Paint and Body Mistakes to Avoid

Find out which common automotive spray paint mistakes should be always avoided.

15 Paint and Body Mistakes to Avoid

 

Great Automotive Painting Beginner's Guide

People who always wondered how to paint a car and might do it on their own will find article on this link very beneficial indeed. After reading it you might also stop by on my automotive spray paint website where you will find even more car painting related articles and news.

 

Where to Buy Car Window Paint

If you ever wanted to paint car window with some symbols that means to you a lot you might consider to take a look at the automotive spray paint article featured on the following link.

Car window paint is used to decorate car windows. You might write "Just Married" on the back of the car window, or you might decorate your side or back windows in your school colors, with your sports team name or numbers.

Cool Car Cutaways

This time I have something a bit different to automotive spray paint. I found this article where you can see a few pics that reveals the details and mechanics of cars. By stripping away parts of the exterior and coverings, viewers can get up close to appreciate the sophistication and engineering of today’s car. 

 

How to Prep a Car Bumper Without Causing Furring

When you are preparing a car bumper for a job at your home or workhouse you might consider the problem of furring as it can be a automotive spray paint problem. Read this article and find out about this.

Furring occurs when coarse abrasives make contact with the plastic surface of a bumper and the small fibres that protrude can ultimately lead to an unappealing finish. It's usually much better to stick with fine abrasives that don't remove paint and primer so aggressively.

How to Remove a Paint Run in an Automotive Finish

This automotive spray paint video below will show you a step by step tutorial on how to remove a paint run.

MOLOTOW™ Premium Color Update

Check out this automotive spray paint video below.

Molotow - Premium is coming up with more than 65 new colours! Starting from May 2011 you can choose from more than 251 colours. All colours got a revamp and are now stronger, brighter and longer lasting than any other product on the market. Developed 10 years ago in cooperation with some of the most renowned street-artist worldwide, Molotow - premium revulitionized the spray can technology fundamentally until today.

 

 

How Do You Blend Paint Jobs on a Car

When you have a task to repair your automotive spray paint job, you always have to find out how to blend the paint so that it is equivalent on the whole car. Watch the video below and find out how to do it.

How To Paint Plastic Car Parts

Did I mentioned how much I like this car painting website? I would go with yes on this one. :) Anyway this time Tony shows us how to paint plastic car parts. On this link you can read his blog post and also watch the video that was made by him. For more car paint news search thoroughly website on the provided link and also my automotive spray paint website.

You know when you see those ugly faded plastic bumpers right?  Well, we’re going to show you how to paint plastic car parts so you can make your project look a LOT better!

How To Paint Plastic Car Parts

Did I mentioned how much I like this car painting website? I would go with yes on this one. :) Anyway this time Tony shows us how to paint plastic car parts. For more car paint news search thoroughly website on the provided link and also my automotive spray paint website

You know when you see those ugly faded plastic bumpers right?  Well, we’re going to show you how to paint plastic car parts so you can make your project look a LOT better!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=iLnuJxlbp5s

How to Remove Car Dents Quickly and Cheaply

Nobody likes dents on their vehicle, at least I don't. Anyway I found this article where it is described an interesting way of removing car dents. Visit Automotive Spray Paint for more car news.

How to Paint Plastic with Spray Cans

Watch the video below and find out how to paint plastic with spray cans and get a glossy finish. Also feel free to visit automotive spray paint website.

Studebaker Flame Job

On the automotive spray paint website there already were posted some great car paint jobs, but I must say that I really was impressed by the paint job on the video below, so take a look at it.

Jeff Styles laying out and spraying flames on my 59 Studebaker truck. Work done at Quigley's Auto body in Lake Forest Cal. Paint and body by Craig Turner.

How To Clean a Spray Paint Gun

Automotive Spray Paint website provides you some articles about car spray paint guns, but there is not yet pulished an article about how to clean them, so here you go. Click on the following link and find out how to have your car painting equipment clean.

I know cleaning your paint gun is a necessary evil, and there are a few different methods for cleaning it. The first thing to remember is to clean it right away after each use. If you allow the paint to sit in the gun, even for a few hours, it will begin to harden and then soaking it simply won't be sufficient.

