what is “excellent”, when talking about automotive paint?
It all begins with an idea.
When I started Mac’s Custom Haus in late 2020, I didn’t know what an excellent paint job was, and like many of us, I thought I knew what a bad paint job was, but I didn’t.
As a sponge for automotive refinishing information, I learned that a bad paint job can look like a good one because most people judge a good paint job by how slick the clear coat is laid or how uniform the color is from panel to panel. However, a good paint job preserves the car’s structure and the materials used to protect the finish. With a bit of experience, someone can make crap look great on pickup day, but a few months to a year later, you see why you wasted your hard-earned $2000.
If you pay attention to cars as I do, you may see the occasional failing clear coat on your neighbor's 12-year-old Honda Civic or flaking paint on your Aunt’s Hyundai Sonata, and maybe say to yourself, “man, that looks bad.” However, bad paint goes a little deeper than that. That, my friend, is more along the lines of failing paint, a byproduct of poor preparation, low-quality materials, and potentially poor paint application, which can result in a bad paint job. However, it isn’t the primary indicator that constitutes a bad paint job.
A bad paint job results from cutting corners.
There are steps required for an excellent paint job, and at Mac’s Custom Haus, we have learned what that means through ongoing research to ensure we follow manufacturer-recommended steps. We determine that, as industry leaders, we must fail forward and, because we don’t know it all, we rely on our mentors for guidance.
We also understand that the customer may not always know the process that constitutes excellence in this field, so we learn, apply, and test our results by following up with past customers to see how our process has held up. We have not had a complaint.
At Mac’s Custom Haus, we stand behind products from SPI, PPG, Glasurit, and Sherwin-Williams.
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to reach out to Mac’s Custom Haus VA.