I couldn't agree more.
In the beginning of my stock painting adventure I was thinking I could knock out 5 a week.
Yeah right!
It seems that the more I do ,the more involved I get with them.
I'm roughly 25 hours into a lot of these stocks, some more some less.
Some of my customers say I should charge more, thier probably right.
I try to keep pricing fair and reasonable, thinking I can make it up in volume, volume is a bitch when you're literally trying to make a show piece out of each and every one.
I use to say the paint wont make it shoot any better, but now I'm rethinking that, as I've straightened out a lot of worbly forends and rails. I'm sure they have to track better afterwards.
@Kurz nailed it, in trying to come up with fresh ideas.
Using @Alex Wheeler method of marbling I opened up a new door to some really cool ideas with colors and candies using this technique
I try to have a open mind to customer wants for appearance and colors, sometimes they just say do what ya do.
I always send updates as to progress from start to finish on thier projects, folks like being a part of the process, and I've made a bunch of friends along the way.
Now I'm going to have some coffee
Prime a Anschutz, and prep a stock that set a world record for a award winning paint job.
