How to Paint Your Car

Everything you need to know and everything you need to do to have perfect paint on your specialty car. Whether its a concours-quality restoration or a ground-pounding hot rod, this book will fit your painting interests. The auto body and paint business is changing at an incredibly fast rate, mainly in response to environmental rules and regulations. This book emphasizes what parts of the job a hobbyist can, and should, do himself and what should be left to the pros. Topics include:

Tools, equipment, and safety

Planning the paint job

Environmental concerns; Types of paint and materials

Removing trim

Repairing damage/rust

Prepping metal for paint/bodywork

Applying fillers

Applying sealers and primers

Final paint options; custom paint options

Custom graphics, flames, pinstriping

Paint care and touchup