No matter how fantastic your custom machine?whether it's an NHRA dragster converted into a hot dog cart or a stock sedan transformed into a screaming street fighter?the look is every bit as important as the performance.
The mechanical monstrosities that appear on the Discovery Channel's Monster Garage are finished with wild paint jobs, and your personal monster deserves the same.
In How To Custom Paint Damn Near Anything, you'll learn step-by-step how to apply the base coat and add incredible custom touches like pinstriping, flame jobs, and graphic effects.
TABLE of CONTENTS:
PART ONE: THE PLAN
Vision
PART TWO: THE WILD WORLD OF FLAMES
Flaming
Tribal flames
Carbon fiber tribal
Hot rod striping
Screaming eagle
The flaming helmet
PART THREE: GRAPHIC EFFECTS and MURALS
Furling checkers
Diamond plating
Pic-striping
PART FOUR: PINSTRIPING
The art of the pinstripe
The Fresno stripe
Pinstriping with a striping wheel
Custom PT Cruiser
Pinstriping, Japanese style
The line doctor
Custom painting a guitar body
A pinstriped tiki
Master painter Craig Fraser and a cast of greats from the world of automotive paint will help you turn your daily driver into a flamed-out candy-striped metal-flake baby.
