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How to fix that paint chip–without going to the body shop

If you drive your car at all, it's likely to get a paint chip. Here's the DIY way to fix those chips.

What’s your favorite obscure Porsche paint color?

Radium Green? Lido Gold? Moonstone? What's your favorite rare Porsche color?

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Paint articles

Restoration & Renovation: Painting a car at home | Part 2: Creating a perfect surface for final paint

A series of stories chronicling our adventure in painting a car at home. In part 1, we prepped. In part 2, we'll create a perfect, primed surface to paint on.

Restoration & Renovation: Painting a Car at Home Part 3: Spraying Those Topcoats

A series of stories chronicling our adventure in painting a car at home. In part 1, we prepped. In part 2, we created a perfect, primed surface to paint on. And in part 3, we'll spray on the top coats.

Shop Work: Basic body work part 3: Applying Paint

Can you paint a car at home using rattle cans? Yes–as long as you’re willing to trade off some long hours for money saved.

Shop Work: Basic body work part 4: Wet sanding, buffing and polishing

Yes, a decent paint job can look good on its own, but a bit of work (and polish and wet sanding) can really make it shine.

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Paint project car updates

How to prepare a Bugeye Sprite body for paint

More of the labor to make our Bugeye Sprite look good. Before paint, the entire car was wet sanded with 400- and then 600-grit sandpaper.

How to get the best possible paintjob? Plenty of time and effort

Now, after all of the prep work, it’s time to spray some color on our Bugeye Sprite.

Javier of Jeff’s Restorations laid down two or …

The key to achieving a genuine, glass-smooth paint finish

Before our Bugeye Sprite leaves the paint booth, it is first baked–twice in this case–and then, after a day or two, wet sanding can begin.

This too is …

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