Thread: Reference book for body work / restorations

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when i wanted to learn how to do body work back 35 years ago to work on my 34 ford i went to the library and pickup all the books i could find and learned .you should know the basic stuff and common sense go s a long way .i hang out at the skill center so i seen what not to do or if turned out good hey i may want to do it that way that works better.. .. there is a lot of hand sanding in body work and knowing how much to sand and when to stop . before you get in to some of the power tools .i did it for a living .when i started i was shooting lacquer paint on new car s .if a over all then most of the time they were enamels with hareders over the years the paint and primers did get better but not good for your health so you need to watch what your doing with this stuff and know what your breathing and more or less eatting.it may not be to bad to take a class to learn how to do body work .you may want to pay someone that knows how to hang new body sheet metal the stuff that needs to be welded in paint store may know some guys that could help you or you may find some guys at car shows .for some it is not easy some never get good at it . i help teach on how to do this stuff. the guys that are good keep trying till they get the desired finsh. some guys are good with metal work some with finsh. so its many fields all rolled in to one