Re: Usefull website

Posted by BH On 2009/4/17 10:19:28

Interesting site.

About 15-20 years ago, I picked up a 1940s-era US Quartermasters Corps Technical Manual at a swap meet that had an incredible amount of information on metalworking for vehicles - not just body, but radiator and fuel tank repair. A little over 100 pages, that one book was more informative than my freshman year of industrial arts in high-school; the metal shop teacher came off as informed, yet was terribly misinformed. I stuck to woodshop after that.

Actually, I got my start with body work (with only an eye toward a hobbyist level), back in the 1970s, by reading Autobody Repairing and Refinishing by Bill Tolboldt. It was very well-written and well-illustrated - easy to follow and understand.

I found lacquer to be incredibly easy to work with (and very forgiving for the novice), but it is getting harder to come by with each passing year. Unfortunately, I have no experience with basecoat/clearcoat systems.

Does anybody know of an equally good book on modern paint systems?