Painting Woes

[theianmonster]

So, I was just painting some parts high gloss black, when the plastic hanging for our homeade booth decides its going to stick its self to the WET BUMPER! AFIHALFKHL:KH!~!!! I have to wait to see how it dries and to see if I'll have to sand it back down or if I can just color sand it...This is the second time repainting the parts because they dripped in two places the first time...I can't wait for it to be done.

[LanceM]

Tape the booth sides to the floor with duct tape and keep back a ways

[280z1975]

Get a staple gun and go nuts with it! That will insure that it doesn't fall down.

Painting takes time and when it's the first time there will be some big learning curve. If I paint agian I will be renting a paint booth to do it. The quality will be better (I have a two misquitos in my clear!) and the cost won't be that much more.

[madkaw]

i tried the plastic booth idea in my garage and it sucked. I think it caused more dust from the static from the plastic. I had better luck scrubbing my garage surgically clean and covering the stuff from overspray. I had a lot less dirt or dust in my paint without the plastic.

good luck

[Blue Meanie]

All great suggestions, but I just opted to pay someone to paint mine. No muss, no fuss.

[Virto]

All great suggestions, but I just opted to pay someone to paint mine. No muss, no fuss.

Great idea, unless you're interested in learning to do it yourself.

That said, I don't have the time, money for equipment, or space...so I would also opt to pay someone else, BUT if I had those things, I would strongly consider doing it myself as a neat kind of "classroom" experience.

[theianmonster]

Well, we scrubbed the floor so the dust could be grounded, there wasn't a dust problem. We've got fans going and we forgot to tape one area and it decided to stick itself to the bumper, BUT, it turns out it'll probably be able to be buffed out, so no worries. Thanks for all the input.

[Blue Meanie]

Better man than I. As Virto said, If I had the time, space, money and equipment it would be cool to do. I'd just hate to see how bad my first paint job looked. Maybe I could practice on my daughter's Schwinn? !

[CANDYBLUE2+2]

Better man than I. As Virto said, If I had the time, space, money and equipment it would be cool to do. I'd just hate to see how bad my first paint job looked. Maybe I could practice on my daughter's Schwinn? ![/quote I had to laugh, because painting all my buddies bikes as a kid got me started and now all these years later (30) I feel like I can do it blindfolded.

[JimmyZ]

At least you didn't paint it then realize that your perfect paint job was not the color you wanted. (Color mixing error)

I had this happen to me. Paint looked "right" under flourescent light but outside it glowed a loud... no screaming version of the red I was shooting for.

Bottom line is that when you are new to this stuff you will probably end up redoing things a few times like it or not. It is a great experience though... Doing it yourself.

Feel'n your pain.

Jim

[onuthin]

I read an article about a guy that spent a couple of years restoring a car,while he was doing all the mechanical things and wiring along with everything else hard that goes along with restoration all he heard at shows was how good the paint job was.It seems most people don't realize the hard work that goes into a restoration just what the paint looks like.He decided if he was going to do all the work he was going to take all the credit so he learned to paint and now he can take pride in the whole job.I am taking a class in paint and body next quarter at a local college so I can do it all.