There are several ways to go about making stands to place your customs upon for painting, but these are two of the more popular options.

Coat Hanger Stands - Anyone can fashion a simple paint stand out of an old wire coat hanger. You simply untwist the neck with a pair of pliers, twist the hanger into a square shape (about 2-3" square), then bend the hanger up at an angle of 90 degrees to the square, then bend it parallel to the square and fashion a smaller square (or rectangle) at the top (approximately 1/2"x1"). Some final tweaking may be necessary to get the stand to sit level and hold your car level, but it's a quick, easy and inexpensive way to create your own paint stand[s].

The first picture shows the cutting and untwisting of the hanger - Picture 2 shows the bending of the initial square base, a completed stand is show in the bottom right corner of this picture.  

The third picture is showing the final bends and the fourth is a completed stand ready for use.  

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