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.

For a daily driver or your first street machine, there's no reason to spend a fortune on paint. And since few of us are Picasso with a spray gun, we decided to check out a budget answer: Earl Scheib ...