Imagine telling all your car friends you’re going to roll the primer onto your restoration project. You should expect raised eyebrows and incredulous looks, naturally. You may as well have just declare you’ll be knitting your car’s new paint job. Yet, despite the initial absurdity, rolling on primer might just […]
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We Answer Your Questions About Rust Encapsulator Plus
If there’s one Eastwood product that gets everyone asking questions, it’s our Rust Encapsulator Plus. To answer all the questions we usually hear, our video team put together a short Q&A vid that demonstrates how, when, and why of this signature product. Check out the video below and add to […]
Prevent, Treat, or Remove? How to Deal With Rust
As automotive enthusiasts, our love of cars extends beyond the thrill of the drive. Gleaming paint, pristine bodywork, and meticulously maintained chassis all add to the pride of ownership. But lurking just below the surface often awaits a silent and relentless enemy – rust. Driven by a complex interplay of […]
Prototype to Product – Eastwood’s Optiflow Roll-on Primer
For do-it-yourself restoration enthusiasts, one of the biggest challenges is priming and painting a car in a home garage or workshop, especially over the course of a long project. To help ensure dependable sealing and corrosion protection during a drawn-out project, Eastwood developed a roll-on primer system that doesn’t require […]
Reader Project: Ryan R’s Plum Crazy 68 Charger
Owner Information Name – Ryan R Location – New Britain, PA Vehicle Information Vehicle – 1968 Dodge Charger Engine/Transmission – 512 cid 6-pack, 46RH automatic History – The car was sold new in Virgina in 1968, where it spent the first half of its life, driven hard and left to […]
Surface Decontamination is a Vital First Step in the Paint Correction Process
A good friend of ours loses his mind every time he hears the words”paint correction” used together. As someone who prepares million-dollar exotics and rare classics for top-tier concours d’elegance around the world, he knows his stuff. The problem, he argues, is the paint is already correct, it’s just the […]
Mark’s Trans Am – Episode 6: Restoring the Original Front Subframe
In this episode of the Trans Am project, Mark addresses the integrity of the front subframe by removing it from the body and stripping it down to bare metal. This requires cleaning and degreasing, followed by a combination of wire brushes, abrasive discs, and media blasting to remove all the […]
What is the Difference Between 2K AeroSpray and 2K DuraSpray?
AeroSpray vs. DuraSpray Is DuraSpray too good to be true? So, you’re looking to get a quality 2K coating with the ease of use of a rattle can? Eastwood now offers two different ways to get you there. There’s the Eastwood AeroSpray (which we’ve offered for a long time, you […]
The Differences Between Acrylic Enamel and Urethane Auto Paints
Automotive painting has really jumped leaps and bounds over the years. The early days of automobiles they were treated more like a horse and buggy or carriage and many parts were hand painted with a brush. While Ford was the first to really begin mass produce automobiles on an assembly […]