One of the challenges of collecting, restoring, and showing classic cars is keeping the paint blue ribbon condition. If your restoration involves stripping and repainting the entire car, you'll want...
How to Paint Your Car reveals the techniques, tricks, and technology behind automotive painting through 400 color photos, clear captions, detailed text, and step-by-step how-to sequences. You’ll learn the latest information about...
Even before the heyday of Von Dutch and Big Daddy, the ultimate way to personalize your car or motorcycle was to lay some wicked lines on top of the paintwork....
Best-selling custom-painting author JoAnn Bortles presents a wealth of knowledge and photography showing you how to tackle all types of paint and graphics.How to Design and Create Automotive and Motorcycle...
In this updated edition of the definitive pinstripe how-to, acclaimed veteran striper Alan Johnson shows you how to get started, further your mastery of the form, and create solid designs....
Wrapping a vehicle in vinyl is a fairly modern concept.In the mid-1990s, German taxis were wrapped to preservepaint. NASCAR followed suit by wrapping its race cars asmore primary sponsors came...
The explosion of Patina Volkswagens on social media has inspired those car fanatics who realise that you don’t have to restore a car to end up with a good-looking ride....
The overnight success of the 'Hoodride' phenomenon inspired a generation of car fanatics, who couldn't afford to restore a car to show condition but still wanted a good looking cool...
Follow well-known airbrush artist Vince Goodeve through multiple photo sequences that explain his choice of color, sense of design and preference for tools and materials. Early chapters explain shop set-up...
If your car needs new paint, or even just a touch-up, the cost involved in getting a professional job can be more than you bargained for. Fortunately, there are less...
Solvent-based paints have been used in automotive applications since the days when automobiles were called ?buggies? and the horsepower was provided by, well, horses. But recent EPA regulations have restricted...
The subject of custom painting is always important for the simple reason that motorcycle owners can?t leave their bikes alone. Bike owners want a custom paint job, and they want...
In spring of 2006, George Frizzell, aka George the Painter, agreed to write a monthly column for The Horse/Backstreet Choppers magazine. The column quickly became George's podium, his opportunity to...
This is a complete do-it-yourself guide. What you can learn: • Full-color sections on minor repairs and painting • Damage repair • Painting • Rust Repair Additional detailed information includes:...
The value and collectability of muscle cars has never been higher. Models that sold for $30,000 at auction 10 years ago are now going for quadruple that in many cases....
There was a time when a heavily weathered collector car or truck was considered a bit of an eyesore. In fact, if you brought one of these vehicles to a...
Von Dutch (real name Kenneth Howard) is one of the most interesting characters in hot rod and popular culture history. Considered the founder of "modern" pinstriping, he was a prominent...
How to Airbrush Pin-Ups is a collection of 7, start-to-finish airbrushing sequences spread across 144 pages and illustrated with over 600 color photos. The pin-ups are painted by experienced and...
Von Dutch (aka Kenneth Howard) is one of the most interesting characters in hot rod and popular culture history. Considered the founder of ?modern? pinstriping, he was a prominentcharacter in...
How to Airbrush Pinups is a collection of ten sequences done by well-known and experienced airbrush artists. The human form, the human face, and skin tones, are three topics that...
Tools, techniques and workshop practice are covered in this comprehensive book on repairing and restoring the panel work on any car, classic or modern. If you are caught without insurance...
Everything you need to know and everything you need to do to have perfect paint on your specialty car. Whether it?s a concours-quality restoration or a ground-pounding hot rod, this...
