'Evening all, the time (and weather) has finally come around for me to paint my kit car, and I'm hoping that some people with a bit more knowledge than me can have a quick look over my plans and provide some guidance\advice.
First off - a picture of my car before I finished the bodywork and stripped it down (I've not got more current pictures I'm afraid!). It's currently filled, sanded and will be wiped off with tack cloths immediately before painting.
Environment: I'll be doing this in my garage with plastic curtains attached to the rather low roof beams, they will probably not quite reach the floor. Will sweep, vac and damp down the floors before spraying.
Equipment: I've got a 150l, 3hp compressor I'm going to use with a moisture trap and filter. I was toying with the idea of making some extra runs of copper piping to act as a cooler as well, but I'm not sure it's worth the time and effort?
Spray gun wise a friend's said they'd lend me some devilbiss guns, but since I don't know if that will come through or what state they are in I'm thinking of grabbing this ebay set as a backup.
Paint: I'd like to get a matte or satin finish on this, and since I don't want to mess around with 2k paints (I've had enough breathing problems in my life) it'll be 1k & cellulose. Here's the ones I've got lined up:
1k high build primer
Matte Green (Celly)
Matte Black (Celly)
Clear Cpat(1k) - do I need this?
And a mask
Plus 5L of celly thinners.
Any advice or guidance would be very much appreciated as I've not done a job like this before. There is, of course, Plan B but I'd like to try my hand at "proper" painting if possible.
First off - a picture of my car before I finished the bodywork and stripped it down (I've not got more current pictures I'm afraid!). It's currently filled, sanded and will be wiped off with tack cloths immediately before painting.
Environment: I'll be doing this in my garage with plastic curtains attached to the rather low roof beams, they will probably not quite reach the floor. Will sweep, vac and damp down the floors before spraying.
Equipment: I've got a 150l, 3hp compressor I'm going to use with a moisture trap and filter. I was toying with the idea of making some extra runs of copper piping to act as a cooler as well, but I'm not sure it's worth the time and effort?
Spray gun wise a friend's said they'd lend me some devilbiss guns, but since I don't know if that will come through or what state they are in I'm thinking of grabbing this ebay set as a backup.
Paint: I'd like to get a matte or satin finish on this, and since I don't want to mess around with 2k paints (I've had enough breathing problems in my life) it'll be 1k & cellulose. Here's the ones I've got lined up:
1k high build primer
Matte Green (Celly)
Matte Black (Celly)
Clear Cpat(1k) - do I need this?
And a mask
Plus 5L of celly thinners.
Any advice or guidance would be very much appreciated as I've not done a job like this before. There is, of course, Plan B but I'd like to try my hand at "proper" painting if possible.
. Although it would get it out of the way quicker, which means I can drive it and get on with the Dolly quicker... kinda torn!
