02-12-2007, 04:43 PM
HAULN-SS Wrote:I disagree with you about the donkeys working at the shop. Generally the guys who own their own shops were the ones who were good enough they went out on their own. The donkey in the shop is probably some vocational guy just learning, or someone who had a shop, but couldnt keep business so settled for there. And i bet there's a reason he couldnt keep business. A lot less likely you're going to find any 20 year experienced pro's in a maaco.
None of the shops I've been into was the owner laying color. He had some 25yr old 'donkeys' laying the color and he would sign off on it.
HAULN-SS Wrote:Laying the primer is part of the spraying, not the prep work, IMHO.
Prep work should consist of filling, sanding and smoothing. for 1000$ they should lay the primer too.
How do you fill sand and smooth w/o laying primer? How do you know what needs to be fille, sanded and smooth with NO primer being applied? If you can lay the filler primer to do those task you should be able to spray the final coat of primer, and I'm not talking about paying Maaco 1k, I'm talking about paying them 2-300 to lay color.