How to Paint Your Car: Revised & Updated - Brossura

Parks, Dennis W.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0760343888 ISBN 13: 9780760343883

Casa editrice: Motorbooks, 2013

Riassunto

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 paint chemistry, waterborne paints, spray guns, body fillers, surface prep, site prep, as well as respirators and other safety gear that every automotive painter must know. With step-by-step detail, you’ll learn how to properly prepare your car for paint work, including minor bodywork, surface preparation, rust removal, masking, priming and final coating. How to Paint Your Car also includes information about custom touches and effects as well as how to care for your paint after application, including information on buffing compounds, waxes, and other care products. Everything you need to know to feel comfortable and confident in undertaking your own paint project, whether a touch-up job or a complete respray, is covered in How to Paint Your Car.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Dennis W. Parks has written several best-selling how-to books for the Motorbooks Workshop series, including How to Paint Your Car, How to Build a Cheap Hot Rod, Hot Rod Body and Chassis Builder's Guide, and The Complete Guide to Auto Body Repair. Parks' personal projects currently include a complete buildup of a 1955 Chevy pickup truck. He lives in Cedar Hill, Missouri.

Dalla quarta di copertina:

Do you want to make your custom cruiser pop the second it rolls out of the garage? Then look no further than the pages of this book—Motorbooks’ bestselling How to Paint Your Car has been revised and updated with the modern tools, technology, and techniques you need to turn heads every time your wheels hit the pavement. Come inside with veteran author Dennis Parks as he walks you through the ins and outs of modern vehicular painting styles and techniques. Have you ever wondered how the seamless scallops and pinstripes on the panels of your favorite cars are applied in the first place? It’s not as hard as you think. Inside, you’ll find over 300 detailed full-color photos and illustrations to showcase how the pros do what they do. From vehicle setup techniques like masking and taping to spray booth ventilation and safety, you’ll find everything you need to turn your garage into a high-class automotive painting workshop. More than a dozen step-by-step projects will prepare you to tackle your own car. Add some glamor and sparkle to your car—literally—with Motorbooks’ updated and revised edition of How to Paint Your Car.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Motorbooks
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0760343888
• ISBN 13: 9780760343883
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 192