When you don't even know to call the "textured" paint orange peel, I don't k ow if this guy is qualified to determine what a $1200 paint job should cost.
this doesn't look like shit it actually looks good, no one ever just walks up to a car and says this is a crappy paint job. I would pay for this kind of work, no joke
@@HemiLyfestyle I agree, the camera lens make it looks good. I got the same Maaco quailty paint and was horrified. Taking a picture and inn-person is different where as if it was sanded right would look good either way.
@@myolox I don’t have a maaco paint job but I do have a 14 year old Silverado and the paint looks terrible in person, there are scratches and dents and shit everywhere. I took a picture of it and the truck looked mint condition, you couldn’t see the hundreds of scratches. And I didn’t edit the photo.
Yes most definitely a wet sand cut and buff 100%!! I recommend just taking it to a very reputable detail shop and for maybe $400'ish or so they will make it look 97% better then it looks now to the point that it will look like it actually did get a show room paint job!
Maaco probably doesn't give you enough material to cut and buff into without burning through. You could wetsand it but if you're not careful and burn through you can create more problems!
@@billyrivers568 Call around a few detail shops in your area and you'll get some prices. The price depends on how long they spend. A full wetsand/buff with multiple grits and multiple polishes/waxes can take multiple days. Or a partial job, with corners cut, can take a lot less.
How could you think that the extra $300 from just painting the hood would include sanding down the whole car to perfection? Looks like a real good $1200 paint job to me. Yeah, there is orange peel all over the whole thing but you get what you pay for.
Yeah this looks like really cheap single stage black acrylic enamel paint. Orange peel is pretty much unavoidable. For what he paid no body shop other than Maaco touch the car. I mean just good quality materials, a sealer, black base coat, clear coat, activators, reducers and the rest of the materials could easily cost 4 or 5 hundred alone.... Also when you use good paint your prep work needs to be better. With the paint they are using they can probably sand the car down with 320 and shoot it without doing much else because the paint is so thick it's going to hide a lot. Whereas with a better paint system you'd need sand to at least 4 or 6 hundred, shoot the whole car with sealer, then your base and clear coats....A quality paint job these days on a car that needs minimal body work is going to run you over 2k.
@@martinsvensson6884 if you don’t know what synthetic enamel and acrylic enamel or single stage or bc/cc. Well your complaining without knowing what’s what. Period.
@@THX..1138 exactly. Besides I think with some color sanding it would look sweet. He just doesn’t understand what that is. Go buy your buffer with some wool and orange pads. Some meguiar cut and polish and get to work.
You get what you pay for, the mask lines look good, the finish is uniform and remember some OEM paint jobs have orange peel not far from that. I would be thrilled if I picked up my car looking like that for $1200.
$1200 looks good to me. $1,200 is a paint job that you want on a car that you’re tired of it looking like shit and want it to look somewhat decent. Macao definitely good for cars from like 2006 and under if it looks like junk. Edit: and cheap 2006 cars and under. A $5,000 car or less of value for a “refresh” on the car
Personally I think for the $1200 bill it looks pretty good. I’m contemplating getting my 04 Toyota Highlander repainted and I’d love to get those results. For your car, you might be able to get the finish smoother with some polishing compound and a good wax.
Looks good. Better how it was before, i have an 05 645 bmw black, maaco charging me $ 2045.00, base coat / urethane finish, two stage job, my hood has sun damage , dents you name it....
I know most folks are not aware that a good paint job on a car can be pretty pricey. Especially people from my generation, and older. I retired last year. I come from the old days where an Earl Schieb paint job was $49.95. That was his schtick - "I'm Earl Scheib, and I'll paint any car, any color for $49.95". That was the price when I started driving. The problem now is that painting cars has changed so much over the years that you can't even get a wheel painted for that. The process has changed, and the materials have changed. Definitely for the good, I might add. Even if it costs more, the materials are better. Even over just the past 10 to 20 years or so. So now people are shocked when they see how much a paint job cost. I'm lucky as I found out how things have changed by a friend who was in the business. I have heard that if you are looking for a very good paint job expect to pay $4k or more. For showroom paint jobs $10k and up.
At Macco they seal your car and they only use 2 quarts of paint, so the roof and all the flat parts of your car come out wet looking and they dry spray the sides which gives it the orange peel effect
You have to understand that Hoovie is a recognized RUclipsr with over a million subs---Maaco knew that, and knew the car would be displayed on his channel. So of course, they're going to go all-out to make sure the paint looks good, it would be bad press if it didn't
Fair enough. Sounds also like different shops have different ownership so the quality is going to differ. I’m pretty sure this shop I got this done at has since closed.
