I was at a local Auto Paint supply store and while waiting to cash out I saw a 1/2 Pint can of 1-Shot Metallic Copper on the shelf. I thought of a small job it may look good on so I added it to my order. I have an account there so I didn't ask the price. When the bill came, that little 1/2 pint can was $19.70 (less tax) or $ 315.20 a gallon!!
We're Doomed!
Posted by David Harding (Member # 108) on :
Just be glad it's available in half pints for those small jobs. I don't know how many gallons of paint I've bought for the teaspoon I needed. Sometimes I don't have on hand what I need to mix a color.
Posted by Dale Feicke (Member # 767) on :
Don't ever buy 1/2 pints, Tony. You'll be sorry. Oh, that's right, you already were.
I just got a quart of metallic copper from my supplier and it was about $45. That's only $180 a gallon. What a deal!!!!
Posted by Dale Manor (Member # 4858) on :
That's not bad compared to the paint I used on my helmet project.....minimum quantity they would mix was a half-pint and 2 were required to make one color.....2 half-pints = $110
plus you have to clear coat it.
Posted by George Perkins (Member # 156) on :
I just went to the paint store the other day. A 4oz can of HOK striping urethane was $20, that's $640 a gallon. A half pint of Dupont Hot Hues striping urethane was $54, that's $864 a gallon.
BTW, I hope you have better luck with the O.S. metallic copper than I had, fades super fast.
Posted by old paint (Member # 549) on :
the one that always amazed me...... FINGER NAIL PAINT. in the old days it was STRAIGHT ACRYLIC LACQUER. most are bottled in 1/4- 1/2 OUNCE...ok? say its a 1/4 oz, so for 1 bottle its $2-3.00. so an ounce sell for $8-12.00 AN OUNCE. 1/2 PINT=$64-96 1 PINT= $120-192 1QT= $240-384 1 GAL= $960.00 to $1536.00 and ill bet these NAIL PAINT COMPANY S........ buy that buy the gallon for less then $200 each.
[ April 01, 2009, 06:57 PM: Message edited by: old paint ]
Posted by Michael Boone (Member # 308) on :
Ill give ya $30 for it...if you include the installation of the entire contents of the can... unlike vinyl....there are very few who can install One shot... or....hire Timmerman to do it..he aint bad for a leftie..he installs Oneshot pretty good
Posted by Jake Lyman (Member # 3280) on :
One of my suppliers sells a lot of 1-shot and at a fair price, another one of my suppliers sells a lot of it also but at a much higher price, I happened to find out that supplier a sells it to supplier b for the same price he sells it to me for. I wonder if you ran into something like that?
Posted by David Thompson (Member # 2395) on :
quote:Originally posted by George Perkins: A half pint of Dupont Hot Hues striping urethane was $54, that's $864 a gallon.
I thought the Dupont stuff was only available in pints?
Posted by George Perkins (Member # 156) on :
quote:Originally posted by David Thompson:
quote:Originally posted by George Perkins: A half pint of Dupont Hot Hues striping urethane was $54, that's $864 a gallon.
I thought the Dupont stuff was only available in pints?
It comes in 1/2 pints. In my example the Dupont is a good bit higher, probably do to the colors. They tend to run close to the same price per ounce.
Posted by Bob Rochon (Member # 30) on :
I won't complain how much it costs as long as it works like it is supposed to and lasts more than a summer.
Posted by Joe Cieslowski (Member # 2429) on :
