Originally Posted by
mcgregorj
The Color Factory experience was really good. He's a small shop, very low key, but easy to work with. I dropped off/picked up myself, which worked out nicely. The price was very reasonable I thought - my prior $100 spray.bike experience vs a little over $200 for a pro doing bead blast, 2 colors, applying decals, and clearcoat.
Cheapest I could find here in Ontario (for a professional bike respray and not a "sure throw it in with this other batch of stuff we are doing" painter) was over $900 CAD for one colour; the shop does amazing work but a $900 paint job on a $200 bike makes no sense.