subject: Restoring Your Car's Paint [print this page] Restoring Your Car's Paint Restoring Your Car's Paint
Normally, cars often are reliable resources which last for many years. As year passes, car gets older and gradually the paint of the car starts fading becoming dull. To make them look like a new car, it is best to repaint them rather than replace them with a newer one. Car painting is the best choice to make the car look newer.
You car has that tired old look because of acid rain, UV rays, and water drops that dry contributing to fading the paint off from your car. These sources may not react on the car that quickly. Eventually, your car paint fades and requires some help to get back the fresh look. These days, you can find myriad number of car painting shops, which helps to rejuvenate the car. It is not that hard to paint your vehicle. Painting your car can be done at your home by having the proper required materials in an affordable price.
Basically, car painting involves three steps which include removing out the old paint, removing the car parts that do not require covering by paint and finally painting the car. At least three coats of paint i.e. primer coat, finish coat and finally clear coat that give a shiny finish to your car is needed to paint a car. It is always best to use a spray paint rather than using a brush as it does not give a smooth and glossy finish to the car. Car painting is an art that has to be done with a lot of patience. You can even make use of air compressor which you can get for rent to make your work easier.
Wearing a respirator that prevents you from paint fumes is must while painting the car. Auto paint supply stores offer a variety of these respirators which you can choose from. It is a pretty good idea to search the internet and Youtube before you start painting your car as you can take some suggestions from others who have done the job themselves. Once you are done gathering your auto body painting supplies, set up all the materials in clean and dry vented place. Cover the areas of the car that should not be painted with a masking tape. As per the instructions given by the internet, start your car painting.
