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30/05/2021

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See Q&A about auto body and paint application as well as tools and materials needed.

02/01/2020

Mark is a jet mechanic that also restores classic motor cycles. He brought these CB350 parts to us for painting. and we stripped and painted the white and green parts. Mark recently sold this bike for a lot of money and brings us other motorcycle parts that need dent repair and painting.

17/01/2018

Golf courses tend to farm out spray painting during the Winter months. We have customers that send us ball washers, golf carts, lockers etc. when cold weather hits.

12/07/2017

Be sure to check out the new Sagola 4600 Xtreme spray gun. This is one of the best guns on the market and it's now coming with two air caps. Check it out on Autobodystore.com

20/08/2015

Multi-Color Painting On A Classic Honda Tank.

20/08/2015

This was one of our larger paint jobs.

07/08/2015

Here's a little antique that took quite a bit of work to accomplish. One of the more difficult items on this resto was to remove all of the hardened grease then filling all of the rust craters before painting. In case you're wondering it's a mid 50s Root ride-on lawn mower.

18/04/2014

RUN REMOVAL
After spray painting a car or even just one panel you may find that the paint was applied a little two wet in one or two areas and you have some ugly runs.

One of the ways of correcting this situation is by using three tools...
1. Nib File which take off a lot of the high paint.
2. Run Blockers that allow you to level the surface with....
3. Sandpaper wrapped around the Run Blocker with the proper grits.
Just remember that it pays to have the tools and materials in place before you paint and these tools are not that expensive so get them before you need them so that you can be ready if you need them.

You can see our method of removing runs using these tools at...

http://www.autobodystore.com/run_repair.shtml

07/04/2014

At the end of a resto and after doing a good paint job you may want to sand and polish the finish to eliminate dust nibs and orange peel to get it as smooth as glass. But at this point you don't want to do any damage to the paint so here's a tip to keep in mind as you polish the finish.

At the edge of a panel you want the rotation of the buffer to be OFF of the panel and NOT onto the edge. See the attached picture where the hood is raised slightly and the rotation of the buffer if off the edge. If this was the other side of the hood and the rotation was onto the edge the buffing pad would have a tendency to tear at the edge and can damage it very quickly. If you can't open the panel then buff ALONG the edge but still avoid buffing onto any panel edges.

17/03/2014

Applying seam sealer is one of the most important things you will ever do on your car. Not only does it keep out moisture, it can keep it IN if done improperly. It also many times has an ascetic purpose. To get it looking as close to the original sealer looked, means your repair work is less noticeable. Nothing looks worse than the new left quarter panel seam sealer in the trunk gutter looking completely different than the original right side! Even a housewife who knows nothing about cars will spot it.

For Brian Martin's expert look at seam sealers and their application go to http://www.autobodystore.com/seamsealer.shtml