what about MAACO IF I do all the prep work

[George Selby]

At 10:30 PM 8/3/03, you wrote:
>The biggest problem with places like MACCO IMO is the quality of paint they
>use, it just doesn't last.
>
>Javad


In very few areas of life does the saying "you get what you pay for" apply
more than in the case of automobile repainting.  The basic problem with
MAACO (or Earl Schieb, etc., IMHO,) is they can't afford to pay for quality
prep work.  Without that, the paint job can't last.  Your MAACO paint job
will last much longer if you do the prep work.  That being said, you could
probably get a better shop to paint it with quality paint befitting an Audi
for a similar price as MAACO because much of the cost of painting is in the
prep, it actually takes very little time to paint a car (less than a hour,)
it can take days to prep a car for paint, depending on how bad the car is
to start off; and if you used more than a couple of quarts of paint
(especially on an Audi sized vehicle) you would have it on way too thick.

Most paint jobs will look good initially, it is after a year or so (when
all the solvents have dried out) than you will see all the little
imperfections in your paint job.  MAACO does have its place, it is quite
good for cheap cars that you plan on selling or keeping for a short time
and work truck type vehicles, and are otherwise fine except for worn or
faded paint.  Just don't expect it to look show quality, it might look
factory (domestic) for a year or two.


George Selby
gselby4x4 at earthlink.net