To achieve a flawless paint job on a car involves meticulous attention to detail at every step in the process. One such element that often separates amateur work from true craftsmanship is the technique used in masking body jambs. These recessed areas around the vehicle’s doors, hood, trunk, or tailgate […]
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Pro Tip – Chase Those Crusty Threads
The restoration process is about more than just taking a vehicle apart and putting it back together. It’s about total reconditioning, and quality restoration shops often spend more time doing work that’s never seen. Occasionally the professionals share their secrets with us, and here is one such example. It’s no […]
Selecting the Right SCT Drums for Your Project
One of the most versatile tools we’ve ever developed for your shop is the Eastwood Countour SCT surface conditioning tool. If, you’re not already familiar with it, the patented Contour SCT is a hand-held drum-type sander/stripper/polisher. Instead of traditional rotating discs or pads, it uses a variety of task-specific 4-inch […]
Five Projects to Tackle on Your Classic Over the Winter
As the first day of winter descends on us here in the Northeast, we’re reminded that there are different ways to get through winter. Some people embrace it, taking in the unique beauty of the season. Others flea it altogether, heading for warmer climes until leaves return to trees and […]
Selecting the Right Metal Tubing for Your Brake and Fuel Lines
Whether you’re restoring a classic car or building a custom machine from scratch, numerous decisions will come up that will require serious consideration. Among them is the choice of which type of tubing to use for brake and fuel lines. It’s a choice that influences not only the vehicle’s safety […]
How to Clean Your HVLP Paint Gun
You can tell a lot about a person by how they treat their workspace and tools. The same can certainly be said about how a painter maintains their paint gun. After all, modern HVLP (High Volume Low Pressure) paint guns are precision tools that count on clean surfaces and optimized […]
Three Steps to Bringing “Barn Find” Paint Back to Life
Who doesn’t love a good barn find? That term seems to be thrown around pretty loosely these days, but the allure of a true barn find is unearthing a rare, forgotten, totally unmodified classic that looks nearly turn-key ready under all that dust. A time capsule in waiting. The truth […]
Six Ways to Add Structure and Stiffness to Sheet Metal
Whether you’re repairing a vehicle or fabricating something from scratch, you’re likely to work with sheet metal eventually. From fenders and doors to battery trays and truck beds, it makes up most of a vehicle’s non-mechanical components. The problem is thin, flat metal doesn’t offer much in the way of […]
Are You Using Glazing Putty Correctly?
In the pursuit of paint perfection, every surface flaw must be tackled before the first fog of basecoat ever leaves the spray gun. Among the tools in your arsenal, glazing putty takes center stage for its ability to provide precision and detail. While other fillers excel at bulk filling and […]