Painting an automobile by yourself may seem daunting, but it's really quite easy.  Like any other automotive work, once you have the proper tools and information you can get it done and save money by doing it yourself. This books covers all the basics for the garage mechanic who wants to do their own car painting. It will help you decide if paint is needed or not or if actual bodywork and metal fabrication is needed. A lot of the info in this book is on doing spot paint jobs on certain areas of a car and matching the paint to the factory. Like fixing shopping cart dings and painting over the repair.