JUST GOT A QUOTE FROM SHERWIN WILLIAMS..
$650 FOR 1-1/2 GAL. OF SINGLE STAGE VERMILLION RED PAINT WITH REDUCER FOR MY '48 F1 DRIVER

SHOULD I NOT BE SHOCKED?

ARE THERE ANY OTHER OPTIONS? I'M A DIY FIRST TIME AUTO PAINTER AND THOUGHT THAT THE SINGLE STAGE PROCESS MIGHT BE LESS OF A CHALLENGE.

ANY ADVICE OUT THERE?
THANKS

 

Well if you get it right that'll be a cheap paint job, but if you don't.................

Really though I would have never guessed it would cost that much for 1.5 gallons of anything.

 

Urethane or acrylic enamel? If a quality paint that's really not a bad price.
I just bought some red basecoat the other day(ppg), it was $280 for a pint. That's like $1300 a gallon.
A few years ago I did a prismatic( color changing) paint job......the base color was $3900 a gallon.

Paint prices are stupid expensive for the good stuff, and the cheap paint is, well, cheap. Depends on what you want as a final result...

 

Red paint is more expensive than other colors, too.

I was at Sherwin-Williams to buy house paint the other day, plenty of stuff available at $45 - $60 /gal. It's much better paint than the big-box store brands, tho.

 

Can they make it in Sea Sprite Green?
I do remember someone on here had a larger truck that brushed on farm tractor paint. It looked ok in the pictures.

 

I used Dupont Nason urethane paint on my truck. I used a fleet color Holly Red, it is real close to the Vermillion Red. It was less than half the price you were quoted.
Mark

 

In 2013 I think my bright red with hardener was $215 gal. at a discount from O'Reileys.
TractormanBill

 

priced my Millenium Yellow 6 months ago BC/CC two gallons and all the other little cans that go with it...

I nearly swallowed my tongue... 1860.00 total... that's just material... labor is something else... I'm scared to price it now...

john

 

Red is the most expensive paint and a good portion of that price is probably hardener , you should check to see what the mix rate is , if it is 1/1 then that is a lot of paint ( 3+ gallons mixed ) .

 

^ Agreed. That seems like a lot of paint, especially after it's been reduced.

 

Single stage is not generally mixed 1to1. Usually 3 or 4 to 1.
If painting the inside of cab and box also.....it takes a lot of paint. Some reds don't cover too well, and for a novice painter I'd want a little extra just in case.

The cheap enamels are even more watery, requiring almost twice as much paint for the same amount of coverage. At least that's what I have found...

 

I used most of a gallon painting my cab inside and out and underneath. IIRC it was a 4 to 1 mix.
Mark

 

Yes 4-2-1 is a very common ratio also and as was said many reds can be extremely poor hiding requiring extra coats which in turn makes the painting much more difficult . Just remember if you buy cheap paint you most often get cheap paint .

 

That seems high to me too. Here is Hot Rod Gloss from TCP Global at $219 for the whole kit (1 gal color, 1 qt hardener, 1 qt reducer).

I'm not a pro either but I have been using the Hot Rod Flatz with an HPLV gun and it goes on great. Covers well too.

I used Sherwin Williams on a '49 Jeepster years ago and had lots of problems but that was with a siphon gun.

 

A year ago I bought 1 Litre of Red paint for touch ups on the VW Bug single stage; cost was $375.00 Cdn

Tom