what about MAACO IF I do all the prep work

[The Loves]

I finally have to chime in on this issue of MACCO!
They ruined a pristine car of my wife's when there was damage done in a
no-fault accident out of state.
Paint was multi-colored (when it should have been met blue), huge drips,
obscene taping job not to mention that the side molding from one door to
another was out of horizontal alignment by 1" or better!
Car got home to our state and I saw it and freaked!
Macco said tough luck.
One year later it looked like poster paint on what was once a beautiful car.
Audi content? Sold it for peanuts to buy my first 4kq (blessing in
disguise?)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Todd Phenneger" <tquattroguy at yahoo.com>
To: "Zsolt" <zsolt1 at telusplanet.net>; "George Selby"
<gselby4x4 at earthlink.net>; "quattro list" <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 9:14 PM
Subject: Re: what about MAACO IF I do all the prep work


> That is wholly incorrect.  I walked thorugh a Maaco Paint shop
> on a tour.  They remove a LOT of paint.  I think they may use of
> the newer sandblasting techniques where you run a machine over
> the paint and it strips it down.  I'm not sure what exactly they
> used but there was definately sanding on those cars. Not a "wipe
> down with thinner".
>   Just thought I'd clear that up.
> l8r
>   Todd
>
> --- Zsolt <zsolt1 at telusplanet.net> wrote:
> > They use Sherwin Williams, which is as cheap as it gets when
> > it comes to
> > car paint, and you get what you pay for. Also, for the
> > cheapest paint
> > job, all they do is wipe the car with paint thinner, no
> > sanding. I guess
> > the most time they spend on prepwork is taping it.
> >   Zsolt
> >
> > George Selby wrote:
> >
> > > 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
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>
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