Good books on painting cars
 

Im thinking of painting my 86 crx and just looking for some good reading Im a totallly clueless on this topic so any help is a +. Thanks

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i went to tech and have a ---- ton of them from school but kinda one of those things you keep... want to borrow them haha

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park it at the buffalo air port, 10 min from the boarder and ligit

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These guys are local to me. The site is called "Air brush depot" but they have tons of books and DVDs on painting techniques. They carry some good supplies as well.http://www.tcpglobal.com/AirbrushDep...FQPLbwodxTt0CQ

Hope that helps. :D

Re: Good books on painting cars
 

Chris, I have some good articles from Car Craft and Grass Roots Motorsports I can scan for you tommorow if you want em

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Only thing u need to know about painting cars is DONT DO IT. Takes way to long way too much work and cost a lot if you want to do it right. :3 I have to re paint the front end on my EG im really not looking forward to it :7

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???

What? I painted my friend's Tercel in a home-made draft booth in his backyard. You just need some wood to build a frame for the tent, and plastic tarp to make a draft, oh and a fan.

Seriously everything, including his "Gloss Frost" paint cost around $1k

Which isn't that bad considering what people usually charge around here for 5 coats and a gloss.

Re: Good books on painting cars
 

Autobody101.com

They've got online videos and all kinds of ----.

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1K is still painting a car cheap. Buying new moldings having the windows cut out ect cost a lot.

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Do the body work yourself , then take it to Macco with the car disassembled..

I helped paint my corvair in a garage with a friend who is a rep from a paint company. With wet sanding the car has a paintjob as good as any new car or better..... No idea as to cost , everything was pretty much free. We used a standox single stage paint. Car was very straight to begin with. Still spent Months LongBoarding the car.


but it's all in the prep... Can't stress that enough..

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I just did the engine bay on my GRM $2008 Challenge car... even that took a few days to get nice .. I ground out all the original seam sealer and Mig'd the seams.. factory welds are ---- and I want this to be a stiff car.. I re-sealed the seams with factory grade stuff , primed and painted it... First hit it with a 3M scotch bright...

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I will do the prep on this one , but will send it to macco for the final product.