Before you wet sand you better find out if they did a basecoat clearcoat or a single stage... wet sanding a single can be tricky.. and if it's basecoat clearcoat you'd better find out how much clear they used🤔
Thank you for the video my lincoln town car 2006 is in the state of the before condition just like your Mercedes i have a appointment to have a 1200 paint job done here by home in Las Vegas NV and just looking to see how a priced paint job comes out like that...your video is very informative thank you bro.
I usually just replace body panels with factory painted panels out of a salvage yard instead of a cheap paint job. You can get rid of the orange peel with a buffing.
black will orange peel, you would need to wet sand to remove that. The factory uses an electrostatic machine to paint which gives it that smooth hard shell look.
Looks great. Orange peel expected if not wet sanded. Maaco offers color wet sand for extra and definitely worth it on Mercedes 040 black. Would have let them keep it another week to finish.
Its called orange peal, a reaction as is dries. They could of prepped it better. Let paint cure, then compound/polish(wax ) with rotatry polisher. It'll look amazing
I know it's an old post, but did you ever get the paint cut? (Sanding down the orange peel) I've done a few Macco jobs and I always include an extra $600-800 for a detail shop to cut the clear coat down for me. Always looks very nice after that 2nd step.
I would have asked them to spray another coat of clearcoat on. That may have reduced the amount of orange peel, and given you a bigger margin of error if you decide to go through the trouble of wet sanding. Plus it would just look that much better.
@port nut That would be the ideal way of doing things; it's what a quality shop would have done at the beginning. But since the clear is already on and it's just a budget paint job anyway, figured it would make more sense to try and mask the problem as much as possible.
That's actually pretty good $1200... here's something in comparison the new AC compressor for your car will cost about $1400 to get installed properly And I'm giving you a price estimate on a cheaper vehicle on a Mercedes I'm sure it's even more money to replace your compressor.. My car is about the same size and I just got the top tier They gave me an estimate of $2400 and that's pretty good other places want to charge even more... But yeah I'm going with the best maybe next year I'll do it...
Thing is you never told us which package it was? Was this the base with "integrated" clear coat? Or separate base and then clear coat? It matters. They will cut and buff (wetsand) orange peel but it's another $2k.
Not sure I remember which package it was but it certainly wasn’t the lowest. I ended up getting a detailer to cut and buff it for $500 and it looked great.
I did the same thing I bought a quart of paint and some wax and grease remover from maaco thinking I was going to get a $5,000 paint job and it wasn't that at all but thanks for sharing I learned the lesson the hard way to
No they sanded it they put a pre-primer on it which is kind of like a filler primer and then they painted it It's a low velocity paint gun so it creates a waiver. It's a beautiful 20-ft paint job
That paint look better than most NEW cars at the dealership. Take a look a new FORD truck and see how rough it looks! No one will notice that really just buff it out.
We know a buff job would definitely help to make a orange peel paint jobs problem is you got all your door jambs oversprayed anywhere over the body work was done because the body works not bad but you can see the sand scratches where you left anywhere from 36 to 80 grits sand stretches in it
When you sell a car completely repainted, many people think it has been in a bad wreck. Myself, I would have painted the hood and fenders, wet sanded the right side doors, and would have tried a paint scratch kit on the long scratch, then wet sanded and buffed. Let the paint cure a little longer then try some 1500 to 2000 grit wet sanding followed by a high-speed rotary polisher with a good compound. Good luck.
The car needs to be cut and buffed. Wet sand and polish it. I had really good results getting single stage polyurethane from Maaco, but I also sanded, primed and sealed the car myself. Prep is key to any paint job. Cut and buff and it will look way better.
There's an old mechanic's saying: You get to choose: fast, cheap and good (pick any two). You can get cheap and fast, but it won't be good. There's just no way a $1200 paint job can be good. One mistake you made was just making the decision to choose a paint shop based on price, and in the automotive paint world, cheaper is not better. Being in the trade myself, I know how much time/effort/materials it takes to make a car come out correctly. Hoovie didn't get the $1200 paint job, he paid around $4000 for his. Judging by the amount of orange peel on your finish, for what you paid, the painter had no clue what he was doing and was probably very inexperienced. Watch a guy on youtube called "The Gunman" and you can see what a quality paint job is right off the gun (no buffing needed). For how little you paid, they did the absolute minimum to get the car through and probably didn't properly clean/scuff/sand the surface fully (probably missed certain spots and edges/corners) and your paint will start flaking off soon enough.
Black is beautiful! Yet it is by far the most difficult color to paint! Lots of work to make it mirror like! 2 stage clearcoat, wet sand and lots of buffing!
