looking at Mercian's page they charge 34 pounds for the barber pole these days. The reason it's expensive is it's a very tricky mask to get correct. First you pain a base color. Second you need to get the spiral right and tight without any gaps. Then you need to mask two lug
edges which can be a pain. Lastly you shoot your top color. Then you
get to remove the masking and a piece that long can also be quite tricky to get off and keep the edges crisp. I think the cheapest priced
I was quoted was $125. Most painter charge in the ballpark of $50 just
for just a contrasting band on the seattube so $125 seems about right for the work involved. Any additional color involves quite a bit of extra time that has nothing to do with spraying paint. My guess is Mercian can do it so cheaply because they have a system set up inn place that saves them time and are familiar with the job. best, Brandon"monkeyman"Ives Vancouver, B.C.
On Tuesday, Mar 21, 2006, at 01:16 US/Pacific, Olof Stroh wrote:
>
> Brandon Ives wrote on the subject of barber poles:
>
>> Don't apologize I'm a total sucker for barber pole too. --------
> I'd like to offer
>> it to my customers, but the two quotes I've gotten from painters
>> basically doubled the price of the paint job.
> _____________________________
> Why?
>
> Bought a barber pole bike from Mercian two years ago and they didn´t
> charge me a penny extra. Must be a way to do it in a rationall way.
>
> cheers
>
> Olof Stroh
> Uppsala Sweden