Well Hey Mark.... I am just not a fan of indoor painting with the toxicity
of paints today.. that is why I paint out doors... I shoot for the low
humidy morning with light or no wind.... and prepare myself to wait....
unless it's like the race car... then I just paint it... Otherwise the
projects don't require that kinda time intervals waiting for weather...
I guess what I am saying is if that isn't avalible to you ( northern Climate
or something...) I would send it out... I have no fear of the old paint...
but these new paints are scary to me... I like a little breeze and a Super
quality respirator.... ( this from a guy who smokes )
K ( okay I guess I said send it out...)
----- Original Message -----
From "Hanna, Mark" <mhanna at ball.com>
To: "'Keith Turk'" <kturk@ala.net>; "Spridget Mail List"
<spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2000 7:22 PM
Subject: RE: home painting your LBC
> Hi Keith ,
> Welcome back. I have always painted my own cars in the garage with very
good
> results. I have always used acrylic lacquer and enamel paints. This time I
> am using Dupont urethane Base Coat / Clear Coat. I have already sprayed
the
> car in self etching primer. and I am about to start with the block sanding
> and high build primer phase. I have never sprayed BC/CC and I have heard
bad
> things about the toxicity of these types of paints. My car will be painted
> British Racing Green GN.29 . Should I hang sheets of plastic in my garage
> to create an improvised paint booth and spray it myself ? or Should I
leave
> the spraying of the final color to a professional ? I have a lot of time
and
> money into this project and don't want to wreck it at the final stage.
> Thanks for any advice,
> Mark Hanna
> AN5
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Keith Turk [SMTP:kturk@ala.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 22, 2000 9:32 AM
> > To: David Riker; Spridget Mail List
> > Subject: home painting your LBC
> >
> > David I totally agree.... I am now and always have been a proponent of
the
> > Driveway Paint job...Here is the basics of how I would do it...
> >
> > Find a Paint supplier.... buy the guy a Donut and cup of coffee.... go
> > hang
> > out for a bit in otherwords.... tell him your going to buy 100% of your
> > materials from him ... Paint, Sandpaper and so on.....all you require is
> > that he walk you through each of the steps.... He isn't going to teach
you
> > how to paint your car... but he might help more then you suspect... He
is
> > a
> > salesman.... his job is to sell his products .... He knows them and how
to
> > use them... and since he is recommending each step in the process he
will
> > sell you a TOTAL system which is compatible... each step of the way...
> > from
> > Primer to Clearcoat... he may even know of a booth avalible at a local
> > collage or something... ( booths are over rated )
> >
> > the only paint that is hard to shoot are metalic's... Straight color is
> > simple... and I don't care what it looks like up front I can fix it....
> > that's why I paint in my driveway... which is gravel down at the shop...
> > The key to a quality paint job isn't the shine....it's the Prep and
> > Cleanliness of the surface when the paint is applied and how well you
sand
> > and polish it afterwards... or between the base coat and the clear
> > coat....
> > Color sanding is a wonderful thing and a polisher is a cheap way to a
show
> > quality shine...
> > Don't think this is a quick way to a cheap paint job....it's
expensive...
> > even if you own the air compressor and sanders.... ( if you don't the
> > cheapies at the hardware store are fine for the couple of times in your
> > life
> > you going to do this ) My favorite paint is PPG Delstar but use
whatever
> > the nicest guy recommends... you might even go to a couple of folks just
> > to
> > see how many donuts you can eat in a Morning... none of it is Bad Paint
> > unless it's cheap.
> >
> > Keith Turk ( yes I painted the Camaro in my driveway... and the rest of
my
> > cars ) ( when Hot Rod wrote the article the guy was amazed... he had
seen
> > Bazillion buck jobs that weren't as nice ) www.landracing.com/soal
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