Paint cost
My sign shop uses Matthews Polyurethane, another PPG product. Their Ultra Low VOC paints for their mixing stations are around $200 per gallon for white/black and up to $240 per gallon for red/blues. Plus catalyst and reducer.
I would say that our paint cost has almost doubled in the past three years. Factor in additional legal disposal requirements, booth permits and hazmat stuff too as they have soared.
Now when we paint a sign, we line item the cost on quotes. Never used to be that much of a factor.
Tim