Synopses & Reviews
Do you want to make your custom cruiser pop the second it rolls out of the garage? Then look no further than the pages of this book—Motorbooks’ bestselling How to Paint Your Car has been revised and updated with the modern tools, technology, and techniques you need to turn heads every time your wheels hit the pavement. Come inside with veteran author Dennis Parks as he walks you through the ins and outs of modern vehicular painting styles and techniques. Have you ever wondered how the seamless scallops and pinstripes on the panels of your favorite cars are applied in the first place? It’s not as hard as you think. Inside, you’ll find over 300 detailed full-color photos and illustrations to showcase how the pros do what they do. From vehicle setup techniques like masking and taping to spray booth ventilation and safety, you’ll find everything you need to turn your garage into a high-class automotive painting workshop. More than a dozen step-by-step projects will prepare you to tackle your own car. Add some glamor and sparkle to your car—literally—with Motorbooks’ updated and revised edition of How to Paint Your Car.
Synopsis
How to Paint Your Car reveals the techniques, tricks, and technology behind automotive painting through 400 color photos, clear captions, and detailed text. Learn the latest information about waterborne paints, spray guns, body fillers, and respirators and other safety gear that every automotive painter must know.
Synopsis
How to Paint Your Car reveals the techniques, tricks, and technology behind automotive painting through 400 color photos, clear captions, detailed text, and step-by-step how-to sequences. You’ll learn the latest information about paint chemistry, waterborne paints, spray guns, body fillers, surface prep, site prep, as well as respirators and other safety gear that every automotive painter must know. With step-by-step detail, you’ll learn how to properly prepare your car for paint work, including minor bodywork, surface preparation, rust removal, masking, priming and final coating.
How to Paint Your Car also includes information about custom touches and effects as well as how to care for your paint after application, including information on buffing compounds, waxes, and other care products. Everything you need to know to feel comfortable and confident in undertaking your own paint project, whether a touch-up job or a complete respray, is covered in
How to Paint Your Car.
About the Author
Dennis Parks’ many books include How to Build a Hot Rod, How to Build a Cheap Hot rod, How to Build a Hot Rod Model A Ford, How to Restore and Customize Auto Upholstery and Interiors, and How to Paint Your Car, all from Motorbooks. Parks lives near St. Louis, Missouri. dennisparks.com
Table of Contents
IntroductionChapter 1 Automotive Painting DefinedChapter 2 Automotive Paint ChemistryChapter 3 Supporting ProductsChapter 4 Tools, Materials, and SafetyChapter 5 Surface PreparationUsing Paint Stripper on Small JobsMixing and Applying Body FillerApplying and Sanding Primer-SurfacerChapter 6 MaskingHow to Tape and Mask Windows and WindshieldsChapter 7 Paint ApplicationChapter 8 Extra DetailsLaying Out and Painting ScallopsApplying Vinyl Adhesive GraphicsChapter 9 Part Replacement and AssemblyReinstalling Door GlassChapter 10 Keeping the ShineCleaningDetailingTouching Up Your Vehicle’s PaintChapter 11 Painting Other Parts and ComponentsPainting WheelsRepainting a Vehicle (Start to Finish)Appendix I: Vehicle Painting ChecklistAppendix II: Fiberglass Body/Body Component Preparation ChecklistResourcesIndex