Two tones are not included in the time given to refinish a panel. Two-tone means when there are two different colors on the vehicle. Again, we use a simple formula to determine the time to estimate for this operation. Before we discuss two-tones I am going to touch on edging and painting the undersides of panels. In all of the examples that we have had, we only repaired the parts. Normally when you repair a part the jamb or inside of the panel does not need to be repainted. However, any time you replace the part it will be necessary to paint the inside. For example, if we replace a right front fender and it pays 3.0, that does not include the inside. All you need to do is look in the estimating guide and it will give you the time to for edging or to paint the inside of the panel. The right front fender may state to add .5 for edging. This would give you a total paint time of 3.5 to paint the right front fender.
Now back to two tone. The reason that I mention edging now is this. Many new cars have different color schemes for the insides of the panels. Therefore, you should be able to add for two tone. I don’t know if shops are adding two tone for this operation, but it may be something to consider. To add for two tone add 50% per refinish hour for your fist major panel and 30% for each additional panel. Basically, it is the same formula as clear coat, just different numbers to plug in. However, this does not add the clear coat as tri-coat does. It is possible to have a single stage two tone so clear is not figured into the two-tone time.
If the first panel gives 3.0 to refinish the panel, you would multiply 3.0 x 50% = 1.5. Then you would add for clear coat by multiplying 3.0 x 40% = 1.2. This would give you a total of 5.7 hours to paint, two-tone and clear coat the panel.
Let’s take a look at the same example that we’ve been working on and determine what the refinish time will be with two-tone added.
Body Labor Paint Labor
Repair Hood Panel 2.5 3.0
Deduct for paint overlap .0
Add For Two-Tone 1.5
Add For Clear 1.2
Adjusted Paint Time 5.7
Repair Right Front Fender 2.0 3.0
Deduct for paint overlap -.4
Adjusted Paint Time 2.6
Add For Two-Tone .8
Add For Clear .5
Adjusted Paint Time 3.9
Repair Left Front Fender 1.0 3.0
Deduct for paint overlap -.4
Adjusted Paint Time 2.6
Add For Two-Tone .8
Add For Clear .5
Adjusted Paint Time w/ tri-c 3.9
Total Labor 5.5 13.5
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