Originally Posted by
Greener Cycles
I’m also prepping to paint my first frame. I bought a touch up paint gun and accessories from Harbor Freight. A paint tent from Amazon along with some sand paper of various grits. I went to the local automotive paint store and told them what I was up to. They gave me a quote of $220 for epoxy primer, paint, clear and the necessary hardener and such. This is in the smallest volume containers they sell other than spray cans which would cost about half as much. Does that seem like the normal price?
Thanks for any input, this is new to me.
Eric
When I painted my frame build I used 2 spray cans of primer, 2 spray cans of color and used the HF gun to spray the 2-3 coats of 2K clear coat at $40 a quart with hardener, I used about 4oz of clear total. As it was my first build I didn't want to invest a lot in the paint until I figured out if I liked the ride or not. The price you were quoted is probably pretty standard for an all automotive quality finish. The finish actually turned out pretty good and more than likely I will not be refinishing it.