•Before my entry into the publishing worldI spent a considerable amount of time working behind the counter of a major East Coast paint and body equipment jobber. Those 11 years of nearly constant ...

It has long been said that a paint job is only as good as the prep, but that leaves out the answer of just how to get there. A decent paint job will take a fairly intensive amount of prep ...

The wide world of automotive paint nerd-dom is an easy hole to fall into. Whether you’re obsessed with ultra-niche one-of-one hues or you’re just an admirer of bright, shiny things, you can appreciate ...

So we started digging--visiting the various paint companies' Web sites,talking to painters we knew, reading material tech and safety sheets,boning up on our chemistry . . . until at one point, we saw ...

Automakers and their suppliers have been painting glass fiber-reinforced composite exterior body panels, including those made from sheet molding compound (SMC), for many years. SMC painting, in ...

Here's a fun fact to ruin your day: Your car isn't painted with "Toyota paint" or "Ford paint." If you've ever gone into a body shop after a parking-lot kerfuffle and demanded the shop use "genuine ...