Same problem! $4k for the car to be painted and it's loaded with dry and orange peel. My dash was covered in primer along with the steering wheel and switches. Rims and tires covered in primer and dried up Bondo. Trash in the paint in different areas. Yeah I would say was it worth it!
That is a paint job from an inexperienced painter. It looks like he or she painted it with the gun a foot away. Macco is not a factory, just depends on who's pulling the trigger
Im doing a black 2000 Mercedes C-320 Kompressor that was keyed badly and i took it down to the metal everywhere except the roof and ive worked on this car a solid week! i hve 3 places of bodywork , i dont know how they can do it so cheap ive got 500 dollars just in paint and clear and primer and ive worked 6 to 7 hours a day on it Its a LOT of work and oh my god the dust! its EVERYWHERE even doing it outside!
Orange Peel texture can be buffed out. Most people take it to Maaco to get a cheap paint job and then take it to a high end detail shop and have it buffed, polished, waxed and then sealed. In the long run saving you a few bucks. But yah you pay for what you get at 1 stop Maaco's basic plans. They're the drive through-ish paint shops. But like i said, after getting it painted there for a cheap price, go hand it over to professional detailers and you be happy.
I had the roof panel of my Mercedes SLK 320 repainted and paid $300 USD. It came out looking factory original. This was done by a private party paint shop with 20 years experience. This is what you should be looking for not a MAACO. I found this shop by going to a few used car lots and asking the owners were they get their body work done.
What your seeing is orange peal. For 1200$ they are not going to color sand and buff it out. you can have that done, assuming they sprayed enough clear on it. For 1200$ they dont remove door locks, mirrors, hood handles, tail lights, head lights etc. why do you think paint good paint jobs cost 10-20k$ ?
I suppose if you ask them they could do that stuff but I mostly focused on the paint work. If you need heavy bodywork I'd probably find someplace else.
When it comes to MAACO, you have to use the the $1000/15 foot rule: At 15 feet, a $1000 paint job looks good; to look good at 14 feet, fork over $2000. Want it to look good from one foot away, cough up $15,000. Easy!!
For $1000, this looks good. I would be satisfied with this for that price. As I have said previously, if I wanted my automotive painted to showroom condition, Maaco is not where I would take it. I have personally never had an automotive that I desired to do that with.
What you have is orange peel. that has nothing to do with the surface. it’s the way they sprayed it, but it can be fixed sanded and polished out as long as there’s enough clear on it. The reason the side panels have it more than the hood is because of gravity. The weight of the paint if you put it on too heavy, will create that I’m with you though I would not have been happy seeing those results.
What they do is sand the car down and seal it, which is absolutely the proper way to do it. But they seal it so they could paint the car with two Quarts of paint. You need to sand your car with 1500 grit and wheel it out
If I could get that reasonably descent paint job on my 76 VW Bus camper id be pretty happy.Not exactly sure what he's so unhappy with. Orange peel can be seen on a lot of new cars.
You know, it all depends on how OCD you are with how the car looks and I get it..personally, if you drive an old car like this, this paint job is excellent!
A good thing to do is to have your car painted orange.... then you can tell everyone that the "orange peel" finish was planned from the beginning. Then you would look like a cool trend-setter.
Looks good for a grand most paint shops would just scuff and shoot like they did to yours. If you wanted it down to bare metal body filled primed base and clear expect to pay more than 10 times what you paid
Maaco paint jobs are cheap, but unfortunately you get what you pay for. The orange peel effects you have on the sides might be able to be buffed out by a good detailer. It's a 20-footer, but it still looks nice considering what you have into it.
Yep, I agree with the commenters. Your logic doesn't really make a lot of sense. Your car isn't ruined and I certainly wouldn't have ANYONE strip paint down to "bare metal" and lose that factory priming. You have an additional $1,300+ to where a "better" paint job from them would've been and I'm not sure that would necessarily be worth it. Take it to a body shop and have them spend some labor on it. It'll come out perfectly and then you can look into ceramic jobs as well.
Man, it's really a game of roulette with Maaco locations- with regards to quality of work, isn't it? I'd be equally disappointed with that textured finish. Thanks for posting this cautionary tale- sorry you had that experience! Take care!
Depending on how much clearnis on the car, you can cut and buff it. It will look better. $1200.00 will not get a stripped and painted car. Even 3K for that would be a stretch today.
I am sorry my friend! That was not good, even by Maaco standards. I do not ever recall seeing that much orange peel. But most of the paint I've seen them do is single stage polyurethane . Do you or anyone that you know have experience with sanding clear and doing a multistage compounding and polishing? You could watch YT videos on how to do it but i'd practice on a junkyard hood so you can make mistakes on it instead and know what to avoid. But orange peel is mostly caused by one or more issues during the clearcoat application. That is what you are seeing the most. WOW that's a lot of peel! The good news is you can fix a good amount of that. I wish you blessings!
