BlastBid vs Spreadsheets
Most sandblasters start in Excel or Google Sheets. Surface area, media price, labor rate, markup, done. For one guy quoting a couple of jobs a month, that's a legitimate system. We're not going to pretend it isn't.
Then you start quoting in a customer's driveway with dirty gloves on. Or you take a photo that's supposed to go with a bid from last Tuesday and can't remember which one. Or you retype the same estimate for your third repeat from this shop. That's where the spreadsheet stops being free and starts costing you bids.
Side by side
Nothing against Excel. It's the most flexible tool ever made. Every small business has a handful of sheets running things behind the scenes — pricing, time cards, material lists. That's fine. Keep them.
A spreadsheet is built for one person sitting at a desk. Quoting a blast job isn't that. You're at a job site, your hands are dirty, the customer's standing right there, and they want a number before they call the next guy. Opening Sheets on your phone and tapping into cells isn't the move.
BlastBid is the same estimating idea — surface area, media, coating, labor, markup — except the math is already in it, the UI is built for gloves, and everything works without a signal. Same input, fewer tears.
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