Price check on hitch parts...

[Guest]

Got these in the oven off-gassing and need a price before emailing customer once they are done. They will be 40% gloss single color.



Process was chemical strip on two of them, then blast, off-gas, and soon coat. Any ideas? Guy dropped them off and told be to "just give him a fair price" when I'm done. He has several boats and other vehicles so it could mean repeat business. Appreciate any feedback.

[X-Link]

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How much time you got in em? If he could be a repeat customer I would go 50-75

[Guest]

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I agree with the $50 maybe $60. Ought to bring him back and get you paid.

[wiseguyz]

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Yup. About I agree with about $20 apiece. By the way, they are steel which means no outgassing necessary unless the parts have had grease or something soaked on for a long time. I see lots of you guys mentioning you do that on everything, but you're wasting time and money on utility charges for your oven. I have NEVER had an issue coating steel that has been stripped and blasted clean.

[Guest]

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I've got about a half an hour worth of labor into them. Drop them in the cybersolve, pull them out a half hour later and blast them. I think $50-$60 is fair. Thanks!

[Guest]

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I suspect those may be in the oven for awhile.

Yup, that piece of the left is dense! The thing took twice as long as the oven to reach 400!

[Guest]

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Ended up getting 60 bucks for them and the customer thought that a "super fair!" price. Think I could have gotten 75-80 for them, but at least now I think I'll be getting some repeat business... so it's worth it. Especially if he brings back similar parts since I'm now more familiar with them. Thanks again for the advice.

[baz]

Re: Price check on hitch parts...

Yup. About I agree with about $20 apiece. By the way, they are steel which means no outgassing necessary unless the parts have had grease or something soaked on for a long time. I see lots of you guys mentioning you do that on everything, but you're wasting time and money on utility charges for your oven. I have NEVER had an issue coating steel that has been stripped and blasted clean.

i agree with you on this . i never outgas steel unless i think there is oil or grease hidden in some porous welds

[Guest]

Re: Price check on hitch parts...

Yup. About I agree with about $20 apiece. By the way, they are steel which means no outgassing necessary unless the parts have had grease or something soaked on for a long time. I see lots of you guys mentioning you do that on everything, but you're wasting time and money on utility charges for your oven. I have NEVER had an issue coating steel that has been stripped and blasted clean.

i agree with you on this . i never outgas steel unless i think there is oil or grease hidden in some porous welds

Although I do out-gas just about everything, this was more just to make check how long it would take the pieces to reach 400. This thing was really heavy and I just had no idea. I figured somewhere between 30 minutes and an hour... ended up taking almost a half hour to reach 405. As soon as it reached 415 I shut her down...

[JW450R1]

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60 bucks sounds good