A good thing to do is to have your car painted orange.... then you can tell everyone that the "orange peel" finish was planned from the beginning. Then you would look like a cool trend-setter.
What you have there, my guy, is what we call here in L.A. is "Orange peels" after Maaco's paint job!! I went through that same "exact" issue, when I picked up my TownCar here from a shop in Gardena a few years ago. And I had purchased their "top of the line" ($2K - $2500) paint job through insurance, after my car was hit. But like myself, Maaco did not inform you that they "do not" buff or color sand your car after their paint job on peoples cars!! I was so mad that they did not inform me of this "before" hand, that I almost went to jail for knocking a couple of those characters out there !!! I went to a couple of other auto body shops & found a guy here who buffed & color sanded my complete car for $300 ...... and the difference was like day & night !! Never will "I" go to another Maaco again!!!! My car now has that GLASS look that I wanted from the beginning, and every where I go people give me complements on it, & inquire about where I got my car painted at. I have to inform them that it's not the paint, it's the follow up afterwards 😁😁!!! I Hope this info. helps you there. Good luck ......
Do not agree with this guy! Color sand and buff,,,, then you have a 5-k plus job! What the hell do you expect for 1.200 buck's??? Coming from a high end body, painter for 35 plus year's! I can't even buy the primer, base coat, clear for 1.200 buck's. Maco gave you a gift,,, but your expectations are crazy!!
you have to wet sand it evenly with 400 Grit and then you go to your micro sandpapers what all evenly a panel at a time and then buff it a panel at a time with some medium cut compound the car will look like a million bucks we have to get somebody that knows how to buff and believe me that that car it'll look shiny glass
For $1200 they did a great job. Let it cure for about 2 weeks, and wet sand and buff. It will look way better.
When you don't even know to call the "textured" paint orange peel, I don't k ow if this guy is qualified to determine what a $1200 paint job should cost.
this doesn't look like shit it actually looks good, no one ever just walks up to a car and says this is a crappy paint job. I would pay for this kind of work, no joke
Trust me in person it looks horrible
@@HemiLyfestyle I agree, the camera lens make it looks good. I got the same Maaco quailty paint and was horrified. Taking a picture and inn-person is different where as if it was sanded right would look good either way.
@@myolox I don’t have a maaco paint job but I do have a 14 year old Silverado and the paint looks terrible in person, there are scratches and dents and shit everywhere. I took a picture of it and the truck looked mint condition, you couldn’t see the hundreds of scratches. And I didn’t edit the photo.
Just pot a sunkist sticker on it. Makes sense with all that orange peel.
Paint is a wear item
Yes most definitely a wet sand cut and buff 100%!!
I recommend just taking it to a very reputable detail shop and for maybe $400'ish or so they will make it look 97% better then it looks now to the point that it will look like it actually did get a show room paint job!
Thanks Josiah. That’s exactly what I did! ruclips.net/video/3n1xg62BYsk/видео.html
You can’t wet sand and buff a single stage paint period
@@JesusOrtiz-qp1so actually you can:
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Where did you go I'm in the Dallas area?
@@JesusOrtiz-qp1soso how do you make it shine
Wet sanding+ cut and buff should do the trick
Maaco probably doesn't give you enough material to cut and buff into without burning through. You could wetsand it but if you're not careful and burn through you can create more problems!
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@@komoru What would it cost to wet sand car?
@@billyrivers568 Call around a few detail shops in your area and you'll get some prices. The price depends on how long they spend. A full wetsand/buff with multiple grits and multiple polishes/waxes can take multiple days. Or a partial job, with corners cut, can take a lot less.
@@komoru Thanks.
How could you think that the extra $300 from just painting the hood would include sanding down the whole car to perfection? Looks like a real good $1200 paint job to me. Yeah, there is orange peel all over the whole thing but you get what you pay for.
Because if its not a real paint job they shouldnt sell it as one without informing about it.
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Yeah this looks like really cheap single stage black acrylic enamel paint. Orange peel is pretty much unavoidable. For what he paid no body shop other than Maaco touch the car. I mean just good quality materials, a sealer, black base coat, clear coat, activators, reducers and the rest of the materials could easily cost 4 or 5 hundred alone.... Also when you use good paint your prep work needs to be better. With the paint they are using they can probably sand the car down with 320 and shoot it without doing much else because the paint is so thick it's going to hide a lot.
Whereas with a better paint system you'd need sand to at least 4 or 6 hundred, shoot the whole car with sealer, then your base and clear coats....A quality paint job these days on a car that needs minimal body work is going to run you over 2k.
