Ace Autobody Inc Hackensack

Ace Auto Body Inc. · Hackensack, NJ Blogger preview 📅 Published October 19, 2026 ✍️ KJ Lee, Ace Auto Body Inc. Introduction "Can you make it match?" Almost every customer asks me that. The honest answer is that new paint never matches old paint 100 percent. What a good painter does is make the difference impossible to see . That skill is called blending . I am KJ Lee from Ace Auto Body Inc. in Hackensack, NJ, and I have been painting cars for about 20 years. In Basic Car Paint Guide for Beginners , blending was one short section. In this lesson we go deeper. We answer six questions: What is blending, and why can't new paint just match? When do we blend, and when do we paint the whole panel? Where should the blend end? How do we prepare a panel for blending? How do we spray a blend? What happens with the clear coat over a blend? Key Takeaways Blending hides a small color difference. It does not fix a wrong color. The color must be close first. Plan the blend before the ...

Ace Auto Body Inc. · Hackensack, NJ Blogger previe 📅 Published October 17, 2026 ✍️ KJ Lee, Ace Auto Body Inc. Introduction Before any paint touches a car, everything that should not get paint has to be covered. This is called masking . It sounds simple: put tape and paper on the car. But masking decides a lot about how a paint job looks. Bad masking leaves paint on rubber seals, overspray on the windows, hard lines where there should be none, and bits of tape stuck in fresh paint. This lesson is for complete beginners. No experience needed. We answer seven questions: What is masking, and why does it matter? What masking materials are there, and what is each one for? Can you use regular painter's tape or newspaper? How do you mask a panel, step by step? What is a hard edge and a soft edge? How do you mask door jambs, gaps, and trim? When and how do you remove masking? Key Takeaways Masking protects everything you are not painting from paint and overspray. Use automotive masking ...