In How to Design and Apply Automotive and Motorcycle Paint and Graphics, award-winning custom painter JoAnn Bortles covers the most popular custom painting styles and techniques in an easy-to-understand format.

JoAnn Bortles is the founder and proprietor of Crazy Horse painting and has had her custom bike paint jobs featured on the covers of leading motorcycle magazines across the world. In this book, she shares the techniques and tips for the beginner or more advanced custom painter. Detailed, step-by-step, full-color instructions show how to do a variety of custom projects, from standard to evil skull flames, pinups, and pinstriping to a number of finish techniques as well. Sport bike custom paint techniques are also included.

This book explains the process of custom painting from design to completion, including finding the right tools and paint type, laying out the design, protecting the finished art and more.

This book from Wolfgang Publications covers all the important topics: the chemistry of modern paint, how to set up a shop, adjust the gun, and apply art work. Written by the master of custom paint and flames, Dave Perewitz, this book documents three compl

An intense how-to book filled with photo sequences and supporting text explaining the best techniques for the preparation and application of custom paint to cars and motorcycles.

Clear, step-by-step lessons from the master in the technology and techniques of airbrush art for any vehicle or surface.

Jon Kosmoski - the King of Kustom Painters - puts over four decades of experience into Kosmoski's New Kustom Painting Secrets. Kosmoski's New Kustom Painting Secrets contains both a hot rod and motorcycle projects.

Provides information on the process of painting and customizing an automobile, covering such topics as setting up a workshop, choosing tools, prepping the car, and working with custom colors.

DIVSolvent-based paints have been used in automotive applications since the days when automobiles were called “buggies� and the horsepower was provided by, well, horses. But recent EPA regulations have restricted solvent-based paints for use only in approved professional paint booths, meaning that do-it-yourselfers can no longer use them—and it won’t be long before their use is banned entirely. Paint manufacturers have raced to develop water-based paints as a replacement for the solvent-based paints previously used. These new water-based automotive paints are of very high quality, but they require different methods and techniques for proper application, virtually rendering previous automotive paint books obsolete./divDIV/divDIVAutomotive Paint from Prep to Final Coat is the first book to provide instruction in these new paints. In addition to this critical information, author and top professional painter JoAnn Bortles covers all the techniques necessary to get the great results your car deserves. From initial body-panel preparation, to troubleshooting common problems, to application of the final coat, and all steps in between, this book is the only reference you will need to ensure your DIY automotive paint job is done right the first time./div

Layouts, checkering, marbling woodgraining computer-cut designs, flame layouts, helmet painting, and more.