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 ...

Paint stripping is not pretty! For a test case we stripped Art Director Charlie Hayward's "Heartland Express" '37 Chevy. At this point we are applying a second coat of Aircraft stripper to the right ...

Repairing your car's paint chips is pretty straightforward and helps prevent expensive body and paint repairs and protects future resale values.

We have all seen the commercials. A guy walks into a junkyard and finds a weathered-looking car with severely faded paint, and with one swipe of the “miracle” product, it suddenly looks factory-new ...

If you've searched for any car-care products in recent years, chances are you've seen the words "ceramic coating." But what exactly do those words mean, and how can they help keep your car looking ...

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 ...

When we bought our long-term Kia EV9, a trendy matte-finish paint job was not high on our must-have options list (actually, I don’t think it was on our list at all). However, the EV9 we ended up ...

If the car is finally ready to spray, it should look like this, disassembled, bodyworked, primered, block-sanded. The first step is to blow all dust off the car and out of every crevice. Do this ...