Just an FYI for those interested in the costs to paint your ship yourself. My color scheme is two tone, with a metallic silver on top, white on the bottom, a thickish charcoal metal flake stripe on the side with another tan-gold pearl strip below that. This is being done with the Sherwin Williams aviation system (ie, AcryGlo, etc)
I am about finished and have purchased all the paint to complete the project so this number should be pretty close. I can itemize for those interested. But, basically the primers (wash/etch and urethane) are $2000. Colors are $3200. There are incidentals like lacquer thinners and papers for sanding, mixing cups and such included in this cost. So, figure about $5200, all in. If you go all white, it would save $1500. Those metallic and pearl stripes cost me $500 for a quart/each. So, paint is not an insignificant expense, at least not for me. No doubt you could get by for less, but I did not want to risk peeling, fading or any other issues later on. Painting is a major task.
I am about finished and have purchased all the paint to complete the project so this number should be pretty close. I can itemize for those interested. But, basically the primers (wash/etch and urethane) are $2000. Colors are $3200. There are incidentals like lacquer thinners and papers for sanding, mixing cups and such included in this cost. So, figure about $5200, all in. If you go all white, it would save $1500. Those metallic and pearl stripes cost me $500 for a quart/each. So, paint is not an insignificant expense, at least not for me. No doubt you could get by for less, but I did not want to risk peeling, fading or any other issues later on. Painting is a major task.
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