How to Custom Paint a Car : How to Spot Bad Spots When Painting a Car

The base coat will reveal bad spots and scratches on a car when giving it a custom paint job; learn how to spot bad spots from our expert custom-car mechanic in this free auto-restoration video.

Expert: Doug Jenkins
Bio: Doug, of Doug Jenkins Custom Hot Rods, not only servers the entire nation, but even customers outside the U.S have found the shop's services indispensable.
Filmmaker: Ross Safronoff

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• repair
• maintenance
• painting
• paint
• body
• auto
• car
• custom
• job

[zkxlz]

If this moron was andy kind of expert ,he wouldnt be using the basecoat in the paint booth as a guide coat...thats what primer is for...love the side of the impala Tony....nice

[rrriiippp]

Everyone is a f----k expert!

[MAXSPL]

I think his point is that panel beaters that do the preperation usually don't shoot the primer. The spray painter does. After the final coat of primer has flashed/dried and is ready for wetsanding. Spray a mist of a contrasting colour and using a flatbed sander, imperfections will exposed themselves where the misted guide coat remains.

Also, personally I wouldn't be sanding a paint job that hasn't even had sufficient time to flash off...

[chevelle4x4]

Shit happens, but that is a way to fix someones F*** ups, or your own : )

[kootenay2wheeler]

ya well sometimes you have a prepper who is a rubber head and you cant rely on them all the time,and sometimes you have to take their word that its good to go and then they still let you down and you have to do this.