With the rise in cost of paints, coatings, and associated products it not unusual for hobbyists to look for any way they can to make their consumable items like paints and primers go further. We often get asked in our Tech Department if paint and primer can be thinned to […]

DIY Car Paint Protection Tips The paint process on a car or even a small part of a vehicle can be quite time consuming. The foundation of a quality paint job that lasts is the prep work you do in the beginning. But how can you make that paint work […]

We want to share the great Eastwood staff with you, our customers! We have asked them to fill out the first five questions, and then pick random questions from the “Wildcard” section of questions. We allowed them to answer these however they’d like. You’d be surprised at what some of […]

One of the most important parts of doing a restoration and holding new metal in place is how well the panel fits. If the metal fits well then the entire project will go more smoothly. The goal when lining up patch panels is to have the two separate pieces of […]

Nothing is worse when opening your tool box than when the drawer gets stuck because your tools rolled forward and stacked up. This usually happens when the little mat they include in the tool box slides with the weight of the tools sitting on it. The bottom of the toll […]

With the birth of YouTube and the endless amounts of How-To content on the web, more people are trying to tackle their own body and paint work. If you’re new to painting a car then it may be overwhelming and confusing as to what gun you need and how much […]

We want to share the great Eastwood staff with you, our customers! We have asked them to fill out the first five questions, and then pick random questions from the “Wildcard” section of questions. We allowed them to answer these however they’d like. You’d be surprised at what some of […]

A quick fun project for a hobbyist fabricator is to make a little fire wood splitter. It will be perfect for chopping up kindling for both the wood stove and your campfires. To build this firewood splitter we just need a few simple materials. Most importantly you’ll need at least […]

The welding process is pretty cut and dry when you break it down. You heat metal up to the point of becoming molten and melt it together; sometimes adding filler material to the seam. Because metal needs to get so hot to join it together the molecular make up is […]