posted April 01, 2009 03:00 PM
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!!
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-------------------- Tony Vickio The World Famous Vickio Signs 3364 Rt.329 Watkins Glen, NY 14891 t30v@vickiosigns.com 607-535-6241 http://www.vickiosigns.com Posts: 1063 | From: Watkins Glen, New York | Registered: Sep 2001
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posted April 01, 2009 04:14 PM
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.
-------------------- David Harding A Sign of Excellence Carrollton, TX Posts: 5084 | From: Carrollton, TX, USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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posted April 01, 2009 05:09 PM
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
posted April 01, 2009 06:52 PM
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.
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posted April 01, 2009 06:56 PM
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.
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posted April 01, 2009 09:14 PM
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 April 02, 2009 07:41 AM
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?
-------------------- Jake Lyman Lyman Signs 45 State Road Phillipston, MA 01331 Posts: 635 | From: Phillipston, MA | Registered: Sep 2002
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