Cost to paint a truck??

[kenmac]

For $675 he must have already had the materials. BC/CC, reducers and sealer can't be bought for that. Let alone sandpaper, masking tape, masking paper and high quality fillers and primers.

Deal of the century there.

I can't even tell you what brand paint it was. He didn't paint door jams. he did paint cab ( x tended cab truck) & bed all 1 color (white)for that price.It wasn't a super slick factory finish. But, it turned out alot better than I or my friends ever thought it would have for that price

 

[RobertN]

One of the Captains at the fire station I volunteer at, restriped our two engines. He used one of those eraser type tools. Him and a couple other guys just went slow and careful. Took a while; they were big stripes, on large fire engines. This was a year ago; I think it took about a week(the paid staff works 48 on/ 96 off). Big stripes though...

eastwood sells a little circular 'pinstripe eraser' that works good on tape stripes to peel them off without damaging the paint (in most cases). Sells for about $20.

 

[firefighter jim]

$2,000 to paint a vehicle. Don't expect too much......................

 

[sweettractors]

$3500-$5000 here to get a show car painted. Ken Sweet

 

[JDGREEN4ME]

I'm in the process of getting my truck re-painted, the guy is going to do it for $2k. I had three other quotes that were higher, really none that were lower save for the cheap $600 quick and dirty paint jobs.

He's going to remove some trim, but not all, will take about 2 weeks to do the job. I saw some of his work and was reasonably impressed with it. It only has three very small dings in the body, and virtually no rust. Reason I wanted a new paint job was because the clearcoat had peeled off both front fenders (typical for 2000 Ford F150's). Does $2k sound about right to sand, prime, paint, and clearcoat with good paint?

Will post pic's after it's done, if there is interest.

Sounds good to me! The paint is starting to come off (no rust yet) around the real wheel wells and the quotes are around $1400 just for that.

 

[JESSE1]

I guess it depends on how far you want to go with the total job. My '59 White required sandblasting and some corrosion repair. I requested that all lights and trim be removed. The body shop painted under the bed and inside the frame rails, also painted the inside of the doors. Took about 6 weeks and cost around $7700. They used PPG Delfleet with a clear coat. From what others have told me I got a good deal.

 

[timswi]

I guess it depends on how far you want to go with the total job. My '59 White required sandblasting and some corrosion repair. I requested that all lights and trim be removed. The body shop painted under the bed and inside the frame rails, also painted the inside of the doors. Took about 6 weeks and cost around $7700. They used PPG Delfleet with a clear coat. From what others have told me I got a good deal.

I agree. That required a ton of detail work and I didn't see the starting point...Sure looks nice now.

You get what you pay for (most of the time) in the autobody world.

 

[Cat_Driver]

I remember a guy gave me advice when I went to paint a vehicle I owned. He said why spend the money now, wait and paint it right before you sell it. I thought about that for a nanosecond and said why should I make the vehicle look nice FOR THE NEXT GUY. I want the vehicle to look nice FOR ME NOW.

I painted it and drove it around for years and it looked as good the day I sold it as the day I got it back from the painter so I accomplished the best of of both.

 

[kebo]

I remember a guy gave me advice when I went to paint a vehicle I owned. He said why spend the money now, wait and paint it right before you sell it. I thought about that for a nanosecond and said why should I make the vehicle look nice FOR THE NEXT GUY. I want the vehicle to look nice FOR ME NOW.

I painted it and drove it around for years and it looked as good the day I sold it as the day I got it back from the painter so I accomplished the best of of both.

^^^^^ That's my plan! I will keep it for a few more years and hopefully it will still look pretty good when I do sell it. If I'm going to spend that kind of money, I want to get some enjoyment out of it lol. If the stupid clearcoat wasn't peeling though, we wouldn't even be having this discussion.

 

[sweettractors]

I guess it depends on how far you want to go with the total job. My '59 White required sandblasting and some corrosion repair. I requested that all lights and trim be removed. The body shop painted under the bed and inside the frame rails, also painted the inside of the doors. Took about 6 weeks and cost around $7700. They used PPG Delfleet with a clear coat. From what others have told me I got a good deal.

That is a super nice truck. It takes a lot of time, money and patience to get a truck looking that nice. Ken Sweet