@@martinsvensson6884 if you don’t know what synthetic enamel and acrylic enamel or single stage or bc/cc. Well your complaining without knowing what’s what. Period.
@@THX..1138 exactly. Besides I think with some color sanding it would look sweet. He just doesn’t understand what that is. Go buy your buffer with some wool and orange pads. Some meguiar cut and polish and get to work.
I really appreciate this honest review!!!!
You get what you pay for, the mask lines look good, the finish is uniform and remember some OEM paint jobs have orange peel not far from that. I would be thrilled if I picked up my car looking like that for $1200.
I agree so much, this guy didnt do his research with these guys, he went in there expecting to get showroom quality for 1000 dollars
Agreed!
$1200 looks good to me. $1,200 is a paint job that you want on a car that you’re tired of it looking like shit and want it to look somewhat decent. Macao definitely good for cars from like 2006 and under if it looks like junk.
Edit: and cheap 2006 cars and under. A $5,000 car or less of value for a “refresh” on the car
Its not a proper paint job. And shouldnt be sold as one.
Fr bro
Looks great for 1200 bucks. Have it cut and polished. Also black is a difficult color to shoot.
Personally I think for the $1200 bill it looks pretty good. I’m contemplating getting my 04 Toyota Highlander repainted and I’d love to get those results. For your car, you might be able to get the finish smoother with some polishing compound and a good wax.
Go for it...My car's in the shop as we speak.
For $1200 it doesn't look bad at all
Cut and huff the orange peel, still a good paint job just need to finish it off.
Done! ruclips.net/video/3n1xg62BYsk/видео.html
Looks good. Better how it was before, i have an 05 645 bmw black, maaco charging me $ 2045.00, base coat / urethane finish, two stage job, my hood has sun damage , dents you name it....
Do you shop for Gucci at Walmart?? Because what you spend towards your luxury items seems a little odd to me.
I know most folks are not aware that a good paint job on a car can be pretty pricey. Especially people from my generation, and older. I retired last year. I come from the old days where an Earl Schieb paint job was $49.95. That was his schtick - "I'm Earl Scheib, and I'll paint any car, any color for $49.95". That was the price when I started driving. The problem now is that painting cars has changed so much over the years that you can't even get a wheel painted for that. The process has changed, and the materials have changed. Definitely for the good, I might add. Even if it costs more, the materials are better. Even over just the past 10 to 20 years or so. So now people are shocked when they see how much a paint job cost. I'm lucky as I found out how things have changed by a friend who was in the business.
I have heard that if you are looking for a very good paint job expect to pay $4k or more. For showroom paint jobs $10k and up.
At Macco they seal your car and they only use 2 quarts of paint, so the roof and all the flat parts of your car come out wet looking and they dry spray the sides which gives it the orange peel effect
I don’t know where you took your car , I have little 2013 Mercedes GLK 350 and Macco estimated $3,000 to paint it …
The texture you see on the paint is orange peel you can simply remove that by wet sanding and buffing
Wet sand and buff it. That's orange peel. Kinda surprised guy didn't just say that.... Lol
You have to understand that Hoovie is a recognized RUclipsr with over a million subs---Maaco knew that, and knew the car would be displayed on his channel. So of course, they're going to go all-out to make sure the paint looks good, it would be bad press if it didn't
Fair enough. Sounds also like different shops have different ownership so the quality is going to differ. I’m pretty sure this shop I got this done at has since closed.
I wouldn’t mind that finish, just some cutting and buffing would make it look like it’s right out the factory
Exactly what I ended up doing! ruclips.net/video/3n1xg62BYsk/видео.html
From where i need this done to my maaco paint job?
You could buff the orange peel out. Get it wet sanded, and then ceramic coated.
Sand wet with 2000 then 3000 compound polish and wax 3days of work to finish it. Use Maguire . For the headlights use 3m add a grade of sanding.
Before you wet sand you better find out if they did a basecoat clearcoat or a single stage... wet sanding a single can be tricky.. and if it's basecoat clearcoat you'd better find out how much clear they used🤔
Thank you for the video my lincoln town car 2006 is in the state of the before condition just like your Mercedes i have a appointment to have a 1200 paint job done here by home in Las Vegas NV and just looking to see how a priced paint job comes out like that...your video is very informative thank you bro.
I usually just replace body panels with factory painted panels out of a salvage yard instead of a cheap paint job. You can get rid of the orange peel with a buffing.
Your solution you've already hit its wet sanding. It has to be done after priming and it has to be done again after color spray.
