Automotive Paint Handbook: Paint Technology for Auto Enthusiasts and Body Shop Professionals

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 192 pages
• Published by: HP Books; Revised and updated edition August 1, 1998
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 1557882916
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-1557882912
• Book Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.3 x 1 inches
• Weighs: 1.1 pounds

Product Description
The Automotive Paint Handbook is a comprehensive resource that covers the entire field of automotive paint technology, from types of paint and how to perform a complete paint job, to advanced OEM factory paint techniques, paint care and inspection. For years, paint professionals from companies such as DuPont have used this book for training. Now fully revised and updated, this bestselling HPBook now has the latest information available from the paint industry.

Reader Reviews
There is a lot of useful information between the covers of this book and it was a great help but I'm left with this vague sense of having missed something even though I read it cover to cover. There is substance but it's a little light on detail which the 170 pages would tend to bear out. While I gained a lot of clues, I still feel that I need to read another book in order to really know what I'm doing. Some how-to books are satisfying like a shotgun blast at close range... Their authors just lay out what you need to know and deliver it in a way that imparts confidence. This book is like being hit by a scattergun from 100 yards- you pick up a lot but don't really know exactly how much flew right on by. This guy kinda meanders all over the place seemingly without a coherent outline. I felt that the author really knows his stuff but left out a lot of necessary context that a beginner like myself needs to form a clear picture. And the typos, (hundreds!) missing sentences, and even missing paragraphs just about drove me nuts at one point. But they lessen towards the end of the book. Still, the price was right and it brought me to 5 on a scale of ten so I can't really complain too much. The publishing date of '98 dates it a little also. Seems like everything is going the way of computers and computer information where 6 mos. old is already obsolete. These poor authors are just going to have to realize that if they have the impulse to write a book then they are going to have to resign themselves to update them every two or three years or they will rapidly become useless! All knowledge and technology is just moving so danged fast these days. So, I would buy it again but I ain't about to spend hundreds of bucks on paint and create a disaster until I find some better information.