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Dave Hall wrote:
>>It's perfectly possible to make a good job of painting your car, but you've
a
fair bit working against you, with weather and workshop difficulties.
Preparation is everything if you want it to look good, and last. If you can
prepare the car well for a professional to put on the paint in ideal
conditions<<
Dave is absolutely correct here, the prep work IS the key to it all. Ask any
painter, or anyone who has painted a car before, and they'll tell you all
that nice paint has to be sprayed over the primered finish. If you could set up a
temporary carport, you could kinda simulate a spray booth (and keep the fumes
out of the house). Others have had good to excellent results this way. There
are 2 things you're looking for, one is keeping the dust, bugs and other
debris out of the finish, and two getting ALL that expensive paint where you want
it (avoiding overspray). Painting outside without any kind of structure is a
crap shoot, because you need to have a very calm day, or a spot where there
isn't any wind. You're also subject to temperature fluxuations, which most paints
don't like, as they have a narrow operating range depending on the reducer. I
hope this helps.
Bob 65 Notch S w/ Sunroof
71 Square, now a 2 seat Roadster, pics can be seen at;
http://volksrods.com
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