Painting Plastic
A plastic bumper is in need of painting starting from the raw plastic. Multiple steps are required including cleaning, priming / adhesion promoter & paint.
Car Painting Basics
A beginner’s video on the basic steps necessary in automotive refinish.
Custom Jeep Conversion
This 2013 Jeep was provided to us from a Chrysler Dealership along with the Mopar conversion kit to turn this into a mini-pickup truck! This customized jeep took several weeks to complete with all panels welded in place to complete this truck conversion.
1968 Chevrolet Camaro
A 1968 Camaro from Ajax Ontario, this car was about a year in the making and painted with the new synergy green from the new Camaro. The paint used on it was from BASF, RM Onyx HD waterborne basecoat and Glasuirt Low-Voc Clearcoat. The Car Started off with a fair amount of rust…
Tinting Metallic Paint
Tinting metallic paint follows the same general principles as tinting a solid color, however there are 2 dimensions you have to worry about versus 1 with solids colors. You have the color face and pitch. The face of the color is what you see looking straight at the vehicle, the pitch is what you observe…
How to Tint Color
Tinting Color is always my least favorite option when trying to match a color but sometimes it is completely unavoidable. When a variant is not on the same page as your car an adjustment is required, here we are dealing only with solid colors here. So its a good thing to first know…
3M Accuspray Gun
The 3M accuspray which was originally released as a primer gun with a 1.8 disposable tip will be finding new use as the gun that will do it all. 3M will soon be releasing 1.4 and 1.3 tips for this gun to be used to spray sealers, paint and clear coat. At the time of…
How to Spray Clearcoat
Spraying clearcoat is an art in itself, for the most part, spraying experience is the best way to learn this skill. However, having an understanding of what it does and establishing good routines will go a long way in how your paint job holds up. So first off let’s have a look at what clearcoat…
How to repair car fiberglass
How to repair car fiberglass What we have here is some sort of race car part for on of our customers, we have repaired various part of it before, the nosecone was most recently documented in the forum. Repairing car fiberglass is pretty well the same as anything else, car fiberglass is glass fibers…
Which Body Filler?
Since I am still awaiting information on the tests I need to prepare for from the college, I’ve just been flipping through and starting with what sparks my interest. One of the first things was working with body fillers. This is something I already have experience with and I am curious to see some…