paint question

ddettloff said

Ok so my 67 cuda is ready for paint and my skills with a paint gun are less than stellar has been 5 years since last painted.
I took car to 3 shops for quotes to spray from bare metal body straight so they are not doing body work quotes range from min 5k to 8500.
The paint is urethane primer and paint 1 coat paint 2 clear coats.
I realize I live in a state where getting high is legal but what the hell are they smoking are these prices out of line just to shoot paint.

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Wow guys! My first thought was to totally agree with your last sentence, but it's been since the early 80's since i ran a supply store or sprayed anything. Costs were even rising back then with the popularity of urethanes, but i guess now days with current labor rates and many more regulations, it's gone up more then i thought. Still seems like big bucks for a regulation job to me. Thanks for enlightening me on the current situation guys. I think instead of applying for these crap jobs available, i just need to dust off the ol' Binks #7 and make some real cash.....lol :D.