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Whelp - Might take the S-box to Maaco...
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<blockquote data-quote="svtfocus2cobra" data-source="post: 16760375" data-attributes="member: 21786"><p>Pretty much what [USER=171475]@Corbic[/USER] said. It's a process and painting is easily the hardest part of the body repair process to master so for an amazing paint job you are looking for an amazing painter who really knows what they are doing. Plenty of average painters out there who can do great work and will pass the test of the average eye, but when you see a veteran skilled painter the outcome is night and day! Maaco can certainly put out a good product if they were to apply all the same standards that most body shops do but their market is for cheap and to be able to offer those prices they have to cut corners and they do that in the way Corbic outlined. </p><p></p><p>Not sure what product they use but there's also varying quality lines of bases and clears from the main brands like BASF, PPG, Dupont, etc. BASF's Glasurit line, which BASF is what we sprayed at the last shop I worked at, is insanely good looking when done right on a car. It's so high quality but at the same time you're likely looking at $10k-15k on average to have your car sprayed with it and it only goes up from there. A shop typically picks a paint company to use, like our shop using BASF, so all of the products are BASF products from my experience BASF, PPG, and Dupont are what most independent shops like to use. </p><p></p><p>On a side note, it's actually kind of cool because those companies will often give I guess you could say a loan to shops to use their products and to help the shops get off the ground or as a bonus if they are changing paint brands. So say your first grant is $100k and you essentially pay that back by purchasing their products and over time that loan is paid off and they will then give you $200k the next time if you're doing well and so on, and they keep doing that cycle. It really helps shops get set up and upgrade as needed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="svtfocus2cobra, post: 16760375, member: 21786"] Pretty much what [USER=171475]@Corbic[/USER] said. It's a process and painting is easily the hardest part of the body repair process to master so for an amazing paint job you are looking for an amazing painter who really knows what they are doing. Plenty of average painters out there who can do great work and will pass the test of the average eye, but when you see a veteran skilled painter the outcome is night and day! Maaco can certainly put out a good product if they were to apply all the same standards that most body shops do but their market is for cheap and to be able to offer those prices they have to cut corners and they do that in the way Corbic outlined. Not sure what product they use but there's also varying quality lines of bases and clears from the main brands like BASF, PPG, Dupont, etc. BASF's Glasurit line, which BASF is what we sprayed at the last shop I worked at, is insanely good looking when done right on a car. It's so high quality but at the same time you're likely looking at $10k-15k on average to have your car sprayed with it and it only goes up from there. A shop typically picks a paint company to use, like our shop using BASF, so all of the products are BASF products from my experience BASF, PPG, and Dupont are what most independent shops like to use. On a side note, it's actually kind of cool because those companies will often give I guess you could say a loan to shops to use their products and to help the shops get off the ground or as a bonus if they are changing paint brands. So say your first grant is $100k and you essentially pay that back by purchasing their products and over time that loan is paid off and they will then give you $200k the next time if you're doing well and so on, and they keep doing that cycle. It really helps shops get set up and upgrade as needed. [/QUOTE]
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