I need to renovate my home and spray it with white paint. It uses 22 panels. The painter wants 6,000 yuan for labor and 200 kilograms of paint. I don’t know if I have been scammed.

I am a decorator, let me tell you my feelings. In fact, the current labor prices for painters in the market feel very unreasonable. Taking Xinxiang, a third-tier city where I am located, as an example, the daily labor of a spray painter can reach 250-300. For a better carpenter, the price is 150--200. But having said that, there is nothing you can do about it. Painting is a continuation of carpentry. Spraying white paint and imitation mahogany is indeed a technical job. Most people really can’t do it, but the effect is all due to this. There is a saying After the carpenter finished his work, the painter came to pick up the money. To put it another way, I am not speaking for them. Paint is really harmful to the body. If you are not married and have children, the master will generally not accept you. If you don’t believe me, go in and smell it while the painter is working. Before the concept of formaldehyde-removing and odor-free paints was proposed, spray painting usually required half a year of work and half a year of rest. There are fewer and fewer young people doing this. Just adjust the price and that's pretty much it. As long as you have seen the work he does, you can guarantee the quality and produce results. We can't do it ourselves, so we don't need this little money. I feel 200 pounds is a bit much. It's best to let the paint shop do the math for you. A set of clear bases and 9kg of three bases and three sides should be about the same.