So I use trusty 220 grit & they come right off!

Then I'll spend several hours puting them back on ..correctly.. and reclearing.


In the end it'll be beautiful and correct.

and cost about $900.

Which is much higher than my original quote of $5-600.

Even at $900, I'd only clear about $5/hour.

Just to fix the hole in the seattube I spent $25 on a new can of Metal-to-Metal bondo and another $20 on a seatpost cuz I didn't HAVE a 26.4 seatpost handy to check the fit. Not one that I could scratch up at all.
Then about 4 hours to get it all worked out. The seat post does NOT get scratched going in now.
Sooo, at my gardening rate of $30/hour, plus materials, fixing the hole cost $165!!!

...I think I quoted $40.

NOT that I expect DirtDrop to fork over the extra $$$, ..I quoted whatever I quoted.
Too bad I'm not as good at estimating/quoting, as I am at the actual painting!

Hence my decission to quit painting. It's just costing me tooo much $$$!

As a reference, my wife called The Ace of Cakes, that guy on the FOOD channel that does those fancy theme cakes. Theme cakes START at $1,000!!!

A GRAND on UP! And 3 days later, it's ready to compost!!!
I get half that, and my work will last 30 YEARS or more!!!

So, beyond the few frames that are already here, my base price for a single color is....

$1,000!!!


Still interested?


Didn't think so!


At least I'll have more time for the wife & 4 kids.

But for now, I'm going to go finish the PX-10 and get it back to DD.
Pictures when I'm done, I promise!