How To Paint Your Car

If your car needs new paint, or even just a touch-up, the cost involved in hiring a professional can be more than you bargained for. Fortunately, there are less expensive alternatives---you can even paint your car at home! In How to Paint Your Car On A Budget, author and veteran DIY hot rodder Pat Ganahl unveils dozens of secrets that will help anyone paint their own car. From simple scuff-and-squirt jobs to fullon, door-jambs-and-everything paint jobs, Ganahl covers everything you need to know to get a great looking coat of paint on your car and save lots of money in the process. This book covers painting equipment, the ins and outs of prep, masking, painting and sanding products and techniques, and real-world advice on how to budget wisely when painting your own car. It's the most practical automotive painting book ever written!

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.

For custom car builders today, one of the biggest expenses--and a make-or-break features of the build--is the paint job. Now, with the expert help of one of the country's top custom painters, readers can learn to custom paint their own cars, from design to finishing touches. With the attention to detail and keen sense of style that have made her the most sought-after custom painter working today, JoAnn Bortles offers step-by-step instructions for achieving that professional look at home. Her book provides detailed advice on every step from basecoating to artwork and airbrushing to clearcoating and troubleshooting, with special emphasis on designing and executing elaborate paint schemes such as flames, skulls, murals, and pin striping. Clearly written and amply illustrated, this is the ultimate how-to-custom-paint guide. Also contains an excellent chapter on realistic flames as featured on the book's cover.

An essential guide to all aspects of car painting, for keen amateurs and professionals alike. With step-by-step instructions and illustrations throughout, Car Painting covers the entire process - from panel preparation to spraying and painting techniques - offering guidance and tips on painting your car to a professional standard. With a focus on safety throughout, the book also covers: selecting and understanding paint, including important legislation; materials and equipment, and building your own paint booth; preparing your car, including parts removal, sanding, chemical stripping and rust proofing; masking and priming; painting techniques - spraying, clear coats and drying; stripes and custom touches; polishing, reassembly and preservation and finally, troubleshooting. Superbly illustrated with 200 colour photographs.

I am writing this book especially for people like me who wanted to learn spray painting and for people who want to paint their own vehicles by themselves, as you know that there is very less knowledge about this topic in the Indian market.I have struggled a lot to get information about the painting, but actually, there is nobody who really wants to share anything about their skill.I finally managed to get some people to whom I paid to get useful information about spray painting and so I started with autospraypaintlearning.com to answer all the questions and problems which you are facing.In this book, I will share some of the important information which you will need to start off with the spray painting. If you follow instructions from this book for sure, you will be able to accomplish painting your vehicle flawlessly, and it will even improve your skills.Spray painting is not as easy as you think it is, if you are really interested in it then only you should jump further in this book.It is not just about spraying the paint, the more important part of painting is the preparation on the surface for painting, once you have prepared the surface well then only you can get good results, believe me even a slight flaw in your prep will show once you spray the paint. So the moral is you will need lots of patience while doing this, you will get errors, you will mess up somewhere, but that is the part of learning, if you mess up somewhere that doesn't mean that you will not be able to do it, I have messed up many times and I have learned well from it, believe me, this mess will make you a better painter.This guide will give you all the information that you will need to do basic bodywork like removing the dents, laying the primer, sanding the surface for painting and laying the clear coat.The major topic I want to discuss here is safety, most people neglect this topic and then finally end up in a hospital, and that is the end of their carrier. Make safety your first priority as you will be dealing with harmful chemicals here so make sure you protect your lungs and hands properly, always wear respiratory mask and gloves while handling paints, thinners, reducers, primers, hardeners, and clear coats etc. and of course, use your common sense.Preparing the body for painting is the most important stage in any paint job, if you did not prepare your body well then for sure that you will not get good results.This book can take you to the professional level if you follow each and everything from it carefully.It is a complete step by step guide on how to spray paint your bike, car or just anything else. The process is the same for everything, you just have to know the right process and paint like a professional.This book will cover topics on:*Safety *Tools you will need*Body preparation*Applying putty*Laying primers*Spray painting tips and tricks*Colour sanding and buffingThe simple Spray Painting Multimedia E-Book training EVER

Describes the basics of automotive engineering to help master the techniques of drawing and painting a variety of automobiles.