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    I usually take me entire cost and x by 3 to get the total charge. That's if I were to print the entire image on one piece of vinyl and then laminated. Masking and painting is a little more labor intensive so I Would have to charge more. Based on the image you provided, It looks to me like a painted sign. I would use a long term cast vinyl, not a calendared vinyl or what ever she had to experienced. Printed and laminated, would last a lot longer than 4 to 5 years. Actually, I can think of a few I have done nearly 8+ years ago that still look no diff than the day I made them. I use to paint signs and when I did, I used dupont and PPG. Yup, actual vehicle paint. I found them to last the longest for sure. "but", keep in mind that paint needs a primer / base for paint to grab onto or it will last about as long as a calendared vinyl. Even if your using a substrait / alluminum complosit sheet made for paint or vinyl. So, to answer your question, charge for material "paint, masking, thinners, hardiners, mixing supplies, cleaners and substrait." Job time "minimum of two hours of labor if your experienced with Painting and masking", and delivery and instalation.....just like any other job really. I haven't painted in a long time. Thank God for wide format printing and high quality vinyl