This car was done At a Maaco Facility in Addison, Texas but i can tell by the Video but location is closed down for good now.
they should have wet sanded and polished for 1200 bucks. they cut corners. 1200 bucks is no small change
black will orange peel, you would need to wet sand to remove that. The factory uses an electrostatic machine to paint which gives it that smooth hard shell look.
Looks great. Orange peel expected if not wet sanded. Maaco offers color wet sand for extra and definitely worth it on Mercedes 040 black. Would have let them keep it another week to finish.
That grainny texture is called orange peel, it needs a good 800 to 1000 sand then buffed and then recoat on the clear.
Its called orange peal, a reaction as is dries. They could of prepped it better. Let paint cure, then compound/polish(wax ) with rotatry polisher. It'll look amazing
I know it's an old post, but did you ever get the paint cut? (Sanding down the orange peel) I've done a few Macco jobs and I always include an extra $600-800 for a detail shop to cut the clear coat down for me. Always looks very nice after that 2nd step.
Sure did and it made a huge difference. Check out my other video I posted after the detail.
I would have asked them to spray another coat of clearcoat on. That may have reduced the amount of orange peel, and given you a bigger margin of error if you decide to go through the trouble of wet sanding. Plus it would just look that much better.
@port nut That would be the ideal way of doing things; it's what a quality shop would have done at the beginning. But since the clear is already on and it's just a budget paint job anyway, figured it would make more sense to try and mask the problem as much as possible.
That's actually pretty good $1200... here's something in comparison the new AC compressor for your car will cost about $1400 to get installed properly And I'm giving you a price estimate on a cheaper vehicle on a Mercedes I'm sure it's even more money to replace your compressor.. My car is about the same size and I just got the top tier They gave me an estimate of $2400 and that's pretty good other places want to charge even more... But yeah I'm going with the best maybe next year I'll do it...
It’s just orange pill. All you need to do is wet sand it and it will be a lot better when you get done.
Thing is you never told us which package it was? Was this the base with "integrated" clear coat? Or separate base and then clear coat? It matters. They will cut and buff (wetsand) orange peel but it's another $2k.
Not sure I remember which package it was but it certainly wasn’t the lowest. I ended up getting a detailer to cut and buff it for $500 and it looked great.
Couldn’t you wet sand it and buff?
take it to a detailer for paint correction. they can wet sand most of that out.
This makes me happy ! We own a body shop and I’ll I have to say is you get what you pay for boom!!!
And how much you charge
I did the same thing I bought a quart of paint and some wax and grease remover from maaco thinking I was going to get a $5,000 paint job and it wasn't that at all but thanks for sharing I learned the lesson the hard way to
No they sanded it they put a pre-primer on it which is kind of like a filler primer and then they painted it
It's a low velocity paint gun so it creates a waiver. It's a beautiful 20-ft paint job
That paint look better than most NEW cars at the dealership. Take a look a new FORD truck and see how rough it looks! No one will notice that really just buff it out.
We know a buff job would definitely help to make a orange peel paint jobs problem is you got all your door jambs oversprayed anywhere over the body work was done because the body works not bad but you can see the sand scratches where you left anywhere from 36 to 80 grits sand stretches in it
When you sell a car completely repainted, many people think it has been in a bad wreck. Myself, I would have painted the hood and fenders, wet sanded the right side doors, and would have tried a paint scratch kit on the long scratch, then wet sanded and buffed. Let the paint cure a little longer then try some 1500 to 2000 grit wet sanding followed by a high-speed rotary polisher with a good compound. Good luck.
The car needs to be cut and buffed. Wet sand and polish it. I had really good results getting single stage polyurethane from Maaco, but I also sanded, primed and sealed the car myself. Prep is key to any paint job. Cut and buff and it will look way better.
Looks like my 2019 jetta's oem paint. And i love it i might actually go with maaco to change the color
There's an old mechanic's saying: You get to choose: fast, cheap and good (pick any two). You can get cheap and fast, but it won't be good. There's just no way a $1200 paint job can be good. One mistake you made was just making the decision to choose a paint shop based on price, and in the automotive paint world, cheaper is not better.
Being in the trade myself, I know how much time/effort/materials it takes to make a car come out correctly. Hoovie didn't get the $1200 paint job, he paid around $4000 for his. Judging by the amount of orange peel on your finish, for what you paid, the painter had no clue what he was doing and was probably very inexperienced. Watch a guy on youtube called "The Gunman" and you can see what a quality paint job is right off the gun (no buffing needed). For how little you paid, they did the absolute minimum to get the car through and probably didn't properly clean/scuff/sand the surface fully (probably missed certain spots and edges/corners) and your paint will start flaking off soon enough.
i think its fast, cheap or reliable
That was from the Bernie Mac show
I mean. It looks better than before. Lol.
