Car paint is a complex world with so many options, finishes and techniques.
We have pulled together tips from sprayers and car body repair shops to bring you the very latest in car paint jobs and special effect paint finishes.
From using a professional spray setup to a DIY guide to doing at home car spraying with tips and step by step guides.
Personalising the interior of the car is for many the first thing they do. Although aftermarket interior modification parts look nice a custom look is within reach if you are prepared to put in a little effort and paint the interior yourself.
Preparation is the most important part in any paint work. Whatever is between the part and the paint (i.e. chips, scratches, grease etc.) will show through the layers of paint.
Respraying your car – some common sense tips a step by step guide and hints from TorqueCars. A fantastic way of changing the appearance of your car or to renew it’s appearance is to respray it.
The scratches scrapes and paint degradation quickly build up and the only way to restore a cars appearance is to do a bare metal respray. Please note that you will not usually get a perfect professional finish from a spray can.
Modern car paints are fairly easy to restore especially when you get the inevitable scratch or imperfection. Our guide details how to remove both deep and light scratches from your car paint.
Flatting, the key to a professional paint finish. The key to a good finish is getting the finished paint perfectly flat and applying enough paint to be able to sand enough of it off to achieve this without exposing what’s underneath.
My cars are similar in surface area to a Ford Focus which most painters might use say 3 litres of 2K paint on but I use 5-6 litres because I sand more off because my application isn’t as flat as they would achieve and the required finish is flatter than they would need.
© 2000 - 2025 Content of this site: pages may not be substantially or wholly copied without our prior written agreement. Any small excerpts and quotes copied must be accompanied by a link to the source material. We have a policy of actively enforcing our copyright*. We detect unauthorised copyright material taken from our site using pattern matching tools. *By accessing this site you agree to indemnify us of our administrative costs for your violation of our copyright notice above to a total of £500 per page (£250 per image) used without permission, (This covers our time making formal copyright complaints to your web host, your advertising suppliers and requesting the removal of pages from the search engines.)
Use of this site: Please treat the information on this site as speculative and note that we accept no responsibility for damage or loss incurred due to following a recommendation made on this site, our videos or in the forum. It is your responsibility to check and verify any tip, part suggestion, advice or other articles content with a qualified mechanic before undertaking work or following instructions. Regional laws will often apply to certain modifications and ugprades so check these first. Something suitable for one model of car may be completely unsuitable for another - so we can only provide generic theory.
Please drive sensibly we do not endorse reckless driving. Modified cars and car tuning is a specialist area and professional guidance should always be sought in your performance car project to ensure your car remains safe and legal to use..
Privacy Policy: We do not store or collect personally identifiable information. Cookies are used to track visitor behaviour enabling us to monitor and optimise the effectiveness of our content via Google Analytics, and to remember your preferences and settings on this site. Our advertising partners also use cookies. Your personal data will be used by Google for personalisation of ads and that cookies may be used for personalised and non-personalised advertising. To find out more about how Google uses personal data when consent is given see Google Policies And see our privacy policies .com site .co.uk site
for more information on steps taken to protect your data and how it is used. BWF
