Just painted letters on my AR

[RetArmySgt]

Like the post says i just painted the letters on my AR. I just sent the pic to some of my friends that now want it done to theirs and so do some of their friends. So my question is what do you think would be a fair price to do it for?

 

[Skip]

That looks VERY cool, NICE JOB!!!!

 

[RetArmySgt]

That looks VERY cool, NICE JOB!!!!

Thank you.

 

[RetArmySgt]

Im thinking charging maybe $40 for Red and White. $5 more for additional colors. What do yall think price wise?

 

[fuelfather]

I say charge $50 for most basic colors, extra $5 for off the wall colors....Just so long as mine is done for material.

 

[double_r76]

Fair price to me would depend on how you did it. If you surface prep, use enamel/hardener, then some type of top coat to seal and take off the sheen, then $40 is probably not too bad. If you just rub a crayon over and then clean off the surrounding area, then maybe $2.



-Randy

 

[RetArmySgt]

Fair price to me would depend on how you did it. If you surface prep, use enamel/hardener, then some type of top coat to seal and take off the sheen, then $40 is probably not too bad. If you just rub a crayon over and then clean off the surrounding area, then maybe $2.



-Randy

It's enamel paint. I clean the surface well, then use a very fine tip brush to paint it. After I'm done painting I clean it up again and use a heat lamp to help dry faster. I don't have a clear top coat. The paint is all flat unless they choose one of the metallic paints.

 

[RetArmySgt]

I say charge $50 for most basic colors, extra $5 for off the wall colors....Just so long as mine is done for material.

You going to drive all the way down here for me to paint your lower?

 

[fuelfather]

I could have TexasRedneck deliver it fer me...but if I do it it will be a while until I have it ready to go.

 

[Jakashh]

It looks cool, but I don't think you realized that you did it in the colors of the Mexican flag

 

[ghostscout]

It looks cool, but I don't think you realized that you did it in the colors of the Mexican flag

or the Italian flag...

OR.... The commifornia flag and he substituted in the panther for the bear.

 

[Jakashh]

lol the Cali flag has the same colors as the Mexican flag. I wonder if that was intentional

 

[RetArmySgt]

I was going to use blue there but the blue i pulled out had gone bad.

 

[TheDan]

How long did it take? Somewhere between $30-40/hr is reasonable. Guesstimate how much paint you used... maybe $2 worth? Add that too. There's your answer

 

[sleeplessintexas]

Nice job. This isn't an easy task when you have two colors so close to one another. I've done this with more than a few guns over the years. I've used Testors and several other enamel-based products and a couple of two-part coatings.

Keep in mind many of the commercially available gun cleaning products as well as non-clorinated brake cleaner and other non-traditional but commonly used products will make a mess of your hard work in a flicker.

 

[RetArmySgt]

Did this one for a friend of mine.

 

[BigD24]

Very cool! Looks great!

I've been wanting to do it to mine, but I'm afraid I'll f-it up.