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@james1234
Coming from industry experience, people really do underestimate how much time and effort it takes to do a good job, comments like "well I only want this little bit spraying" are quite common. Before when I've helped my father on a hot-rod project, he spent 2 years full time just on the body-shell to get it perfect.
If you're looking to get your monies worth out of a sprayer, take them a bonnet or a door, not a bike frame. It's the preparation of a frame which is where the time really goes, £200 for a paint job is a very good price!
There is no real 'set' amount of how much you can ask for a paint-job, but you truly do get what you pay for. If I had a customer come to me wanting a black to look like chrome, no problemo.