Kell I said 250 lbs just for underneath but engine compartments are not too bad because there isn't really a floor in them. If you are going all the way there just to price it bring a sample of somthing blasted to show him the texture of the glass. It doesn't have to be a car part you could blast a garden tool you own . You will have to use glass if he expects rust to be gone and soda is twice or more the price. What guys do is use a fill primer to even out the texture and it gets sanded down so it is smooth. Body guys do this all the time. I have a fine glass I use also I don't know what you have but the medium is quicker and cost less than the fine. I would feel comfortable if I had 15 or 20 bags with me. He may add all kind of things on once you are there and then you don't get that panic feeling that you could run out. I have stuffed all my tools and 25 bags of glass in to my little Tacoma. Soda is good for the Citron I figure 3 bags at least for the top. If you do under it it will have very thin paint and go much more quicly than the top. Like one bag probably. If you pay around $25. for soda you will use a hundred bucks or so maybe. I would be happy if I made another hundred. I might tell him $175 to $200. for the roof. I don't really know about going to see it first. I say there is no reason. It's nothing to him for you to come out on an 80 mile round trip. Does he want it blasted or not. It isn't free, it's going to cost him money. Honestly I wouldn't go out to look at it. It makes you sound new, like you have no idea what a car would take without examining it. The reason they want you to look at it is to get your price down. They know you have time invested already and they will say things while your there like"you can see there isn't much on it" And "It's just a small trunk, not much to it" All things designed to make you agree it will be so easy and quick that you don't need to charge him. Here is what I recomend. Settle on how much profit you would like to come away with. Don't think about material or gas. Just how much do you want when you are done. If you got $500. out of the day would it make you happy. I know it would me. Now estamat a range of material and add it on. Don't tell him the profit in the price , he dosn't need to know what you get. Just give him a range. Like $$620 to $725. for the car. I'm giving you $15 a bag to cover fuel 8 to 15 bags plus say $500 labor. The Citron figure another hundred labor and $50 to $100. depending if wants you to use glass or soda. You might take the top layor off with glass and finish with soda. I would consider calling him and saying somthing like this. I was going to come out so I could meet you but I actually have a lot going on right now. As far as the car goes I don't really need to see it , they all go pretty much the same. I can tell you it will be between $600 and $750 depending on what it needs. What I can tell you is I will use as little media as I can and as much as I have to to do a great job for you. If I'm there for the car I can take care of that roof for a hundred and some, we'll see what it takes. You can leave that open untill you get to work it. He already has a price in mind and it is most likely about a third of what you want. If you don't get it at least you don't blow a day on a hundred mile round trip.
Steve G. What the heck are you even talking about?