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.

If the car is finally ready to spray, it should look like this, disassembled, bodyworked, primered, block-sanded. The first step is to blow all dust off the car and out of every crevice. Do this ...