
How to Paint Your Car
Revised & Updated
Dennis W. Parks(Author)
Motorbooks (Publisher)
Published on 17. June 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-0-7603-4388-3 (ISBN)
Description
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.
With step-by-step detail, you'll learn how to properly prepare your car for paint work, including minor bodywork, surface preparation, rust removal, masking, priming and final coating. How to Paint Your Car also includes information about custom touches and effects as well as how to care for your paint after application, including information on buffing compounds, waxes, and other care products. Everything you need to know to feel comfortable and confident in undertaking your own paint project, whether a touch-up job or a complete respray, is covered in How to Paint Your Car.
With step-by-step detail, you'll learn how to properly prepare your car for paint work, including minor bodywork, surface preparation, rust removal, masking, priming and final coating. How to Paint Your Car also includes information about custom touches and effects as well as how to care for your paint after application, including information on buffing compounds, waxes, and other care products. Everything you need to know to feel comfortable and confident in undertaking your own paint project, whether a touch-up job or a complete respray, is covered in How to Paint Your Car.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 273 mm
Width: 210 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
587 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7603-4388-3 (9780760343883)
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E-Book
06/2013
Motorbooks
€27.49
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Person
Dennis W. Parks has written several best-selling how-to books for the Motorbooks Workshop series, including How to Paint Your Car, How to Build a Cheap Hot Rod, Hot Rod Body and Chassis Builder's Guide, and The Complete Guide to Auto Body Repair. Parks' personal projects currently include a complete buildup of a 1955 Chevy pickup truck. He lives in Missouri.
Content
Introduction
Chapter 1 Automotive Painting Defined
Chapter 2 Automotive Paint Chemistry
Chapter 3 Supporting Products
Chapter 4 Tools, Materials, and Safety
Chapter 5 Surface Preparation
Using Paint Stripper on Small Jobs
Mixing and Applying Body Filler
Applying and Sanding Primer-Surfacer
Chapter 6 Masking
How to Tape and Mask Windows and Windshields
Chapter 7 Paint Application
Chapter 8 Extra Details
Laying Out and Painting Scallops
Applying Vinyl Adhesive Graphics
Chapter 9 Part Replacement and Assembly
Reinstalling Door Glass
Chapter 10 Keeping the Shine
Cleaning
Detailing
Touching Up Your Vehicle's Paint
Chapter 11 Painting Other Parts and Components
Painting Wheels
Repainting a Vehicle (Start to Finish)
Appendix I: Vehicle Painting Checklist
Appendix II: Fiberglass Body/Body Component Preparation Checklist
Resources
Chapter 1 Automotive Painting Defined
Chapter 2 Automotive Paint Chemistry
Chapter 3 Supporting Products
Chapter 4 Tools, Materials, and Safety
Chapter 5 Surface Preparation
Using Paint Stripper on Small Jobs
Mixing and Applying Body Filler
Applying and Sanding Primer-Surfacer
Chapter 6 Masking
How to Tape and Mask Windows and Windshields
Chapter 7 Paint Application
Chapter 8 Extra Details
Laying Out and Painting Scallops
Applying Vinyl Adhesive Graphics
Chapter 9 Part Replacement and Assembly
Reinstalling Door Glass
Chapter 10 Keeping the Shine
Cleaning
Detailing
Touching Up Your Vehicle's Paint
Chapter 11 Painting Other Parts and Components
Painting Wheels
Repainting a Vehicle (Start to Finish)
Appendix I: Vehicle Painting Checklist
Appendix II: Fiberglass Body/Body Component Preparation Checklist
Resources