what about MACCO IF I do all the prep work?

[David]

I had our old Impala 9C1 painted by Macco a whilke back. When we first got it out of the shop it looked great. But it oxidized to the point where I cannot wax it after 3 years. But for under $500 it was not bad...


>
> From: Ti Kan <ti at amb.org>
> Date: 2003/08/03 Sun PM 04:39:37 EDT
> To: oolsen1 at ec.rr.com (Obin Olson)
> CC: quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: what about MACCO IF I do all the prep work?
>
> Obin Olson writes:
> > would anyone use macco for spraying if you had done all the taping and sanding yourself? are they as bad at spraying as they are at taping a prep work? I HATE overspray and paint on rubber trim!
>
> Their paint quality is not that great.  Why go through all the hard work
> of prepping for paint, only to have it fade and oxidize in a couple of
> years?
>
> -Ti
> 2003 A4 1.8T multitronic
> 2001 S4 biturbo 6-sp
> 1984 5000S turbo
> 1980 4000 2.0 5-sp
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Dave
2002 Jetta 1.8T (hers)
1993 RX-7 R1 (weekend play toy, soon to be for sale)
1987 CGT Special Build 2.3
in SE Virginia