Find out which tools and equipment you need for car painting

On the automotive spray paint website there are already some articles about equipment that is used for car painting, however I also found this article where you can see what is used when doing this job.

You can be very successful at painting your car, provided you have a good plan, the proper budget and the time. In addition to all of this you will most certainly need the right tools and equipment. Oh yes, and you will need a proper work area.

Awesome Car Paint Jobs

On the automotive spray paint website I already published a few times some great pictures of amazing car paint jobs, but here I have for you some more great vehicle paint jobs.

See the full gallery on Posterous

Changing a Car's Colour in Photoshop

Ever wondered how would your car look like in other color? If so, you might look at this tutorial, where you can with a few photoshop tricks, virtually change the desired paint area of a car. Also feel free to visit automotive spray paint for car painting articles and stuff.

This tutorial will teach you how to give a car a whole new paint job in Photoshop. We will be changing the car's color by selecting specific parts we want to paint and subtract the parts we want to leave unpainted, then we'll fill the selection with the desired paint color, apply to it various Layer Blending Modes and finally obtain our new painted car.

 

How To Paint and Install a Body Kit

I really like the blog posts of this guy on the following link. This time he shows us how to paint and install a body kit. You will find this useful stuff here and remember visit automotive spray paint for more car painting articles.

We got the cheap kit, customized it and made it look like a MILLION DOLLARS!  and yep! again, we recorded the ENTIRE step-by-step process so YOU can C O P Y and apply the same techniques to your specific projet no matter if your doing this to your car, truck or bike!

The Future of Paint Drying

On the automotive spray paint we already published bunch of great car painting articles. Today I have for you very useful piece of information of paint drying in the future. You can read this article here.

The Robodry system, patented and manufactured by Italy-based Symach, is a complex electromechanical machine, says Jon Parker, managing director of Byteback Group, the U.K. Symach product importer. Robodry is a piece of computer-controlled robotic equipment that uses catalytic exothermic drying technology to dry vehicle refinish paint.

In short, the system passes natural methane gas through a catalyst to create energy. That energy passes through another catalyst where it’s combined with oxygen airflow to create infrared energy.

 

 

Automotive Paint Detailing

I already posted some great automotive spray paint articles which you all can see on the provided link. However I didn't wrote anything yet about coating thickness gages that are great for automotive painters. So click on this link and read this great article about automotive paint detailing.

They enable full service detailers to quantitatively measure and control the amount of clear coat removed when sanding and buffing automotive paints. Paint thickness over exterior automotive materials is best measured with hand-held, electronic instruments. Three types are available and selection depends upon the type of coating, the material being painted, and the size and shape of the part. These instruments use magnetic, eddy current, or ultrasonic measuring techniques.

Car Paint Care Tips

On the automotive spray paint website we already posted an article about car paint care techniques, but here you have some more useful information that is not included in our article in full capacity.

Buying a car involves a lengthy decision making process involving an array of influencing factors; colour is one of the most important among them. The colour renders a personality to your car— black is cool, silver is stylish without being ostentatious, red is sensual and white cars are conservative!

 

Most Common Autobody Sand Paper Grits

Are you wondering what types of autobody sand paper you need for your project? Visit this link where Tony describe us the most common papers used today for auto body shaping, refining and finishing purposes. For more automotive spray paint news visit our site.

We'll start with the most common 80 grit sand paper. With 80 grit paper you can use it for shaping your first coat of bondo, don't get me wrong, you also have the option to use the notorious 36 grit paper that cuts like a shark... but in my opinion, it's just not necessary because if you lay your bondo on thin and correctly you won't need to sand much off anyway.

Funny Car Paint Designs

Past two hours I was reading some automotive spray paint related stuff and when I jumped on youtube I (not surprisingly) found this video of funny car paint jobs.

Automotive Paint Stripper

Ever been wondering how to use aircraft paint remover? If so then watch the video below. Anyway for more automotive spray paint info just click on previous link.

