$10 per foot
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I found a local guy who polishes stainless and he said it was about $10 per foot for him to polish all of my drip rails and window trim. He figures he earns about $30 per hour. Does this seem like a good price? Thanks, Tim
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Re: $10 per foot
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I found a local guy who polishes stainless and he said it was about $10 per foot for him to polish all of my drip rails and window trim. He figures he earns about $30 per hour. Does this seem like a good price? Thanks, Tim I did all mine for a Vinyl top 70 Cuda and there is a LOT of trim when you include the m88 tail molding, front grill, etc. $10/foot sounds really high to me, unless that includes some dent and scratch repair. It’s a dirty tedious job, but it’s also rewarding as stainless polishes beautifully,
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well i guess it depends on what it looks like when it finished . there is alot of work to get to look better than chrome , i charge bye the hour. What would be a WAG as to what it costs to do a 68 Charger?
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I found a local guy who polishes stainless and he said it was about $10 per foot for him to polish all of my drip rails and window trim. He figures he earns about $30 per hour. Does this seem like a good price? Thanks, Tim I did all mine for a Vinyl top 70 Cuda and there is a LOT of trim when you include the m88 tail molding, front grill, etc. $10/foot sounds really high to me, unless that includes some dent and scratch repair. It’s a dirty tedious job, but it’s also rewarding as stainless polishes beautifully, Yes that includes some dent and scratch repairs, he said it was worst case for estimating.
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I paid $8/ft here in Michigan a few years ago.
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Re: $10 per foot
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Mine is no where near that bad, most of it looks new in comparison. For at least what I can find...
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Todd only does stainless but has contacts that he will bring plated stuff to place in Omaha Nebraska. He has guys that have brought trim that had holes drilled in them. Either he welds them up or has a guy that will do that for him. Then he goes to town. He told me he has options on how he does his bright work. Driver quality and roll out of an enclosed trailer. The 55 Crown we had him do was very very costly but he did all the body trim inside and out,grille and also took all of the trim that had to be chrome plated. I just put him and my customer in contact with each other and my customer paid him. He had done work for some big name builders as well as local guys around South Dakota,Iowa,Minnesota and Nebraska. If you talk with him tell him Corey from Hartford's Best Paint and Body sent you.
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This is a road runner convertible trim piece that someone drilled holes in it for snaps. I thought I could find the picture of it finished but not seeing it right now. I know after it was all done there was no way you would known it had a hole drilled in it. The other pic is a milk truck someone did in Illinois that had him do the front trim then brought the front end over for him to install it on. He is crazy talented . Personally I think stainless steel rework is an art.
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Re: $10 per foot
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That is a talent that I do not have the patience to acquire.
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That is a talent that I do not have the patience to acquire. Todd just posted these side by side pics of a trim piece for a grille on a KB grille. It is an art form in my eyes.
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