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Reading this forum, it sounds like striping prices vary tremendously in different locations and markets. I'm curious about a job i reciently did. Bid it. Price and location. Thanks. 20 - 20' angled stalls 20 - 20' straight stalls 2 - 20' HC stalls 1 - 20' Cross Hatch 8x20 1 - 20' x 4' Cross Hatch isle 1 - 250' Drive Thru line, curved 8 - Arrows, w/glass beads

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Small Job minimum - $350 ...plus surface prep (if necessary.) 2 hrs striping max. If new concrete, surface prep could be an additional 2 hours. Remember, we don't charge for new lay-out. You may or may not wish to add whatever the extra time you think it would take for lay-out vs restripe. By in large, we spend the same amount of time on new lay-outs when compared to restripes that involve moving cars and typical "go-backs".

250.00 to 300.00 on the job, demending on what they want on the H/C blue box or symbol only we do 90% of our striping at night we have zero go backs compared to striping in the day time. due to all of the pains that go with striping during the day, and are prices are different from day to night.

400

$495.00 BC Canada

Yes a couple of hours of surface prep were involved. Hey, thanks for the replies.

call Cheney , he'll probably do it for like 50 bucks

300--job minimum in NC

PLEASE: don't post these type things here about specifics on pricing. There are property managers and other "consumers" who read these forums too. Prices vary a lot depending on the location, the condition of the pavement, etc. so it would be easy for someone to get the idea someone was overcharging them when in their market it was actually a low price. General questions like "do you charge by the stall or by the foot?" or "is a handicap stencil included in the price?" are fine. But especially these days with paint & fuel prices changing all the time and the difference in whether the landscapers left a bunch of mud on the lot or if it's 20 year old asphalt, or they spec. a particular paint you can't get your usual price on it's just not fair to put specifics here. Even though it looks like this one was a "minimum charge" job for most people. Thanks

I had a call from my paint rep who says because we buy so much paint we would save a lot of money buying in 200 litre barrels and transferring it into the 20 litre pails, they will deliver this on site..... but.... we have no forklift and I have no clue on how to transfer the paint over, I need it done quickly as well, I don't want the lads standing around pumping paint for an hour every day. Does any one do this and or know of a way to do it. The drum can't be moved once it has been delivered. If there is a pump that does this how fast and reliable are they? and how does it work? Tut some one has just said think of it as a barrel of beer Wendy you'll soon come up with a solution! cheeky! Any ideas much appreciated

In the past when we did alot of striping we would use air diaphragm pumps to transfer the paint and circulate it. It is good to give it one good mix with the drill mixer when it arrives from shipping and then circulate it after that before you transfer to pails. If you use flat bed trucks to the job sites you can actually tranfer the material into the handliners like a gas pump. THis all depends on your operation. We were a high volume max production operation so to me every second counted.

cheers Brahney, how does this set up work and do you know the make of the pumps?

Quote from: Don on Today at 09:52:08 AM PLEASE: don't post these type things here about specifics on pricing. There are property managers and other "consumers" who read these forums too. Prices vary a lot depending on the location, the condition of the pavement, etc. so it would be easy for someone to get the idea someone was overcharging them when in their market it was actually a low price. Thanks In my opinion the posting of this kind of information is very important, especially to newbies, as well as seasoned veterans and even the consumer. The "consumer" of a service will learn the "value" of that service one way and only one way. By doing their homework where they are buying the service and making a wise choice for their application. If they feel cheated later on after seeing a price here on PLP, they can easily learn the true value of the service by shopping around the next time. The pricing issue is complicated when a service business operator also has a discussion group forum. The marketing of the business using the forum and posting of price information could then be a problem for the business. Catch 22 IMHO. There is plenty of good that can come from pricing information, had I known more here in my market I could have earned more on a regular basis and still would have been very competitive. I did not get work because I was too low. I have a low overhead in my market and make a very good profit, yet the price differences were enough to be considered a risk.

One make is Wilden, there are others. Air diaphragm pumps are also used on sealcoating set-ups Wendy, as well as many other applications, water etc. Latex or oil based paints? I wonder if a gasoline type trash pump set-up would work for you? You could pump into pails from your machines! 2 gallons per minute! Hehe.

Censorship in the striping forum Don?. H Stern's hair would curl. More. No I'm not a fan. Good point sdstriper, it would be a catch 22. Location and market amoung other things obviously do come in to play. Thanks to those who replied. And if you're wondering, I stripped it for $800, which I thought high. He jumped on it and wants me to stripe his next construction. I'll cut him some slack on the next one, especially after veiwing the UPFRONT posts you'all contributed.

I've used Wilden pumps in the chemical plant where I work to pump anything from water to sludge. Very durable, positive displacement pumps.

you stripped it or striped it? Sounds like a good price, just like sealing potential clients do need to be aware there are fly by nights out there that water paint and water sealer , spray one coat of sealer and are cheaper.

Striped. My bad

The problem is, as you said, a catch-22. But it's best to err on the side of caution and is in no way censorship. These forums have a built-in private messaging system, there is always good old e-mail, etc. if someone wants to get into specifics. That's why having some info in your profile is a good idea, so other stripers know who they are talking to and where. Overcharged or undercharged there are many, many visitors here that never register or post. This and the NPCA forums are by far the two highest traffic sites in the pavement industry. If you saw from the "backside" the number of visitors, "views" and overall traffic here compared to the number of posters you'd have a better idea. Specifics can give a wrong impression either way. Just as the above post indicated he scared some people by underbidding, as easily a property owner or manager might feel they were being overcharged and a striper with a very fair price for their market could lose work. That's why specifics are best left alone out here in the "public" world of the Internet and discussed in detail in PM's or other communications.