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oldandtired · 01-27-2024, 07:38 AM

Bead blasting both sides of a hinged hood that has louvers on the side panels is time consuming for a quality job. Cleaning the hood before priming it takes a while as does putting on the primer plus shop time to dry and clean the gun. I do not know what brand epoxy used, but some of them are pricier than others. Some bead blasting setups recycle/reuse the beads, and some do not. Shop labor these days can easily be $100/hr. I would be a little iffy on the materials cost, but then I don't know what type of media used or the brand of primer.

01-27-2024, 07:38 AM	#3
oldandtired Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Edgefield, SC Posts: 829	Re: Bead blasting 33 hood Bead blasting both sides of a hinged hood that has louvers on the side panels is time consuming for a quality job. Cleaning the hood before priming it takes a while as does putting on the primer plus shop time to dry and clean the gun. I do not know what brand epoxy used, but some of them are pricier than others. Some bead blasting setups recycle/reuse the beads, and some do not. Shop labor these days can easily be $100/hr. I would be a little iffy on the materials cost, but then I don't know what type of media used or the brand of primer.