The Walcom Brand of paint guns is not generally the first one that comes to mind for North American painters, However, this Italian company has…
UV Primer – LED Cure
In recent years, UV curing technology has made significant leaps in both products and lamp hardware. LED curing lamps can bring primer cure times to…
How to tell if a cars been painted
How to tell if a cars been painted When buying a used car something you will really want to look for is bad paint repairs.…
How to Blend Clear Coat
Blending Clear Coat From time to time it is not practical to clearcoat an entire panel. Blending clearcoat undetectably can be achieved but is not…
How to Blend Three Stage Paint
How to Blend Tri Coat Paint Three stage paint is often an intimidating thought to a new paint but the reality is it\’s a…
How Clear Can Change Your Color
Spray Out Test This is a brief demonstration to show the effects of building up clearcoat over and how it can affect your color…
Factory vs Refinish Paint
A common misconception thrown around the trade is factory paint is better then refinish paint. While refinish paint does generate more of a margin for…
How thick is Car Paint?
This is meant to be a guideline, it will differ between OEM and refinish as-well-as between manufacturers. The example of the left shows with…
How to Paint a Car Yourself
If you are reading this then you are likely wondering what’s involved in painting a car yourself & how you can accomplish this. First…
Working with Gold Leaf
Using Gold Leaf Thanks to Reckon for his knowledge on this subject. These are all his words. it\’s basically this: (I\’ll use a Norton…