So this morning I set out to get some paint on the Corsair but first
I stripped the contaminated masking off everything - it costs peanuts and takes little time but nothing near has much time if a flake of dried primer flies off it and lands in your fresh final colour coat
Next was to spot prime any areas that had been flatted through during the rubbing down
For ease I use a good quality aerosol
With that done I then sheeted the car over
Then started to delouse the workshop - I don't have the luxury of a fancy spraybooth that the larger bodyshops have - everything happens in the same workshop at my place (then again my total annual overheads will be less than the annual electric bill for a large bodyshop) You need the workshop to be has clean and dust free has possible before commencing a decent sized paint job
Everything in the workshop is on industrial casters for this very reason - it can all come away from the walls - I vacuumed has much has I could from the ceiling / walls / equipment - then switched the extractor fan on and took the air line & blow gun to the rest
Its amazing how it all builds up (and I keep the workshop clean at all times)
3 full dust pans later I was about there
Serviced the compressor too - drained the tank fully
Then checked the 3 stage separators were up to speed (these are automatic draining)
Looking a lot cleaner
Next was the shopping list
Then off to the paint factor supplier
Several hundred quid later I was back with the paint
Right then - off to refill that gin glass - back in a bit
I stripped the contaminated masking off everything - it costs peanuts and takes little time but nothing near has much time if a flake of dried primer flies off it and lands in your fresh final colour coat
Next was to spot prime any areas that had been flatted through during the rubbing down
For ease I use a good quality aerosol
With that done I then sheeted the car over
Then started to delouse the workshop - I don't have the luxury of a fancy spraybooth that the larger bodyshops have - everything happens in the same workshop at my place (then again my total annual overheads will be less than the annual electric bill for a large bodyshop) You need the workshop to be has clean and dust free has possible before commencing a decent sized paint job
Everything in the workshop is on industrial casters for this very reason - it can all come away from the walls - I vacuumed has much has I could from the ceiling / walls / equipment - then switched the extractor fan on and took the air line & blow gun to the rest
Its amazing how it all builds up (and I keep the workshop clean at all times)
3 full dust pans later I was about there
Serviced the compressor too - drained the tank fully
Then checked the 3 stage separators were up to speed (these are automatic draining)
Looking a lot cleaner
Next was the shopping list
Then off to the paint factor supplier
Several hundred quid later I was back with the paint
Right then - off to refill that gin glass - back in a bit
, I've run out of finger nails.