Looks pretty good for $1200 lol, I would get a nice detail over that and see if that helps remove the "orange peel".
Black is beautiful! Yet it is by far the most difficult color to paint!
Lots of work to make it mirror like! 2 stage clearcoat, wet sand and lots of buffing!
Same problem! $4k for the car to be painted and it's loaded with dry and orange peel. My dash was covered in primer along with the steering wheel and switches. Rims and tires covered in primer and dried up Bondo. Trash in the paint in different areas. Yeah I would say was it worth it!
That is a paint job from an inexperienced painter. It looks like he or she painted it with the gun a foot away. Macco is not a factory, just depends on who's pulling the trigger
U just need to have the orange peel polished. Thats standard procedure at regular paint shops
Im doing a black 2000 Mercedes C-320 Kompressor that was keyed badly and i took it down to the metal everywhere except the roof and ive worked on this car a solid week! i hve 3 places of bodywork , i dont know how they can do it so cheap ive got 500 dollars just in paint and clear and primer and ive worked 6 to 7 hours a day on it Its a LOT of work and oh my god the dust! its EVERYWHERE even doing it outside!
Orange Peel texture can be buffed out. Most people take it to Maaco to get a cheap paint job and then take it to a high end detail shop and have it buffed, polished, waxed and then sealed. In the long run saving you a few bucks. But yah you pay for what you get at 1 stop Maaco's basic plans. They're the drive through-ish paint shops. But like i said, after getting it painted there for a cheap price, go hand it over to professional detailers and you be happy.
You need to color sand and buff and it will look so much better
That's exactly what I did. Check it out. ruclips.net/video/3n1xg62BYsk/видео.html
Just wet sand the orange peel off and it will look awesome. I'd be happy with that paint job
It all depends on who the painter is on the job
I had the roof panel of my Mercedes SLK 320 repainted and paid $300 USD. It came out looking factory original. This was done by a private party paint shop with 20 years experience. This is what you should be looking for not a MAACO. I found this shop by going to a few used car lots and asking the owners were they get their body work done.
yeah that's a good call. I really just wanted to see how good or bad Maaco would be. Guess I got my answer, lol.
For $1200 I think this is really good. You would need to wet sand and polish and it would be perfect
Some maaco’s definitely are better, though I’ve never been
Im going to get my 68 Chevelle painted at one in a few weeks if I can schedule it
What your seeing is orange peal. For 1200$ they are not going to color sand and buff it out.
you can have that done, assuming they sprayed enough clear on it. For 1200$ they dont remove door locks, mirrors, hood handles, tail lights, head lights etc. why do you think paint good paint jobs cost 10-20k$ ?
Do they do body work and pull dents
I suppose if you ask them they could do that stuff but I mostly focused on the paint work. If you need heavy bodywork I'd probably find someplace else.
You just need to get it buff. Wet sand 1200 grit buff with shine. Spend some money to get it buff
Wet sand 1500 2000 3000 panel by panel compound polish out with rotary buffer
It actually looks good
It needs to be wet sanded and polished
Hey! If you cut buff and polish I bet this paint would look damn good
That’s exactly what I did. Turned out great!
you need to wet sand with like 1200 grit then buff it wit correcting compund. it eill look 100. what your seeing is called orange peel
Had a horrible experience with macco on a 1998 mustang gt
When it comes to MAACO, you have to use the the $1000/15 foot rule: At 15 feet, a $1000 paint job looks good; to look good at 14 feet, fork over $2000.
Want it to look good from one foot away, cough up $15,000. Easy!!
Very accurate! I was very happy with it from 15 feet!
@@HacktivistMechanic MAACO offers a 15 footer, period.
@@jimkelley5812 no doubt
For $1000, this looks good. I would be satisfied with this for that price. As I have said previously, if I wanted my automotive painted to showroom condition, Maaco is not where I would take it. I have personally never had an automotive that I desired to do that with.
What you have is orange peel. that has nothing to do with the surface. it’s the way they sprayed it, but it can be fixed sanded and polished out as long as there’s enough clear on it. The reason the side panels have it more than the hood is because of gravity. The weight of the paint if you put it on too heavy, will create that I’m with you though I would not have been happy seeing those results.
What they do is sand the car down and seal it, which is absolutely the proper way to do it. But they seal it so they could paint the car with two Quarts of paint. You need to sand your car with 1500 grit and wheel it out
Orange peel may be able to be wet sanded and buffed. However 1200$ for a repaint not bad at all.
That’s actually a really good paint job, you just need to have it wet sanded and polished and that will be under a grand and it will look 90% better
That’s actually exactly what I did and it only cost me $500. Check my other videos.
