Before we can get to the “WOW” factor of any automotive paint job we need to lay the ground work. With all the types of primers it can be easy to have your head spinning trying to figure out which one is best. Today I will hopefully put your fears […]
Tag: filler
Applying Filler and Glazing Putty Really Is Easy – Quick Tip
DONT LET BODY WORK GET IN THE WAY OF FINISHING YOUR PROJECT One of the scariest aspects of vehicle restoration is body work, especially when it comes to filler and sanding. The worst thing to do is avoid it until the end, then be forced to pay someone else to […]
Leading a Body Panel The Gene Winfield Way.
Only a few guy from the golden age of kustomizing and hot rodding are still with us, and even less are still working on cars. One of the best is Gene Winfield and even today, well into his 80’s he’s still traveling the world kustomizing old cars and teaching classes about metal shaping, leading, and anything you want to know about custom cars. I was lucky enough to catch up with him at one of his recent metal working seminars to get the process he uses to apply lead to a panel.
Leading a Body Panel The Gene Winfield Way.
Only a few guy from the golden age of kustomizing and hot rodding are still with us, and even less are still working on cars. One of the best is Gene Winfield and even today, well into his 80’s he’s still traveling the world kustomizing old cars and teaching classes about metal shaping, leading, and anything you want to know about custom cars. I was lucky enough to catch up with him at one of his recent metal working seminars to get the process he uses to apply lead to a panel.
Eastwood Retail Outlet Hosts Patch Panel Training Class
We’ve found that most car guys and gals are “hands on” learners. Sure you can read all the tech articles and watch all the Youtube videos in the world, but putting in the time practicing is where most of us really learn. We recently started holding small tech seminars where we let our customers learn from the professionals and get their hands dirty in the process.
Street Rodder Road Tour 51 Ford Custom- More Metal Work, Filler, and sanding.. lots of it!
The crew at Honesty Charley and Street Rodder Magazine have been doing a great job of keeping the 2013 Road Tour car under wraps. We’ve been bugging them for a while for some teasers and they finally shot us a few photos to keep us enticed. As we mentioned in […]
How to Finish your Welds with Seam Sealer
The guys over at Bay One Customs are working on all sorts of high end projects in their shop and even though quality is priority #1, sometimes there are tricks they use to save some time. In this recent tech article they show you how to quickly smooth and blend […]
Eastwood tools to be used in Gene Winfield Chop Shop Tour- Stop 1 Houston, TX Autorama
This year at SEMA 2012 we were running around shooting some of our favorite show vehicles of the week. I happened to run into Gene Winfield as he was debuting his 2nd rendition of his custom Ford he calls the “Pacifica”. We did a nice interview with Gene (check it out below!) to find out about the truck and also hear about what he’s up to in the future. He told us about an exciting tour he was starting shortly after SEMA with Championship Auto Shows called the “Gene Winfield Chop Shop”.
Mike U., Eastwood Tech Advisor- What Makes Us Tick
Do you have any projects going right now? What are you building, restoring, or a job you are tackling next? my 32 Ford High boy. It’s currently in Eastwood Gray Urethane Primer that I sprayed with the Eastwood Concours Paint Gun and the interior is covered in Eastwood Thermo-coustic.