I need to live there................
Steve

"Bruce in Bangkok" wrote in message ...
On Sun, 26 Sep 2010 09:36:01 +0200, "Steve Lusardi"
wrote:

Bruce,
You are exactly correct, but I'm thinking this is a lot like powder coating
where powder coating is significantly cheaper as well as better than paint
if you consider effort, finishing material cost and coating performance.
Sure there is manual cleaning, sandpaper and elbow grease, but add up those
costs and depending on the availability of cheap labor, there could be a
business case for Dry Ice blasting.
Steve


Cheap immigrant labor is not only a good old American practice and
works right well. The place I rent my living quarters has a fully
legal Burmese "guest worker" employed. I don't know exactly how much
they pay him but a couple of days I wanted him to help move my stuff
to the new quarters the people who employ him said to give him 300
baht a day - which probably means that his monthly salary is a bit
lower then that. 300 baht is about 10 dollars, or maybe a bit less
(not exactly sure of the exchange rate).

Thai labor, by the way, would be about twice that figure.

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)