@@HacktivistMechanic will do! 👏👏👏
Looks good! What do you expect for 1200?
If I could get that reasonably descent paint job on my 76 VW Bus camper id be pretty happy.Not exactly sure what he's so unhappy with. Orange peel can be seen on a lot of new cars.
You know, it all depends on how OCD you are with how the car looks and I get it..personally, if you drive an old car like this, this paint job is excellent!
A good thing to do is to have your car painted orange.... then you can tell everyone that the "orange peel" finish was planned from the beginning. Then you would look like a cool trend-setter.
Looks good for a grand most paint shops would just scuff and shoot like they did to yours. If you wanted it down to bare metal body filled primed base and clear expect to pay more than 10 times what you paid
Maaco paint jobs are cheap, but unfortunately you get what you pay for. The orange peel effects you have on the sides might be able to be buffed out by a good detailer. It's a 20-footer, but it still looks nice considering what you have into it.
Just needs wet sanding. Honestly, looks really good for 1000
sand it and do 3 stage polish
That is called orange peel and you can wet sand that out without ruining the shine and paint job.
A decent quality pant job on that car would be around 6000. For 1200 bucks, this pretty good.
for 1200 brother they did a great job
Yep, I agree with the commenters. Your logic doesn't really make a lot of sense. Your car isn't ruined and I certainly wouldn't have ANYONE strip paint down to "bare metal" and lose that factory priming. You have an additional $1,300+ to where a "better" paint job from them would've been and I'm not sure that would necessarily be worth it. Take it to a body shop and have them spend some labor on it. It'll come out perfectly and then you can look into ceramic jobs as well.
Man, it's really a game of roulette with Maaco locations- with regards to quality of work, isn't it? I'd be equally disappointed with that textured finish. Thanks for posting this cautionary tale- sorry you had that experience! Take care!
Yeah I mean ultimately you get what you pay for and after a detail it turned out alright. ruclips.net/video/3n1xg62BYsk/видео.html
Depending on how much clearnis on the car, you can cut and buff it. It will look better. $1200.00 will not get a stripped and painted car. Even 3K for that would be a stretch today.
I am sorry my friend! That was not good, even by Maaco standards. I do not ever recall seeing that much orange peel. But most of the paint I've seen them do is single stage polyurethane . Do you or anyone that you know have experience with sanding clear and doing a multistage compounding and polishing? You could watch YT videos on how to do it but i'd practice on a junkyard hood so you can make mistakes on it instead and know what to avoid. But orange peel is mostly caused by one or more issues during the clearcoat application. That is what you are seeing the most. WOW that's a lot of peel! The good news is you can fix a good amount of that. I wish you blessings!
A good thing to do is to have your car painted orange.... then you can tell everyone that the "orange peel" finish was planned from the beginning. Then you would look like a cool trend-setter.
No way they strip the paint and start from scratch on the $2500 option.
What you have there, my guy, is what we call here in L.A. is "Orange peels" after Maaco's paint job!! I went through that same "exact" issue, when I picked up my TownCar here from a shop in Gardena a few years ago. And I had purchased their "top of the line" ($2K - $2500) paint job through insurance, after my car was hit. But like myself, Maaco did not inform you that they "do not" buff or color sand your car after their paint job on peoples cars!! I was so mad that they did not inform me of this "before" hand, that I almost went to jail for knocking a couple of those characters out there !!! I went to a couple of other auto body shops & found a guy here who buffed & color sanded my complete car for $300 ...... and the difference was like day & night !! Never will "I" go to another Maaco again!!!! My car now has that GLASS look that I wanted from the beginning, and every where I go people give me complements on it, & inquire about where I got my car painted at. I have to inform them that it's not the paint, it's the follow up afterwards 😁😁!!! I Hope this info. helps you there. Good luck ......
What do u think for 1000
Based on all the comments sounds like it was fine for what I paid. I ended up getting a detailer to buff out the orange peel and it looked great.
Color send and buff that's orange peel from the clear coat
Do not agree with this guy! Color sand and buff,,,, then you have a 5-k plus job! What the hell do you expect for 1.200 buck's??? Coming from a high end body, painter for 35 plus year's! I can't even buy the primer, base coat, clear for 1.200 buck's. Maco gave you a gift,,, but your expectations are crazy!!
you have to wet sand it evenly with 400 Grit and then you go to your micro sandpapers what all evenly a panel at a time and then buff it a panel at a time with some medium cut compound the car will look like a million bucks we have to get somebody that knows how to buff and believe me that that car it'll look shiny glass
That car looks great, IMO!!
Asking a lot for 1000 or 1200 for some orange peal, Looks good. I know I will give them a chance for that Money, maybe the 2500 dollar upgrade.