brandon dingwell
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The $30 hr paint and materials is not the labor rate for the paint. its the allowance for paint and materials based on refinish hours on the estimate
so lets say a basic estimate
replace fender 2.5hr
refinish fender 1.9hr
clear fender .8hr
————————–body labor 2.5hr at $50 hr : $125
refinish labor 2.7hr at $50hr : $135
paint+materials 2.7hr at 30hr : $ 81
—————————————-total labor : $260
paint materials: : $ 81
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cost of repair: : $341just remember doright if you are getting $50hr to change a fender that the book pays 2.5 hours for and you do it in 1.5 hours you still get paid for that 2.5hours worth of work. book time is a lot easier to make in the body shop than the mechanical shop.
the estimate on the trailblazer i just fixed had 23.7 hours on it. I did the job in under 10hours
even though the estimate paid $50 hour I made over $118hr
really its simple. your making it complicatedLook what the cat dragged in 😛
Welcome to the site ODG. be fun to have ya here
Just got to do something about that avatar :rofl :rofl :rofllooks like sanded clear to me. what grit did you sand it with
and if it doesnt work over water it cheap enough that you wont feel guilty about throwing it out 😉
[b]autobody101 wrote:[/b]
[quote]Very helpful,
Anyway, what brought me over here was someone from this site winding me up about what was going on in that chat box..-Chris[/quote]
I smell a Rat :pcorn:Its good to have ya here chris. dont be afraid to join in its always nice to have a new addition to the family. If you sign in under a diff name you can even bust on the guys from that other site :lol1 :lol1 :lol1 . …… Just kidding :cheers
anyways welcome to the site and say around a while[b]Han wrote:[/b]
[quote]Hey! Did yall see my gun? If not, then here it is again for your viewing pleasure.[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v345/zsolo/Misc/mygun01.jpg[/IMG]
:P[/quote]
dont even want to know what you pull to get forearms like that :rofl :rofl :rofl[b]Jayson M wrote:[/b]
[quote]Whatever happened to free speech :unsure: This is being blown out of proportion ,the guy gave bad advice and somebody called him on it,now the site owner has his panties in a wad :wak suck it up and move on.It reminds me of that saying fighting on the internet is like :rofl thats all I’m sayin.I thought bondo and ding were funny though :P[/quote]this isn’t Canada eh :whistle: :whistle:
[b]Han wrote:[/b]
[quote]i blame bondo and ding.[/quote]
:blink:
we were just trying to increase traffic to the site for users that didnt know about it. B) the rest was just harmless banter among friends. anyone can join the chat at anytime if they want to chime in. no need to be a hidden guest and run to mommy when someone says something they dont like.
one thing about the automotive trade is you need to have a thick skin. go work in a shop and see how you techs bust each other. much worse than us 😉welcome chris. good to see you here. hope you can help contribute to this wonderful site 😉
[b]Underpaid Painter wrote:[/b]
[quote]We are at 45.00 hr body. 45.00 hr paint. 30.00 materials. Our service dept. I think is at 80.00. I wouldnt trade paint and body for service ever!I dont see how Bondo makes any money with the price of plastic being so high! :P[/quote]
he saves on the aftermarket beer :rofl :rofl :rofl[b]bloverby wrote:[/b]
[quote]I can’t believe you installed the tyvek upside down. :wak :lol1[/quote]
The Neighbors kids were doing handstands that day :whistle:[b]BondoKing wrote:[/b]
[quote]How many coats per session Ding??[/quote]
2-3 each time BK I think 3 the first 2 and then 2 for the last ones. its been awhile :blush:Think I did about 4 total sessions of clear
[b]bloverby wrote:[/b]
[quote]why even bother fixing the hood? the bug shield would’ve hid the damage. :whistle:[/quote]
the paint was cracked and i would have felt like bondo if i blended over cracked paint :rofl :rofl :roflthats really only 2 1/2 weeks of work. dont think thats bad at all