How To Custom Paint & Graphics: For Your Car, Motorcycle, Truck, Street Rod

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Item # MB-3585X  ISBN: 096413585X




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Written by noted custom painter Jon Kosmoski and how-to author Tim Remus, this book explains exactly how to apply graphics to nearly any vehicle.

Early chapters cover shop set up, chemistry of paint, pinstriping and gold leaf work. Interviews with artist Nancy Brooks and educator Jeremy Vecoli provide them an opportunity to share their knowledge with a wider audience.

Chapters four through seven feature start-to-finish photo sequences with artists like Jon Kosmosku and Lenni Schwartz.

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Shop tools, equipment and safety
• Paint and materials
• Brush, stripe and gold leaf work
• Design and tapeouts
• The fine art of airbrushing
• Hands-on: flames, fades and signs
• Hands-on: graphics become the paint job
• Sources

Over 250 photos explain how to apply gold leaf, layout a set of flames, use specialized pinstripe brushes, hand letter, use an airbrush, do complex layouts, do mult-color fades, use kandy, pearl and marblizer, and much more.

How To Custom Paint & Graphics: For Your Car, Motorcycle, Truck, Street Rod