Custom Paint and Body How to Guide

Welcome to my website. I am Stephen Hofstetter, and in the next few months I am going to be posting paint and body "how to" Tutorials. My goal is to show the basics of dent and collision repair, along with step by step prep, paint, and detailing. I will also be adding some custom painting tutorials.

Planned Tutorials

Automotive sanding - the basics

Make it flat - block sanding
Small Dent repair - grind, pull, fill, block, prime
How to run a plastic pinstripe - getting it straight and to the point.
Masking and Tapeing - cover it up, and make it tight.
Painting solid colors - get it glossy.
Painting Metalics - make it sparkle.
Painting Perls - make it shimmer.
How to fix a run - while painting.
How to fix a run in the clear - after painting.
How to color sand your car.
How to Buff your car.
Detailing tips and tricks.
How to layout graphics for custom painting.
How to polish your head lights to make them clear again.
How to removel paint overspray from various surfaces.
What are the different types of automotive paint, and what is the difference.

If you have any tutorial requests send me an email. shofstetter27239 at gmail dot com Currently I am working on making the top three tutorials. Any suggestions are welcome. I make the tutorials as I get projects to work on. All of the above are fairly common tasks so it shouldn't take long before thay are all made. I work in a shop that Paints 12+ auto's a day. So good example shouldn't be hard to come by.

Last Updated On: January 9th 2008.