I live in Amelia,OH and i have tried to find someone to paint a new tailgate i have for my 78 Ford F150 Ranger XLT 4x4 w/ Two-tone paint and the prices are way to high for me to be able to afford..

 

paint and collision supplies are out of sight today.... ....price the paint and re-visit if theyre asking too much

 

i have and the paint is around $110.00..All the places that do painting want from $325 to $450 to paint and for the paint and supplies but, all the ones i have come across only talk about base-coat clear, my 78 has mettalic by Dupont.

 

That's because not many collision shops and such use anything but base clear anymore. With a two tone paint job, b/c is also much faster since you're not waiting on a single stage to flash and setup for tape time on the 2nd color. Unless you're a traditionalist and have to have enamel, go with the b/c. I'm in Indy, and would charge you quite a bit less to spray it out, maybe around 250 for the whole thing. Bob is right though, paint nowadays has gotten ridiculous in price and only gets worse every year, just wait until everyone goes with the new waterborne paint systems. lol

 

I can tell you honestly that I'll probably have around $110 - $125 in materials alone. I don't charge all that much labor because I love what I do and as long as the bills get paid and I can survive, I'm happy with it.

 

if i used the spray cans of mixed paint to match the color of my truck and then used the cans of clearcoat would that last or would the UV Rays be to hard on it to paint my tailgate this way???Help!

 

its not gonna be the same exact color b/c yer other paint has faded ...but im shure u knew that

 

The rattle cans work to an extent, but you won't get the quality of finish like you would if it's applied through an actual spray gun. If you don't want to spend the money, go for it.

 

it will be the aresol cans that can be filled with the matching paint to my trucks color from a paint shop..

 

You should be fine then, just don't go at it with the expectations of having a show car finish because you won't get it. Otherwise if it's just a matter of getting new color on it to make it look decent, go for it.

 

I would suggest you get an experiaced painter to do your painting, unless you are an experianced painter you probably won't get the resalts your looking for. I live in Dayton Oh. If your still needing your tail gate painted I could do it for around $50 to $75 plus materials cost (probably $100-$125). The b/c is just the type of paint system that would be best to do your paint work with, the mattalic will be in the base color. Your truck original paint was most likely a b/c system anyway sense it is two toned.