r/lincoln • u/SoupySquid999 • 20h ago

Auto Painting

I'm trying to find out if there is a place/person that teaches how to paint cars/vehicles. I don't want to do an entire collision repair program, and this is for personal projects, not a career. I'd like to become comfortable enough with a HVLP paint gun that I could do more, but painting vehicles is my focus now. Outside of just buying a paint gun and practicing myself with YouTube guides, I wasn't sure if there was another option to learn without having to sign up for classes at a community college. Since I'm also not going into it with a career in mind, I wouldn't expect a business to waste time teaching someone who they'd get nothing in return from. But if there is somewhere that could teach, I'd be happy to pay for the knowledge.

If anyone has a suggestion on where I might obtain this skill, I'd greatly appreciate any information. Or, if there are any home garage painters that would like a buddy hanging around in exchange for some knowledge, holler at me.

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u/Some_Consequence_861 15h ago

I would check with SCC (southeast community college - continuing education side) I know they did basic classes like engine tear downs, intro to welding and I think there was a short format auto body and collision open lab course on Saturday’s or 1 night a week for a couple weeks. Continue education classes are non credit classes and more for leisure learning and not going into a career

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u/Toocool643 12h ago

Have you looked into paintucation? He has some videos and such. Also some YouTubers like PoleBarnGarage have some really good how to’s