Hey guys,
A separate part of my planning for the upcoming season is to really get my arms wrapped around coatings. Though I'll be doing mostly mobile work, I figure the customers that will be interested in coatings will likely have their own garages that they keep their cars in, which I will be able to use for coating application. I also have access to a couple garages, and have decided that I'll be coating my own personal truck (2017 Sierra Denali) as part of an article/video series on reviving it from the dead after this horrific winter weather.
With that said, the majority of coatings come in 30ml and 50ml sizes. The detail around which size to get seems to be pretty fuzzy, at least from what I can tell.
It seems to me that 30ml of paint coating should be fine for an average sedan or small SUV/Crossover, like my wife's Lincoln MKC. But for a truck the size of my Denali, it seems like I'd need 50ml. But, certain coatings require extra layers (Syncro, Kamikaze etc) so that further complicates things.
Part of me thinks that the cost of the materials really will be built into the price of the job and I should just buy the 50ml size just to be safe, as I'd rather have too much than not enough. But, even with some discounts I'm able to get, the 30ml to 50ml jump represents typically a $20-30 increase that I'd effectively be throwing away if I didn't need the bigger bottle.
So, for you guys who do a lot of coatings, what size vehicle or number of layers do you draw the line at to reach for the 50ml bottle?
A separate part of my planning for the upcoming season is to really get my arms wrapped around coatings. Though I'll be doing mostly mobile work, I figure the customers that will be interested in coatings will likely have their own garages that they keep their cars in, which I will be able to use for coating application. I also have access to a couple garages, and have decided that I'll be coating my own personal truck (2017 Sierra Denali) as part of an article/video series on reviving it from the dead after this horrific winter weather.
With that said, the majority of coatings come in 30ml and 50ml sizes. The detail around which size to get seems to be pretty fuzzy, at least from what I can tell.
It seems to me that 30ml of paint coating should be fine for an average sedan or small SUV/Crossover, like my wife's Lincoln MKC. But for a truck the size of my Denali, it seems like I'd need 50ml. But, certain coatings require extra layers (Syncro, Kamikaze etc) so that further complicates things.
Part of me thinks that the cost of the materials really will be built into the price of the job and I should just buy the 50ml size just to be safe, as I'd rather have too much than not enough. But, even with some discounts I'm able to get, the 30ml to 50ml jump represents typically a $20-30 increase that I'd effectively be throwing away if I didn't need the bigger bottle.
So, for you guys who do a lot of coatings, what size vehicle or number of layers do you draw the line at to reach for the 50ml bottle?
