No matter how good you are at body work you will run into pin holes, sand scratches, and imperfections that pop up just before you begin laying primer on a project. There are many assumptions that are made that glazing putty isn’t important when preparing a car for paint. We decided to list our top uses for glazing putty when painting a car at home.
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5 Tips For Prepping For Painting a Car
Painting is one of those things that once something goes wrong is bad you can’t undo it. This means that no matter how much you work to block sand everything flat, lay perfect primer, paint, and clear; if you didn’t prep the panel correctly all of the technique in the world won’t save you.
What is A Multi-Process Welder?
The technology in the welding field is growing and changing quickly much like the home electronics world and things like inverter or Multi-Process welders are a buzz word you might not be familiar with. Below is a crash course on what a Multi-Process welder is and how it can help a hobbyist.
Which Spot Weld Cutter is the Best?
Drilling out spot welds on a car to do a repair or restoration can be a miserable job if you don’t have the proper tool for the job. We offer a number of options for cutting spot welds and they each have their unique benefit depending on the job you’re doing. Below we give a crash course on our different options to help you decide which spot weld cutter is best for you.
Powder Coating Adhesion Trouble Shooting
What to do when Powder Won’t Stick to a Part Not much more can be more frustrating than having powder coating adhesion issues part way into your project. At this point you’ve probably invested a lot of time cleaning the part for powder and preparing your powder coating gun and […]
How Do I tell If A Part Is Clean Enough To Powder Coat
Cleaning Metal Before Powder Coating One of the most important steps of the powder coating process is cleaning and preparing an item before you even heat the oven up. A lot of times you won’t know your part isn’t cleaned well enough until it’s already too late and there are […]
Powder Coating Powder Storage
Tips when Storing Powder It isn’t uncommon for us to see a customer buy an “inventory” of powder for themselves. Even if you’re a home hobbyist you may want to have a number of colors on hand to allow you to do custom effects or change your color on the […]
When to Change Powder Coating Gun Settings
Proper Powder Coating Gun Settings Matter When researching how to set up an HVLP paint gun to spray liquid coatings there are lots of quick-setup articles out there and you can easily understand what each setting does. But with powder coating this information isn’t always easy to find and many […]
Which Powder Coat Gun Is Best?
Powder Coat Gun Guide Powder coating is a great hobby to get into as you can dip your toe in the water with spending too much time and money. Powder coating can be done as simple as shaking powder onto a hot part or dipping a hot part into powder […]