thinking about going to Maaco

[94talonawd]

Hey, look at these.
here are pictures of our paint job.
My brother does side jobs. This was a complete paint job.
Pictures are a little bit small though.

http://s109.photobucket.com/albums/n72/12sec3s/

[Elementality158]

Anyone paint their cars themself? I have all the tools to do it,but im wondering how much all the paint thinner and hardener and all that would cost vs. getting it done at a pro shop, such as macco. And im wondering about a color for my car.

[94AWDTSi]

Have you guys seen people who uses a paint roller and paint their car that way... it's pretty cool. My cousin did it on a couple of cars already. The roller supplies a really thin layer. You have to do couple coats for it to look good.

-The 6 coats consists of

1- coat 1, then after 5 hours or more:
2- coat 2, then after 12 hours (overnight):
-wetsand
3- coat 3, then after 5 hours or more:
4- coat 4, then after 12 hours (overnight):
-wetsand
5- coat 5, then after 5 hours or more:
6- coat 6, then after 12 hours (overnight)"
-wetsand
-buff/polish

They say you wont really see ok paint until the 3rd or 4th paint. The coats are very thin that's why you have to paint many coats. The more coats you paint, the better the shine and look.

http://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=2331682&page=0&fpart=1&vc=1

http://www.rustoleum.com/Product.asp?frm_product_id=18&SBL=1&dds=16

[Halon]

Yup, roller with that canadian rustoleum paint called Tremclad or something. I was tempted to find it, but they don't sell tremclad here, so I just went to Maaco. Now I'm all about Maaco!

[Kracka]

A cheap Maaco job is still going to be far better than a roller job, IMO.

[Black97civic]

A cheap Maaco job is still going to be far better than a roller job, IMO.

Depends how much time you put into it. Mine is a poor example because I ran out of time to wetsand and buff.

http://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1555133&page=45

scroll down for pics...

[Halon]

http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/69martin/Picture10.jpg
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/69martin/DSC02769.jpg
http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d13/69martin/DSC00194.jpg

Looks like 94AWD already found what I was talking about. Just look at how those ones in the link turned out. It's nutty!

[A//// Guy]

If you liked textured paint go with a roller... I prefer using spray though for a nice smooth finish.

[Black97civic]

If you liked textured paint go with a roller... I prefer using spray though for a nice smooth finish.


It's all about wetsanding. Even the best spray job in the world will have orange peel until it is wetsanded.

Without any wetsanding, obviously an experienced painter with a spray gun will do the best job, but for the money, there are other ways around it. My friend painted his truck with a compressor and PPG paints and everything, and any flaws were just sanded out, the thing looks better than almost any stock paint, and could be done even better if he spent more time, but he just wanted something that looked pretty good, because the truck gets used, so a show winning paint job doesn't matter.

[Elementality158]

Just dont go with Macco. The guy that i bought my car from got it painted there i believe and the paint is all chipping but you need to look close cuz the previous paint from before just shows up because they didnt prep it at all. Just sprayed right over the old paint. If you know someone with a spray gun and an air compressor go try it yourself. It will look way better. Make sure you sand it down before though.