In the final installment of our five-part series on upgrading your classic car’s body work, Brent Ackley teaches you how to properly spray a basecoat of paint onto a door panel. He stresses the importance of following the instructions for a specific type of paint, and then demonstrates the spraying process for the first coat and the glossy clear coat.
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8:49How to Sand a Car: DA Sanding
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2:13Final Classic Car Restoration Tips
Craig Hopkins gives you some final classic car restoration tips to finish sanding, buffing, and polishing. You will learn how to run some tape along the edge of the quarter panel (and deck lid) to avoid cutting the paint. Also, all good paint jobs start with a good block. Craig recommends John Wheeler’s Adjustable Flexible…
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12:05Classic Car Restoration: Cut-Down Techniques
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