Painting in a small shop, yeah! its done all the time but it has special extra challenges
from what Ive been told, (I don,t do this exceptionally well myself, but Ive had very good results with freinds helping me) you need to have BOTH adequate ventilation, AND youll need to have room to kneel and have the spray gun at the correct distance from the car to get the correct paint dispersion as its used to sweep at different angles,
now in a smaller shop hanging large sheets of plastic over the tools & equipment thats not being used to prevent over spray damage and placing the correct multi directional lighting so you get few shadows and having adequate ventilation plus having the required room to work is usually a major challenge.
your body prep work, and surface conditions on the car are critical, and its MANDATORY that your air source uses DRY air as ANY moisture with SCREW UP the results.
most of my friends have carefully measured the car, added about 5 feet to each side of the car dimensions and then used pvc pipe or wood as a frame and used plastic sheet, and duct tape as the sides , roof and ends of the temporary spray booth they built like a green house in their back yards, but only selected reasonably windless , dry days with temperatures above about 70F, to paint the cars.
be very aware that the paint mist and paint,itself is a potential major fire hazard in some cases so you don,t want to have anything near bye that could ignite the misted paint
be aware that breathing the misted paint can be a huge medical risk, so youll need the proper filtered breathing mask, not just those stupid plastic mesh cups like the medical pharmacy sells
each gun design will require a different PSI and CFM flow rating and that should be in the documentation when you buy the gun or the local auto paint retailer can give you a good idea,but painting a car is not generally a place where massive pressure and high flow rates are needed, generally a steady 45-60 psi of 6.5-8 cfm is all thats required
http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/sto ... marketID=2
as always theres a good deal of related info in the links YOULL WANT TO READ THRU! IF YOU EXPECT TO DO THE JOB CORRECTLY
http://www.easypaintyourcar.com/
http://books.google.com/books?id=T2X1uG ... ar&f=false
http://www.neilslade.com/Papers/Painting.html
http://www.graffiti.org/faq/masks.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlD6S_g2-xM
http://www.spraypaintsecrets.com/index2.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hufvs97N ... re=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxoOug0w ... re=related
http://www.asashop.org/autoinc/june2008/collision.htm
http://www.learnautopainting.com/
http://www.scif.com/safety/safetymeetin ... icleID=110
http://www.autobodytoolmart.com/booths. ... nAodSCOYKA
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-the-di ... -paint.htm
http://www.scottgrundfor.com/ideas/paint3.html
http://bobstory.tripod.com/faq.html
http://www.yourepair.com/2009/04/25/how ... paint.html
http://www.yourepair.com/2008/08/21/und ... oices.html
http://www.wikihow.com/Paint-with-a-Com ... ir-Sprayer
http://www.ehow.com/how_4493219_use-spr ... t-gun.html
http://www.onlinetips.org/compressed-ai ... /spray-gun
http://www.discount-paint-spray-guns.co ... nAodqlyu_w
http://www.team-integra.net/forum/displ ... cID=172742
http://www.ehow.com/way_5635735_diy-car ... booth.html
ONE HUGE FACTOR is supplying the spray gun with a consistent supply of DRY AIR at a constant pressure
failure to supply a gun with DRY AIR at a constant pressure will usually result in a defective paint application
now ID freely admit IM no expert with painting cars, but having done a couple paint jobs over the years , Ill point out from experience that if you'll be painting in your home garage the weather conditions, temperature, moisture in the air and WHERE you paint the car DOES effect the results and paint mist WILL get all over the place if you don,t take proper precautions like building a spray area with good ventilation but also good lighting, and youll want top cover EVERYTHING including the floor and ceiling in an area youll use in a home garage to paint your car, youll need room to back away from the car to get the correct distance and angles to spray from, and the prep work has a HUGE effect on your potential results
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