Almost every classic car that you work on will need at least a partial restoration in the interior. The work that you will have to do will depend on the amount of work the previous owner did and the cost can range from a thousand dollars to three times that for a basic restoration.

For Hobbyists this outlay is a serious part of the budget and a custom hand made job is not always possible or reasonable.

Because many classic cars have a large aftermarket the availability of products is pretty good. In some cases such as …

Whether you have one car to paint or hundreds you will notice that overspray in your booth can cause a sticky mess on your walls and floors.

Professional painters normally wet their floor to reduce adhesion of paint before they bring a car into the booth. Most booth floors are concrete and not sealed or coated and the amount of water used is just enough to change the color of the concrete and to repel the paint.

If you are doing this in your shop you should make sure that there is no standing water before you …

Paint chipping is a very common problem that most cars suffer from. Chipping of paint is a defect that happens after the car has been painted. It is not a defect related to the application of paint its cause is due to impacts of small or large objects usually stones or other debris in the road.

Although there is no way for the automotive paint technician to prevent every defect there are products that can be used to reduce the effects of small objects causing chips around your wheel wells and on your bumpers.

The application of …

If you are considering the move to waterborne paints then you know that many of the tools that you now use will need to be duplicated for this new paint type.

Probably the worst thing about changing over to waterborne is when it comes to outfitting your painter you will be required to buy tools that work with water and continue to maintain your solvent based systems for primer and clear coat application.

Some parts washer manufacturers have acknowledged this problem and have begun to design dual tank cleaners that can clean both solvent and waterborne guns …