new hobby/side work

hamesdart · Dec 24, 2009

well. after my crazy painting experience with my dart I recently painted I had a few people see the car and asked me to do work for them, unfortunalty since its just a hobby for me I cant really just spray cars like I did mine,
So harley's it is!!! I have a bunch of guys with bikes that are asking me to do work for them and a few custom airbrushers got in with me too.
Now I bought my new guns/compressor and plumbed everything in with the drains and water traps and got my 1st bike this week to spray.!!! money money money!!! I could reallly use to finish my car.

DRENO · Dec 24, 2009

Good luck Hames.I'm a business owner and I'm pullin for ya.8)

hamesdart · Dec 26, 2009

well just tested out the new guns and compressor on my 1st harley tank & fender..... fender I did black / gloss. tank was kinda big w/huge recessed emblems on it so I did black/no gloss and having some airbrush work done on it.. this set is test set to have in a shop to show people some of our work on display that me and my buddy are doing, Im laying the base down and I have two custom airbrushers doing the custom art.
Ill get pics sooner then later

waggin · Dec 26, 2009

pricing starts at 450$ plus materials just to give you an idea,thats wetsanded and buffed out and ready to install for tanks and two fenders with no or very little body work.

homecloned · Dec 27, 2009

You lucky dog you!:cheers:

Good luck hamsdart, I hope to one day make money doing what I love again.

RedFish · Dec 27, 2009

good luck. My brothers photography hobby turned into a profitable business until the government caught up with him. The decided his business was worth 25k ( a truck, a camera, and a computer ) so now he owes taxes on it.
i, on the other hand, haven't seen a dime profit from my ventures yet.
One venture hardy funds the next but I take credit for a lot of happy moparing out there and thats good enough for me.

hamesdart · Dec 27, 2009

well yah, see I kinda just like doing it for fun. after I painted the dart I was determined to see what I could do with a real set-up. So I bought a good compressor which my 1st paint job paint for and a some new guns/hoses...plumbed it all in, and my buddy owns a harley shop and he gave me an extra tank and fender to test out on and try spraying a few parts.... so I did a fat tank flat black and a fender a nice deep black/clear... more just to test the guns and my little paint booth. But everything turned out bitchen!!! looks like glass no runs no orange peel... but i did have a slight dust problem but nothing a litle 1500-2000 and buff wont handle.
All and all people around here charger about 700+$$$ for a standard 1 color tank/2 fenders and im doing a sportster rite now for about 300 for a buddy since he just wanted a quick 1 day macco type jobb. Its just fun for me though, I have a few coming up more in the $600 doller range, and material cost for me is about 200-250 for paint...