what about MAACO IF I do all the prep work

[Dave Glubrecht]

Several years ago I bought a car just after it was painted by Maico.
The owner was so dissapointed in the paint job that he sold it for the cost
of the paint job.
He made the major mistake in having Maico do prep work AND some minor
repairs.
It was shiny the first 6 mo.  After that dull, oxidized and wasn't really
worth waxing.  Drag your hand across it and your hand would turn blue from
oxidized paint.
    Might not be as bad if you spend extra for the upgraded paint after
doing prep yourself.
Dave G



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----- Original Message -----
From: "George Selby" <gselby4x4 at earthlink.net>
To: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2003 11:11 PM
Subject: Re: what about MAACO IF I do all the prep work


> 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
>
>