Eddie 4.2]

kds keltec said:

Eddie 4.2 said:

Paint Correction how much do u guys charge an hour? and what do you know about paint work and whats your back ground? its sum one on here used to come down my bodyshop knew fk all about paintwork etc and now is charging big money to run a mop over a car lol



Ed

Edited by Eddie 4.2 on Thursday 18th March 23:42

Ed , my back ground covers far more than just paintwork , but keeping this on subject of detailing and paint learnt what i know today by repairing and painting all sorts of cars while at my fathers accident and repair bodyshop , this is from near on 20 years ago now , some of my own cars from a long time ago


























Now that we have established that

Eddie 4.2 said:

Sun Guns?? whats that? or did you mean stun guns lol



Ed

As you have said the person that worked at your paintshop knows sweet FA and now charges alot of money to run a mop over a car , I would guess that you would know that a 3M sun gun is used as a light source designed to show colour match or should i say differences in colours and shades while repainting vehicles to make sure the car leaves the correct colour .

Detailers use the same light due to it shows up flaws aswell as marring and holigrams from machine correction stages , with the use of a 3M sun gun and site lights and led lights you can quickly check the paint is flawless after machine correction , and this will stop any surprises when the car is viewed in direct bright sun light







kelly

Lol well been a car painter of the last 25 years never seen a 3M sun gun but i get what you mean.



Ed

[Eddie 4.2]

Kelly lol thinking of it was doing a job at a vw dealer and was wathing sum guy going round all the windows with sum fancy looking uv lamp cleaning them dont think the paint shop has one you wanna see the silver paint work with the black blend line lol.



Ed