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Actually if you can find a friendly painter who will let you in the booth when he paints a car that would be a huge help. Knowing what / where to paint first, how much over lap and knowing how to watch the light reflection as you spray would go a long way to helping you get a great paint job...

Use a couple of the toilet paper type filters ( made by Motor Guard) in the hose line ie. hose connected to outlet after drip-leg, TP filter and hose connected to filter then hose to gun. Be sure to use the gun pre-filter as suggested above, get a couple of good quality ones (they are cheap)and...

You ever notice how when you have a nice car and park far away with no other cars around when you come back every $500 junker in 6 miles is parked next to you even when there is parking much closer in? It's kind of like some colors attract flies, I just don't understand it!

Bad day for you, and maybe somebody else?

For most of my cars I completely agree. However this car belonged to my wife's father and she got it when he passed so it is Daddy's car and she wants it to be perfect! She isn't bothered by parking in the south 40 lot and walking to where she is going. She is extremely **** about her cars! BUT...

My car coming back from paint has taken a while. One of the things they do is to let the sealer dry for a week to check for shrinkage. If you wait too long, I think it is 24 hours, the sealer has to be sanded or the color coat will not stick. Also they shoot clear over the sealer to show up any...

This was an accepted method on midlevel single stage paint jobs years ago. Even some of the shops that did paint for the manufacturers show/display cars did this. But they were generally starting with a virgin car and painting over the factory paint car. Since there had never been any repair...

Materials have changed drastically from the "Old" single stage stuff. Too much is a waste of material and a work around for body work that was not done correctly or the time wasn't spent on all the sanding steps. I have a shop nearby that specializes in concours level restoration on Duesenberg's...