Sikkens painters???
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I did read it buddy. Maybe I should have worded it better. Nobody owes you a discount on paint. Is that better? Shops get discounts because they buy a large volume of paint. The jobber doesnt get paint as cheap as you would think. I have seen a cost list for another brand before and the markup is not very impressive. They only make money on volume.
Maybe you should explain to them how it would benefit them since you will be heavily promoting their product when you go to a cruise in.
Ding beat me to it, but our local Akzo Nobel branch will not sell to walk in customers, only commercial accounts, so telling someone at a car show that you used Sikkens means nothing.. I wont lie we have gotten free paint over the years, but we spend 200K+ a year. Just suck it up and pay for your products everyone else has to..
ask for a dented can special
[quote=”Jayson M” post=18645]Well don’t wait for Barry from SPI to give you anything for free either :rofl :rofl :rofl My jobber is great,he gave me 2 gallons of superior and hardener etc and 3 litres of autowave for my chevelle no charge :clappy But the base went bad before I got around to painting it 😛 [b]Our shop is pretty good,we don’t have to pay squat for doing our own cars,unless you are doing a write off every week[/b].Talk to your jobber or rep and tell him it is a show car and it will get attention and they will get some advertising.If they still won’t help you tell em you will use ppg and you are thinking of switching :clappy that might help loosen there belt :lol1[/quote]
that sounds pretty gravy
rustoleum is pretty cheap i think..:whistle:
giving stuff out for samples and discounts, free guns and whatever else is all advertising. advertising cost money so a company has to feel that the dollars they are spending with you on this is going to pay in the long run for them. 1 car aint going to cut it or pay their bills. most large paint companies need large shops who spend hundreds of thousands a year. thats the customers they need to get not the couple guys who decide to use their paint because they saw it on a car at a show. also all the money for that free stuff and discounts have to come from somewhere. why do you think it cost $800 for a gallon of red that cost about $5 to make. nothing is free and everyone pays for it in the end.
The dented can special? All my cans are always dented… :chair
Could you post up a few pics of some of these award winning rides that the paint companies should be chomping at the bit to get their products on? :welc
The paint supplier won’t give me anything, but my boss let’s me buy stuff through the shop account.
[quote=”jim c” post=18687]giving stuff out for samples and discounts, free guns and whatever else is all advertising. advertising cost money so a company has to feel that the dollars they are spending with you on this is going to pay in the long run for them. 1 car aint going to cut it or pay their bills. most large paint companies need large shops who spend hundreds of thousands a year. thats the customers they need to get not the couple guys who decide to use their paint because they saw it on a car at a show. also all the money for that free stuff and discounts have to come from somewhere. why do you think it cost $800 for a gallon of red that cost about $5 to make. nothing is free and everyone pays for it in the end.[/quote]
Very well said!
i’ve always gotten my stuff for free on my personal cars. my guns were free, the sun gun was free from another comp. trying to get in.
but i agree with the others, unless your a big shop that they consider to be a investment, forget it.[quote=”jim c” post=18687]giving stuff out for samples and discounts, free guns and whatever else is all advertising. advertising cost money so a company has to feel that the dollars they are spending with you on this is going to pay in the long run for them. 1 car aint going to cut it or pay their bills. most large paint companies need large shops who spend hundreds of thousands a year. thats the customers they need to get not the couple guys who decide to use their paint because they saw it on a car at a show. also all the money for that free stuff and discounts have to come from somewhere. why do you think it cost $800 for a gallon of red that cost about $5 to make. nothing is free and everyone pays for it in the end.[/quote]
Before I went to work for GM,I ran my own small shop doing mainly completes(me and another guy part time),restos and dealer blend-ins,but product costs kept rising,and people wanted *** done for nothing.
I still got hook-ups from PPG for my own rides:cheers[quote=”bloverby” post=18689]Could you post up a few pics of some of these award winning rides that the paint companies should be chomping at the bit to get their products on? :welc
The paint supplier won’t give me anything, but my boss let’s me buy stuff through the shop account.[/quote]
I have no problem posting my work,but I’d be less of a smart *** If I had a clapped out”welcome to 92″ inspired s-truck as my avitar……..Last customer vehicle I redid,it was to his specs,hence the factory stance,mud flaps,etc(that and he lives in belize,roads are ***).
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[IMG]http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii9/lowdeville/P1010004-10.jpg[/IMG]My current project 61,as it sits in my garage
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My first flaked/candied/patterned ride,lotsa flaws,but it won a few awards in it’s day.
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Painted this one when I was 18,with a princess auto gun,and dupont centari single stage,sold it 2 years ago and this is how it looked almost 20 years later.
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My 78 coupe deville,I recently bought back from insurance,after I sold it,some punks vandalized it and left her for dead.
Before pix
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Bike tins I did for a guy from Minnesotta,all I got is pix of the tank,that’s black candy over water drops,fades,etc,people will tell you there’s no such thing as black candy,but it exsists.
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Pink candy “lac I did a few years back for as customer,lace,fades,all oldschool
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[IMG]http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii9/lowdeville/img_0430.jpg[/IMG]Nice pics…bagged Cadillacs aren’t something I prefer, but your work is excellent nonethelss. Nice work with the Kandy colours and flakes.
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