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Originally Posted by kayce
I think their point was that when concourse comps were started everyone painted their own shells, there were no pro painters (that can charge exhorbitant rates), and the contests were mano-e-mano and not mano-e-who has the deepest pockets.  |
From my understanding of body shell paintwork being charged out between £20 and £40 - minimum wage for someone over 21 is £6.08 per hour, minimum wage is usually basic factory work or shop assistants. None of whom I suspect can use an airbrush to a proficient level to airbrush a body shell, for people who are doing this and putting their time and effort into it I don't think £40 is too much to ask at all. I couldn't do a shell in 4 hours from the time I unpacked it to the time I took it back down the post office to return to it's customer so I don't think any painters are charging "exorbitant rates", also it's not just their time you're paying for, it's the fact they have the knowledge to do it in the first place as well as the paint in stock along with the masking materials and the airbrush. Those rates are cheap !
Your other point about it being unfair on those who do paint their shells vs those who pay for them to be painted it fair enough though and I can see your point.