Pretty sure I shot myself in the foot.
I have been painting cars for years. I pretty much stopped doing any paint work for other people because they wanted a $5,000 paint job for $500 (or less). No concept of the amount of time and materials just getting a car ready to spray. I do a few things here and there, but we agree on a fair price up front. I always REALLY undercut body shop prices, but I'm not going to wind up making $5 per hour either. The main exception is that I have done painting for my friend Mark who is into Mustangs, and he has a REAL paint booth in his 100 x 30 Morton building. He lets me use the paint booth for free any time I want (that's my Mopar hat on the dash). I have been powder coating for several years now. If I want to earn some extra cash, I go to a cruise night or a car show with a few samples of my work on a card table. I usually get a few jobs from that, and I have a lot of repeat and word of mouth customers.
I have been painting cars for years. I pretty much stopped doing any paint work for other people because they wanted a $5,000 paint job for $500 (or less). No concept of the amount of time and materials just getting a car ready to spray. I do a few things here and there, but we agree on a fair price up front. I always REALLY undercut body shop prices, but I'm not going to wind up making $5 per hour either. The main exception is that I have done painting for my friend Mark who is into Mustangs, and he has a REAL paint booth in his 100 x 30 Morton building. He lets me use the paint booth for free any time I want (that's my Mopar hat on the dash). I have been powder coating for several years now. If I want to earn some extra cash, I go to a cruise night or a car show with a few samples of my work on a card table. I usually get a few jobs from that, and I have a lot of repeat and word of mouth customers.