For precision weld grinding, folks tend to use cut-off wheels and quick-change sanding discs, but big restoration projects can use up a lot of wheels and discs. Professionals have a tool they use that ...

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 ...

•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 ...

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 ...