Concept 71310 paint

That price is extremely high. I think Jason is correct. Last summer I bought a quart of PPG Deltron DBU, bright red, for $86. The list price was $150/qt. I don't get any special price - the $86/qt was available to anyone who walked in off the street. The DBU is the basecoat equivalent of the single stage Concept in the same line. It should actually be a little more expensive than the Concept, although I don't know why. I don't know what pricing policies may exist in your area. It may be that you have no real choice if the policy of the shop you are going to have do the painting is to charge full list for the materials. I have no idea what shop policies may exist in my area since I have never had a shop do it. If your area is anything like mine you ought to be able to buy the paint yourself from a PPG supplier for a lot less than you have been quoted for that Concept. It may depend on the supplier, however.

See Jason's post that includes a ready-to-spray (RTS) cost analysis.

Concept is mixed 4:2:1 with reducer and hardener so a qt of red color produces 3-1/2 pts of RTS product. Unless your pedestal is a lot larger than I am thinking, it shouldn't take that much to do the pedestal and a couple of rims. At least see if you can get the leftovers - like unmixed color for your future use.

Rod

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