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.

The secret to a show-winning finish, once the endless repair, de-rusting, block-sanding, and painting are done, is color-sanding. Experience can teach you to shoot paint well enough that most people ...

If you seek a truly stunning paint finish—the sort of mile-deep finish that reflects like a mirror—the time in the spray booth represents only a fraction of the investment. Prior to painting, dozens ...

Why sand? Sanding and the polishing processes that follow make the car's topcoat as straight and smooth as possible (bye-bye orange peel) and help bring out the paint's gloss. Also, the physical act ...