Ok, there is a guy down my street offering to pay me to sand down his van, its got minor rust, and the paint is fallin off. How much should I charge him to just sand it down? For labor only.

 

depends, how much beer do want to pound?

 

The money from this is just goin to weed and gas anyway, but I need a ballpark lol

 

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Always weed and gas...they are the essentials

 

indeed they are, and liquor on weekends.... but seriously i dont have a clue on wat to charge him, any input on wut this price should be? its like a 94 ford minivan or somebullshit

 

just get paid by the hour.. Sanding takes time.. What kind of Van?

 

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Ya, but how much would you guys charge someone to do this for labor only in 20 degree weather. just a ballpark .....nething......i havent got a clue

 

i'd do it for 50-100$ hour since its my neighbor.

 

Depends on what kind of sanding you are having to do. If all you have to do is scotchbrite the good paint- that's easy (just water - comet- and a scothbrite), but If you have to sand rust and flaking paint down to like bare metal with like 180 or 220 by hand- that would be a huge pain. If you have access to air tools like a DA (dual action sander) then that'd make it alot easier too. If just using a scothbrite or a DA I'd say like $12-15 an hr, but If having to hand sand the whole car with paper, I'd say like $15-20. I look at it this way- a good body shop would charge upwards of $40 an hr to do any work on the car, so they'd still be getting a deal in my opinion.