How much average paint for an Airbus?

[CaptainChas]

On a recent flight a young man asked me an interesting question:

Just how many gallons of paint does it take to paint an Airbus?

I was flying an A319, but it would be interesting to know on other models, too, not just the A320 series. For example - just how much paint does it take (on average) for an A380?

Anyone have any idea?

[IFixPlanes]

Lufthansa provide a"A380 Special LH Magazin"
http://a380.lufthansa.com/FASCINATION/d ... agazin.zip

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Lufthansa snow-white is applied to the more than 3500-square-meter surface of the A380.
Primer and glossy coats together weigh 650 kilos and are only 0.2 mm thick.
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[CaptainChas]

After some research, it appears that an A320 takes anywhere between 70-90 gallons of paint, with an average around 80 gallons for a paint job like Virgin America's.

As a side note, a Boeing 747 can be painted with as little as 90 gallons of paint...