Here's my idea/thought. Is it a good one? I've been thinking about the body/paint work my Apollo needs. My plan is to do most of the work at home. Body work, primer, guide coat, block and sanding etc Everything up to the final prime, color and clear. Those last steps, i would have a shop do. Sounds like a recent plan to me. Convince me otherwise.
My only thought is the lack of the "perfect environment," for painting. Figured I'd set up one of those tarp paint booths in my garage. Good enough for primer and guide coats?
I think so, because you can wet sand anything that shows right up to final paint. Anybody can spray it with a booth, even Maaco. Its all the prep work that costs and its almost everything in final results. Good luck!
I've been thinking the same way but I believe I should talk to a painter first to make sure the stuff I use is compatable with the paint I want. What do you think? Art
Right ! Don't just go to the auto parts store and get any rattle can primer off the shelf. Go to the paint store and ask them what would be compatible with your final paint product ! JB
Good plan... I'm doing the same thing right now. I'm saving over $2k and I don't even need body work.
You can use plastic to make yourself a booth...Have a good fan exhausting while you spray, You can even wet the floor to minimize dust, just don't splash when moving around. How's this for a DIY job....(Ive posted this somewhere before but I love showing off his work for a DIY'er) There's a picture of his 'paint booth' below too:TU: My Dad decided he was going to paint his 96 XL. The rocker panels and around the gas cap were in bad shape and he has a plow on it so he would like to get another year or two out of her. He is in Canada where they use alot of salt on the roads and it works out that Im in Florida - land of the rust free sheet metal. So on his last visit in May, we visited the junk yard looking for parts for my Buick. He had the idea to cut the quarter of an explorer to replace around his gas cap area. We had a hacksaw and a hammer and chisel, but we got it off nicely and he took it home in his luggage. He started work on that area, both sides were really rusted. Next on the list was the rocker panels. He saw a bubble by the plastic cover on the rocker panel and poked at it with his key. The key sailed on through the rocker panel. And when He pryed down on it he nearly died. Popped them off and this is what he saw. So, he made me the offer, that he would buy me a cordless reciprocating saw, if I would go cut the rockers off an explorer here in FL and mail them home. I did just that. Heres a couple of shots of the donor after one side was cut I mailed them home, and Dad drilled out the spot welds and took them apart for what he needed. A few hours later, they are on, welded, and epoxy primed. Here are some shots of his prep work. Getting ready to tape up Here is his "paint booth" all ready to go I recommended he change the color. It was electric blue, I recommended Wedgwood blue. He was very pleased with the color. So am I. And the finished product. Not bad for a "do it yourself'er". Im very proud of him, I think she looks amazing.
If you really want to do it all, you can make a 'booth' like Curtis showed or check around to see if you can rent a paint booth. Around here there is a place that rents theirs out for $75 a day. WOW Curtis that does look good. Nice job.
When I painted my boat I made a plastic booth. I have a tall free standing carport, one of the metal frames with a roof over part of it. It's 12ft wide and 12 ft high and it works very well since it's over a concrete slab. Having said all that I'm not sure about laying down the final paint. When I painted my 70 GS base coat/clear in silver I didn't get even base and it allways looked spooky to me and the Buick was done in a borrowed paint booth at the Chevy dealer. Art
