Incompetent at the very least, probably dishonest. If you have a simple strip and re-stain/varnish job, they might be OK, but I went to them asking for a finish that would require good, professional quality prep before putting on a high gloss coat. They did only the most basic prep and of course the work looked very lousy. When I told them this wasn't OK, they said it was the material I gave them and there was nothing that they could do. I took some of the parts home, sanded them to a near perfect smoothness proving they are lazy or incompetent, probably both. Mistakenly I gave them one more chance. Instead of fixing the prep, sanding, using putty or filler, making everything smooth as I kept on insisting, they just kept painting more and more layers making things even worse. I ended up paying them a bit over half of the agreed price just to get my stuff back, only after the owner insisted they'd have to strip all the paint off of my carefully hand made parts before he'd let me take them home without paying. No way I was letting them strip my woodworking knowing how poorly they do their work when they are getting paid. I can only imagine how roughly they'd treat my woodworking knowing they are loosing money.
They delayed my project by weeks, and I'm going to have to pay someone to fix their lousy work in the future when I have time to uninstall the woodworking and leave it with a competent pro. For now I'm finishing up the project with spray cans and I'm getting better results than these "professionals".
I cannot express my frustration and regret for trusting these people. They are obviously out to do quick, high profit jobs for people who don't know better. If you can judge good paint work, you will not likely be satisfied with them. read more