Paint that has lost its luster is an age-old problem with any car … but Corvettes require a bit more attention. What do you do with paint that has gone dull? You look into the finish and cannot see ...

Text & Photography: Pat GanahlThis is finally it—the step that makes all the work worthwhile. You may have had some problems along the way. You might have even said "Never again!" at some point. But ...

We showed up with our freshly painted project FearleSS that already sports an Axalta two-stage paintjob. The car had been sprayed a month earlier and was now ready to be color sanded and polished.

"Shops trick [car] owners into thinking that orange peel is a factory imperfection. The real reason shops knock orange peel is that they need to sand and buff to remove flaws in the paint. Sanding and ...