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Preparation and spraying: books - bodywork repair

A book on auto body repair? Here are our books on car body preparation and painting. They provide detailed instructions to solve technical problems yourself and to repair or replace parts.


Car Painting

An essential guide to all aspects of car painting, for keen amateurs and professionals alike. With step-by-step instructions and illustrations throughout, Car Painting covers the entire process - from panel preparation to spraying and painting techniques - offering guidance and tips on painting your car to a professional standard.

With a focus on safety throughout, the book also covers:
- Selecting and understanding paint, including important legislation
- Materials and equipment, and building your own paint booth
- Preparing your car, including parts removal, sanding, chemical stripping and rust proofing
- Masking and priming
- Painting techniques - spraying, clear coats and drying
- Stripes and custom touches, including two-tone, pinstriping and stickers
- Polishing, reassembly and preservation
- Troubleshooting.

Author:Matthew Jones, Ian Taylor
Specs:144 pages, 24.5 x 19 x 0.9 cm / 9.7 x 7.5 x 0.35 in, paperback
Illustrations:200 colour photographs
Publisher:The Crowood Press Ltd (GB, 2015)
EAN:9781847979476

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.
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".

Author:Dennis W. Parks
Specs:192 pages, 27 x 21 x 1.4 cm / 10.6 x 8.25 x 0.55 in, paperback
Illustrations:400 colour photographs, 20 diagrams
Publisher:Motorbooks International (USA, 2013)
Series:Workshop Manual
EAN:9780760343883
Book: How to Paint Your Car

How to Paint Your Car

Language: English

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SATA Automotive Paint - from Prep to Final Coat

Solvent-based paints have been used in automotive applications since the days when automobiles were called "buggies" and the horsepower was provided by, well, horses. But recent EPA regulations have restricted solvent-based paints for use only in approved professional paint booths, meaning that do-it-yourselfers can no longer use them - and it won't be long before their use is banned entirely.

Paint manufacturers have raced to develop water-based paints as a replacement for the solvent-based paints previously used. These new water-based automotive paints are of very high quality, but they require different methods and techniques for proper application, virtually rendering previous automotive paint books obsolete.

"SATA Auto Paint from Prep to Final Coat" is the first book to provide instruction in these new paints. In addition to providing this critical information, author and top professional painter JoAnn Bortles covers all the techniques necessary to get the great results your car deserves.
From initial body-panel preparation, to troubleshooting common problems, to applying the final coat and all steps in between, this book is the only reference you will need to ensure your DIY automotive paint job is done right the first time.

Author:JoAnn Bortles
Specs:304 pages, 27 x 21 x 1.8 cm / 10.6 x 8.25 x 0.71 in, paperback
Illustrations:815 colour photographs, 8 drawings
Publisher:Motorbooks International (USA, 2014)
Series:Workshop Manual
EAN:9780760342787
Book: SATA Automotive Paint - from Prep to Final Coat

SATA Automotive Paint - from Prep to Final Coat

Language: English

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Praxishandbuch Korrosionsschutz: Vorsorgen - Behandeln - Konservieren

Es ist ein Dauerthema bei allen Old- und Youngtimer-Besitzern: Rost! Nicht minder eifrig diskutiert werden die geeigneten Strategien, um die "braune Pest" möglichst lange vom geliebten Blech fern zu halten. Aber welches Mittel ist das geeignete? Konservierungswachs, Öle oder doch lieber Fette?

Die Spezialisten der Oldtimer Markt sind in einem aufwändigen fünfjährigen Langzeittest dieser Frage nachgegangen. Bekanntermaßen ist die Entscheidung für einen Hohlraumschutz ein Bund fürs Leben: Denn was einmal drin ist, bekommt man nie wieder raus! Schließlich geht es darum, hunderte Restaurierungsstunden oder einen unverbastelten Originalzustand möglichst lange zu konservieren.
Es geht um Emotionen und Werterhalt und um das gute Gefühl, im Kampf gegen Rost wirklich alles getan zu haben.

Weitere Themen in diesem Titel der Reihe Oldtimer Markt Praxishandbuch widem sich außerdem interessanten Aspekten der Korrosionsproblematik wie der Verarbeitungstechnik von Hohlraumschutz, Pulverbeschichtung und Strahltechniken. Darüber hinaus gestatten bekannte Restauratoren der Szene einen Blick über ihre Schulter und plaudern bereitwillig aus dem Nähkästchen.

Specs:160 pages, 30.5 x 21.5 x 2 cm / 12 x 8.5 x 0.79 in, hardback
Illustrations:200 colour photographs
Publisher:Heel-Verlag GmbH (D, 2014)
EAN:9783868527001
Book: Praxishandbuch Korrosionsschutz: Vorsorgen - Behandeln - Konservieren

Praxishandbuch Korrosionsschutz: Vorsorgen - Behandeln - Konservieren

Language: German

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Automotive Detailing in Detail

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Dom Colbeck, Jon Steele, David McLean

English | paperback | 272 p. | 2016

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