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!

The value and collectability of muscle cars has never been higher. Models that sold for $30,000 at auction 10 years ago are now going for quadruple that in many cases. The charts showing auction results, sale prices, and car value have a continuous upward trajectory. As such, some rare models of muscle cars are now valued in the realm of historically high-valued classic, sports, and show cars. Who would have dreamed that a Hemi 'Cuda convertible would be selling for Duesenberg or Ferrari money these days? Of course, when values of muscle cars increase to such an extent, the care and detail spent on restoration becomes vitally important, putting them into the exotic and show car realm. Naturally, the most visible aspect of a full-blown restoration is the paintwork. Veteran author Tony Thacker teams up with LA-based award-winning painter extraordinaire Mick Jenkins to bring you this complete guide to show-quality painting. Included is all the information on how to create a show-quality finish, including chapters on making a plan, the tools needed for the job, complete disassembly information, repair versus replacement decisions, metal prep, the latest and best paint products, application, custom finishes, and more.

Everyone wants a great-looking paint job on his or her car, but it’s not cheap. Since most of the expense of a custom paint job is labor, learning to do the work yourself using tips from the pros can save you money. Veteran author Dennis W. Parks joined body shop owner and TV personality Rick Bacon with Custom Car Painting on a Budget to show you how to paint your car. With the knowledge provided in this book and your willingness to learn, you can be driving a car with a custom paint job of which you can be proud. Step-by-step photos and easy-to-follow directions cover everything from paint removal and disassembly to final reassembly. This book includes chapters on ways to reduce cost, perform minor bodywork, strip old paint, install patch panels, do surface preparation, mask, paint, and maintain the finish. Bodywork, surface preparation, and buffing are all labor-intensive tasks that quickly add up at the local paint shop. With the knowledge provided in this book and your willingness to learn, you can be driving a car with a custom paint job that you can be proud of. Get professional results at a fraction of the cost with Custom Car Painting on a Budget.

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.

The photos in this edition are black and white. Skylarks, GSXs, Grand Nationals, Rivieras, Gran Sports; the list of formidable performance Buicks is impressive. From the torque monsters of the 1960s to the high-flying Turbo models of the '80s, Buicks have a unique place in performance history. During the 1960s, when word of the mountains of torque supplied by the big-inch Buicks hit the street, nobody wanted to mess with them. Later, big-inch Buicks and the Hemi Chryslers went at it hammer and tongs in stock drag shootouts and in the pages of the popular musclecar magazines of the day. The wars between the Turbo Buicks and Mustang GTs in the 1980s were also legendary, as both cars responded so well to modifications. How to Build Max-Performance Buick Engines is the first performance engine book ever published on the Buick family of engines. This book covers everything from the Nailheads of the '50s and early '60s, to the later evolutions of the Buick V-8 through the '60s and '70s, through to the turbo V-6 models of the '70s and '80s. Veteran magazine writer and Buick owner Jefferson Bryant supplies the most up-to-date information on heads, blocks, cams, rotating assemblies, interchangeability, and oiling-system improvements and modifications, along with details on the best performance options available, avenues for aftermarket support, and so much more. Finally, the Buick camp gets the information they have been waiting for, and it's all right here in How to Build Max-Performance Buick Engines.

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.

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

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.

With detailed step-by-step instructions accompanied by full-color photos, this book shows critical procedures to restore a GTO to factory like-new condition.