Andy wrote:
On Jan 2, 7:50 am, wrote:


I hear people saying that it's costing them up to 20,000 dollars to
have a glider refinished. If I only charged 10,000 (since I'm of low
experience), for a less complex glider, is this reasonable to say
someone might hire me?

Good luck. You will probably get a variety of replies but mine is
that no one in their right mind would pay someone with low experience
to refinish their glider.

On the other hand I've seen some really nasty examples of what can
happen when an experienced refinisher farms out some of the high labor
work, so just contracting with someone experienced does not mean they
will do all the work. They will be good at hiding the mistakes
though. When it's all shinny who will know if those grind throughs
were repaired properly or just covered with primer?

If you really want to get into this, try finding an experienced
refinisher that will take you on as an apprentice.

Andy



I would think you need to refinish one glider first, just to figure out
what is involved, to convince potential customers that you can do it,
and to learn whether this really is something you want to do.
Refinishing is a lot more involved than just polishing a glider. Maybe
a friend has a glider that badly needs refinishing?

There are a lot of amateur refinish jobs out there, and the biggest
problem with them is that boredom often hits before all the old gelcoat
is removed. Unfortunately, the effects of this don't show up until
later, so there are reasons that people paying good money for
refinishing prefer to go to someone with a proven track record.