Well, it only took five years to get paint on it. 
The Booth: It worked great. One window as air intake with filters, and two box fans with filters as the exhaust. I had to go through three sets of filters at the fans. They filled up pretty quick, but they did the job of containing over spray. My booth is set up in sections, using all scrap lumber I had lying around. Measures roughly 13' wide by 21' long. Height of the framed walls is 6', but I sloped it upward when connecting to the garage walls (about 6' 7"). Reason for the 6' walls was because that's really all I had for sturdy lumber, but it also worked out as being easier to move and mount in the garage. The ceiling needed to be higher, as it was tight to do the roof of the car. It's set up as four sections (2 per wall). The plan is to separate and store the four sections in case I need to set up for painting down the road. Plastic was actually 3 mil (I think) vapor barrier. I have auto body plastic on hand, but it is really thin, and I didn't think it would stand up as well as the heavier plastic. To help keep dust down, I did spray the floor with water using a pump sprayer.
The Chemicals: I've used Nason products since the beginning. Today was the application of 1 coat of gray primer sealer, which laid really well and covered all the blemishes from the last round of sanding. Base coat is Code 11, Light Titanium Pearl Metallic. 1:1 mixing ratio. I have about a half gallon left. I went with three layers of base coat, with a fourth "mist" coat to even out the metallic particles. Two coats of clear.
The Equipment: 60 gal. Eastwood (made by Industrial Air) compressor. It handled the job perfectly. I didn't run a fancy filtering system, so I had to drain moisture from the tank every time I refilled the spray gun. I did use an in-line filter at the gun, along with a pressure gauge. Gun is an HVLP Eastwood Concours. 1.4 tip for primer sealer and base coat. 1.2 tip for clear coat. This gun is great, and not that expensive.
The Outcome: So far, it looks decent. Serious orange peel. 2 runs found, so far. A fair amount of light debris in the clear. Spraying time from start to finish was five and a half hours. Time taping the car was too many. Time setting up the booth was maybe four hours.
If I would do it again: 1. Tack rags, Tack rags, Tack rags. I would have tacked between every coat to help get a cleaner finish. 2. Have more filters on hand before starting. 3. Would also have more air intake openings than just one small window. 4. Set up an in-line filter system from the compressor.
I'll have to get it unwrapped tomorrow and see what the final result is. I didn't expect it to be anywhere near a professional job, and I'm sure there are more than a few spots to fix. Not to mention, I need to do the tops of the doors and below the doors. They need more work than I had time for.
The Booth: It worked great. One window as air intake with filters, and two box fans with filters as the exhaust. I had to go through three sets of filters at the fans. They filled up pretty quick, but they did the job of containing over spray. My booth is set up in sections, using all scrap lumber I had lying around. Measures roughly 13' wide by 21' long. Height of the framed walls is 6', but I sloped it upward when connecting to the garage walls (about 6' 7"). Reason for the 6' walls was because that's really all I had for sturdy lumber, but it also worked out as being easier to move and mount in the garage. The ceiling needed to be higher, as it was tight to do the roof of the car. It's set up as four sections (2 per wall). The plan is to separate and store the four sections in case I need to set up for painting down the road. Plastic was actually 3 mil (I think) vapor barrier. I have auto body plastic on hand, but it is really thin, and I didn't think it would stand up as well as the heavier plastic. To help keep dust down, I did spray the floor with water using a pump sprayer.
The Chemicals: I've used Nason products since the beginning. Today was the application of 1 coat of gray primer sealer, which laid really well and covered all the blemishes from the last round of sanding. Base coat is Code 11, Light Titanium Pearl Metallic. 1:1 mixing ratio. I have about a half gallon left. I went with three layers of base coat, with a fourth "mist" coat to even out the metallic particles. Two coats of clear.
The Equipment: 60 gal. Eastwood (made by Industrial Air) compressor. It handled the job perfectly. I didn't run a fancy filtering system, so I had to drain moisture from the tank every time I refilled the spray gun. I did use an in-line filter at the gun, along with a pressure gauge. Gun is an HVLP Eastwood Concours. 1.4 tip for primer sealer and base coat. 1.2 tip for clear coat. This gun is great, and not that expensive.
The Outcome: So far, it looks decent. Serious orange peel. 2 runs found, so far. A fair amount of light debris in the clear. Spraying time from start to finish was five and a half hours. Time taping the car was too many. Time setting up the booth was maybe four hours.
If I would do it again: 1. Tack rags, Tack rags, Tack rags. I would have tacked between every coat to help get a cleaner finish. 2. Have more filters on hand before starting. 3. Would also have more air intake openings than just one small window. 4. Set up an in-line filter system from the compressor.
I'll have to get it unwrapped tomorrow and see what the final result is. I didn't expect it to be anywhere near a professional job, and I'm sure there are more than a few spots to fix. Not to mention, I need to do the tops of the doors and below the doors. They need more work than I had time for.
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