Even the best-kept automobile will not be able to withstand the influence of time and environmental elements. What would otherwise be a highly reflective finish in the end starts to appear dull and ...

Ever stared at your car’s flat-looking paint, hoping it’d sparkle like it used to? Imagine driving along, but rather than glowing in the sunlight, your ride just seems tired and washed out. No need to ...

Automobile finishes have come a long way. One hundred years ago, it was any color you wanted as long as it was black. When the auto industry was just getting started early in the 20th century, paint ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Warmer weather usually means cleaning the ...

If you want an affordable classic, patience and responsible buying habits do pay off. In 2012, we found a remarkably nice slant-six 1968 Plymouth Valiant for $2,800 and talked the seller down to ...

One of the essential steps for every restoration project concerns the paint, as very often, old cars like those that we discover thanks to barn finds come with rust and mold that need to be completely ...

Need to paint strip your car? This process is called dustless blasting. It uses a mixture of water and an abrasive such as recycled glass, silica sand, or coal slag. The mixture gets blasted between ...