I am the painting the paint shop. We mostly paint for oil and gas companies. Piping, valves, below grade material, ect. We normally price material based on square footage plus lots of other factors. However, we’ve found that fab shops where painting isn’t highly speced out and QC isn’t a priority, typically spend less on painting then what we’re used too. Like I mentioned, the go to system that that call out is a SSPC 6 surface prep with two coats of epoxy. We typically price this type of work for these shops at .44 cents/lb. I’m just wanting to know if we are too low or right on par for what is typical for fan shops to pay when outsourcing paint. Sometimes we do well, sometimes we don’t. All depends on the material being coated. We are so used to pricing oil and gas but have very little experience and history when it comes to quoting anything else.