It has long been said that a paint job is only as good as the prep, but that leaves out the answer of just how to get there. A decent paint job will take a fairly intensive amount of prep ...

Chips in your car’s paint aren’t just an eyesore. They can also expose your car’s metal to further corrosion. You may not be able to make your car’s finish look showroom fresh, but with a reasonable ...

You can typically fix a rock chip that is about one-fourth the size of a dime (that’s about a 1/8 to a 1/4 inch in size). The paint chip shown here should have been repaired long ago. You probably ...

There’s no denying that this 1969 Dodge Charger had a fierce look in primer grey. Funny enough, that simple rattle-can coating was a bare-minimum effort to make the car one solid color after some ...

The most expensive thing you can do to your automotive project is to paint it. Yes, you can certainly come up with ways to do this job on the cheap, but the results will generally reflect the amount ...

The key to excellent paint lies in hours and hours of sanding, even after the color coats are applied. Black paint highlights any flaws, making each buffing step more critical. “We always start with ...

"Um, no. Just ugly-ugly." So went a recent staff meeting when the topic of what to do with HOT ROD's project '67 Impala convertible came up. The drop-top Chevy had been used as a daily driver and ...