We have all seen the commercials. A guy walks into a junkyard and finds a weathered-looking car with severely faded paint, and with one swipe of the “miracle” product, it suddenly looks factory-new ...

It takes more than just washing your car to keep the paint job shiny and well-kept. While occasional washes are important, there are a few extra steps you can take to keep your car looking brand new ...

What do you need? A good compressor, enough hose, a quality spray gun, a sander/buffer, hammer and dolly, sanding block and board, paint, primer, degreaser, a respirator maskâ ¦ and a car to paint.

Few things give a car more character than its paint and finish. Whether it came off the lot in that color, or you changed it somewhere along the way, good. Well-maintained body paint could really make ...

As the old saying goes, there's more than one way to skin a cat, and the same is true when it comes to finishing off your project car. The skin your vehicle wears is typically a layer of paint.

Car wraps have gone from niche advertising tools to mainstream style upgrades, yet a stubborn fear lingers that a vinyl skin will quietly destroy the paint hiding underneath. I set out to answer ...

The black paint on our long-term 2025 Toyota 4Runner has picked up a few minor scratches and blemishes during our ownership. We used a ceramic paint-correction product to polish out some small ...

Winter grime is more than a cosmetic problem. Salt, sand, and liquid deicers cling to metal, paint, and plastic, quietly accelerating corrosion and turning minor chips into expensive repairs. Keeping ...

When we bought our long-term Kia EV9, a trendy matte-finish paint job was not high on our must-have options list (actually, I don’t think it was on our list at all). However, the EV9 we ended up ...