It's cool to paint your own car, but talking to the guy at the paint store may cause you to reconsider your plan. Enamel? Urethane? Two-part? Single-stage? The terminology alone can send many people ...

Anyone who owns a car knows just how important a good paint job may be. After all, it can easily complement the overall aesthetics and make your vehicle a real eye candy. However, the true bane for ...

Painting cars has changed since the early days of automotive production. In the '20s paint was about one step away from varnish and was applied with a brush or flooded as it was on Model Ts (Ford ...

Let’s face it; every car looks its best when it’s clean, polished, and painted to perfection. In addition to the aesthetic, paint also protects your vehicle by preventing the steel underneath from ...

So, your Pontiac Trans-Am is no longer as bitchin’ as it once was, and you want to return it to glory with a fresh coat of paint? Fantastic news, but mixing auto paint isn’t as straightforward as one ...

Not all paints are created equal. Back during the days of the horse-drawn carriage, paints used natural bases, of which linseed oil comes to mind. In the 1920s, that all changed with the ...

In our last two installments, we addressed the proper techniques for washing, clay-barring, polishing, and waxing your Corvette by hand. This month we’ll focus on rejuvenating older original paint, as ...

Automobile finishes have come a long way. One hundred years ago, it was any color you wanted as long as it was black. When the auto industry was just getting started early in the 20th century, paint ...