Synopses & Reviews
Whether you're restoring a John Deere or an old Chevy pickup truck, they both need fresh paint. How To Paint Tractors & Trucks explains the various types of paints available for tractors and trucks, from brush-on enamel to the latest two-stage urethane. Ten chapters include information on: Choosing and using a spray gun, how to set up a temporary booth with adequate air movement, and the importance of overlapping each pass with the spray gun. The paint job itself stats with good metal preparation, followed by the application of filler and then the first coats of primer. All the steps, from bare metal to finish paint, are explained, and the illustrated in the Shop Sequences. How To Paint Tractors & Trucks includes two complete, step-by-step paint jobs that illustrate every task necessary to do a good paint job. How to Paint Tractors & Trucks can be used any first-time or non-professional painter to obtain professional results with any of the tractor of automotive paints available today.
Synopsis
Best known for motorcycle titles like
How to Build a Chopper and
How to Build a Cheap Chopper, how-to-author, Tim Remus, is also the author of custom painting books like
Advanced Airbrush Art and fabrication titles like
Ultimate Sheet Metal Fabrication. Today the former auto mechanic runs a small publishing company, Wolfgang Publications, located in Stillwater, Minnesota. Some of his personal projects include a recently finished 250-tire Softail and an old Henry J hot rod he says may never be finished.
Synopsis
Whether you're restoring a John Deere of an old Chevy pickup truck, they both need fresh paint. How To Paint Tractors & Trucks explains the various types of paints available for tractors and trucks, from brush-on enamel to the latest two-stage urethane. Ten chapters include information on: Choosing and using a spray gun, how to set up a temporary booth, the importance of good preparation, the correct way to mix and use filler, and how to use and block sand the primer. All the steps, from bare metal to finish paint, are illustrated in the shop sequences. This book can be used by any non-professional painter, to obtain professional results with any of the tractor or automotive paints available today,
About the Author
Timothy Remus is author of more than 30 how to books. His titles range from How to Build a Cheap Chopper, to Advanced Airbrush Art. During his 20 years as an author, Tim has worked with everyone from bike designer Arlen Ness to kustom painter Jon Kosmoski, and metal fabricators like Ron Covell, Steve Davis, Rob Roehl and Craig Naff. Tim is owner of Wolfgang Publications, based in Stillwater, Minnesota.