Pictures of cool car paint jobs

We already shared some pics of the coolest car paint jobs around the world on automotive spray paint website, but visit this link where you will find even more coolest and craziest car paint jobs that you ever saw.

Paint Care Tips for Car

On the automotive spray paint website we already posted some car paint care tips, but now I also found this great article thought you might be interested reading it.

Buying a car involves a lengthy decision making process involving an array of influencing factors; colour is one of the most important among them. The colour renders a personality to your car— black is cool, silver is stylish without being ostentatious, red is sensual and white cars are conservative!

How To Mix Auto Paint

On the automotive spray paint website we already shared some articles about car paint. If you want to know how to mix a paint then click on this link where great information is provided.

When a lot of newbie enthusiasts get into automotive painting there is something that usually confuses them. Mixing the paints. That’s why you may be watching this video and reading this blog post. Well, mixing automotive paint is really a lot simpler than you think.

How to Get Spray Paint off a Car

On automotive spray paint website we already posted some tutorials how to spray paint your car, but never how to get spray paint off a car, so here you go - the article.

There’s nothing quite like waking up to find that your car’s paint job has been defaced by mischievous kids with a can of spray paint. When vandals strike, don’t panic. Follow these steps to get the spray paint off without damaging your car’s finish or putting a big dent in your wallet. Happy cleaning!

Car respray

On automotive spray paint website we already wrote some articles about repainting your car. Sometimes words are just not enough so watch the video below where Dave shows us how to respray your car in your back yard.

Dave shows how to do a full respray and colour change in your back yard.
Using Acrylic paint its safe to spray out in the open.. Using a buff and compound to get a glossy finish.

Car Paint Codes

Visit Automotive Spray Paint for car painting news and if you are searching for car paint codes then you should visit this website.

There are so many car paint codes that it is impossible to know them all so when you are about to repaint your car it is good to know some of them. On the link that I already posted provides you with tons of car paint codes for different vehicle manufacturers. It is very good resource for finding the desirable code of car paint.

How to Mix Auto Paint

On Automotive Spray Paint we already wrote some tips and tutorials about car painting, but here in the video (made by Joel Jones) posted below you can see how to mix auto paint.

Find out how to read a paint cup that is made specifically for mixing automotive paints with help from an auto restoration specialist in this free video on mixing auto paint.

Aerosol Amoeba

Website called Automotive Spray Paint provides you the most important things about repainting a car. The video that I posted here is not about repainting a car but still very interesting as we can see 144 hours of spray paint motion condensed down to four minutes.
Credits for the video go to Pahnl

Automotive paint touch-up

Have troubles with paint scratches on your car? Watch the video bellow to see the solutions or maybe even visit automotive spray paint website for some usefull tips.

Paint scratches damage your car's look and resale value. Repair is easy with a little patience, and with the right materials.

Automotive Paint Inspection

Have some questions about car paint? Visit website called automotive spray paint and see if you will find some answers to your questions. Bellow you can read some interesting stuff about car paint.

Fast buying decisions at auto auctions require an accurate assessment of paintwork quality to determine a vehicles's value.

Therfore read this article to see how to properly evaluate car paint.

Automotive spray paint cans

Find out everything about Automotive Spray Paint cans.

You’ll find the most common sort of automotive spray paint makes use of compressed gas. Then compressed air is used to offer the ability to spray it.

You can read the whole article here.

Crazy car paint jobs

Look at this crazy car paint jobs. Pretty awesome isn't it? In some time later I will post more of this on Automotive Spray Paint website.


I have just one word to say on that. ''Crazy'' :)

Rust-Oleum Automotive - How to Spray Paint

Want to know how to spray paint? Watch the video bellow. Find out more about this on Automotive Spray Paint website.

Tips, techniques and instructions on how to properly spray paint with Rust-Oleum spray paint products.
RustOleumAutomotive

Car Touch Up Paint - How To Use It The Right Way

On the Automotive Spray Paint website we write about car repainting and I must say that I really liked the video about car touch up paint.

How to easily touch up car paint and get nice looking results the right way. Car touch up paint instructions. This is the best way to touch up paint on your vehicle.

Car scratch remover