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 ...

In an earlier installment, we took you through the grind of tedious preparation for a show-caliber paintjob at A.R. Auto Body in Lancaster, California. The true test of great paint is methodical ...

Primer BasicsYou would never apply paint directly to your car's metal or fiberglass surface, right? It's a simple concept-primer sticks to metal and paint sticks to primer. The primer coat seals the ...