30+ Cars with Overspray

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I just received a call from a factory where I'm located about a paint system failure that leaked into the parking lot getting over spray on 30+ cars. Usually I charge about $40/hr for over spray removing. However this is completely different. Any ideas? They want a total estimate bid.

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I recently had a similar call to this, they also wanted a total bid. It was 10 cars total. This is the way i approached it. I went out to the business and looked at every car, wrote down my estimate for each one then added it all up. I did it this way due to some cars were much worse then others and due to the color of the car. A couple were black, I knew I was going to have to be aggressive which would cause marring resulting in at least a one step after I clay. I explained that to the customer and they were fine with it. I hope this helps you out.
 
Don't know about pricing, but get a medium grade nano prep towel yesterday. It will make your job tremendously easier.

If I were you I would probably quote them by the hour, but I've never done work like this. I'm sure others can chime in.
 
Figure you total time then offer a discount because all the cars are in one place. Should get you the work.

As suggested you need to evaluate each car.
 
Thanks guys! Definitely getting a few those towels for this! I actually found the other person putting a bid on it and they were at $550 per car! Body shops.... so total hours as a VERY HIGH guess is 90 hours. However, with my pricing that'd come to around 3600. So roughly $100+ a vehicle. They wanted a price per car and it being the same per vehicle. With the other company bidding how high they are, I don't want to seem "wow um that's really low" and not go with me for that reason. So, I'm pricing it $350 per vehicle so it sounds more reasonable and if it happens again or they have more work down the road they'll get a big discount. Haha. Don't want to be a conman, but don't want to sound like I'm not an official business.

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i just finish an overspray SUV , bmw black...so here is my input on this.
- use red meg claybar , not the prep towel , the towel is psy when comes to this kind of jobs
- use a good lube , i prefer last touch meg
- be ready to do 1 step polish for any darker color car , or quote all the cars - that way your remove any marr left by claybar
- be ready to do 2 step correction on black cars
- be specific about what you quote, what`s included, an estimate realistic time
- add extra time , on this jobs are always surprises
- have some terminator handy, also some gogone may be handy for rubber trims etc...
- have a few helpers
- have some blades for windows
- quote only exterior that way you may be more affordable
- make sure upfront about the availability of each car

as a rule of thumb do a test spot and after that give them a quote, that way they see what results you got , you know what you deal with and everybody is happy :)
- overspray cars are a pain , it can take you more than a correction :))

i charge 600 for an suv blk , 2 step correction exterior only , and removal of overspray/ home latex paint , a bit cheap but was ok , done with 2 helpers in 4 hours.
 
Cosmin said:
i just finish an overspray SUV , bmw black...so here is my input on this.
- use red meg claybar , not the prep towel , the towel is psy when comes to this kind of jobs
- use a good lube , i prefer last touch meg
- be ready to do 1 step polish for any darker color car , or quote all the cars - that way your remove any marr left by claybar
- be ready to do 2 step correction on black cars
- be specific about what you quote, what`s included, an estimate realistic time
- add extra time , on this jobs are always surprises
- have some terminator handy, also some gogone may be handy for rubber trims etc...
- have a few helpers
- have some blades for windows
- quote only exterior that way you may be more affordable
- make sure upfront about the availability of each car

as a rule of thumb do a test spot and after that give them a quote, that way they see what results you got , you know what you deal with and everybody is happy :)
- overspray cars are a pain , it can take you more than a correction :))

i charge 600 for an suv blk , 2 step correction exterior only , and removal of overspray/ home latex paint , a bit cheap but was ok , done with 2 helpers in 4 hours.
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Thank you! I figure for 30 cars, mostly coupes and sedans, with 1/16" overspray just on bumpers hoods and roofs... it'd be about 2-3 hours per vehicle with two of my helpers. It'll be a 10k+ job. Total expense of products possibly 400 very high IMO. Labor 800. Extra expense 250. I think that sounds about right...

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crober53 said:
Thank you! I figure for 30 cars, mostly coupes and sedans, with 1/16" overspray just on bumpers hoods and roofs... it'd be about 2-3 hours per vehicle with two of my helpers. It'll be a 10k+ job. Total expense of products possibly 400 very high IMO. Labor 800. Extra expense 250. I think that sounds about right...

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Your labor cost should be a lot more than 8% of your total job.
 
I agree with Cosmin, I LOVE my nano skin mitts.. but overspray I think you have better chances of not marring with traditional clay since the paint droplets can embed into the clay. The mitts, it will kind of roll around or drag more. And the Red "Clay Magic" clay is awesome IMO for this.

Depending on how much paint, how big the droplets are, and the type of automotive paint the surface is, you can maybe even use a little laquer thinner. My car got oversprayed with pretty good sized droplets and clay wasn't budging it. So i used a MF and Laquer thinner for the bigger areas and then polished out the marring
 
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