Hot Rods I found a different way to keep dust down while painting a car.

This is for all you do it you selfers like me with out a paint booth. I usually wet the floor down the night before and then throw a chain over the rear end to keep the static electric dust down, but I still get a little dust in the paint.This time I put the car up on jack stands so I could paint the rocker panels and lower front fenders{I guess this grounded it too} so I don't have to get on the ground to shoot it. Hey its getting hard to do this at 64 and with my bad ankles. Well I didn't have one speck of dust in this paint job. I think I will do the same when I paint my truck. I Hope this helps some of you. Bruce.

 

Car looks great!

 

Good idea with the jack stands.

I'll store that tip in my memory bank for the future.

 

Good thinkin Bruce. I also wet the floor then take a cheap plastic drop cloth and spread it out on the shop floor (big cars may take two) take a squeegee or push broom to get it to lay flat and get the bubbles out. Duck Tape the edges down and it really helps with the dust. If the job takes a couple days just put more water on top of the plastic. Sorry no pictures I'll try and take a few next time I do some painting. Joe

 

Looks Good

 

Always knew about the wetting the floor down but, never thought about the dust attracted by static electricity. Good pointers, Bruce.

 

Dirt/dust comes from 3 places you, the environment and the car/truck.

 

I thought you were 'gonna tell us you painted it in the rain.....

 

S****iron, he could only paint it in the rain if he was usin' that new water based paint

 

turned out really nice

 

Yes it did

 

You did a good job Bruce. HRP

 

Looks great!

 

Great advice Bruce, I'll use it. Thanks

 

static charge is a killer once saw a 2 foot arc when I was setting grounding taps on an overhead hi voltage line just from the wind across the miles of overhead conductors. didn't think about static building up while spraying paint. you`d think after 45 years as an electrician I`d know that (dumb)

 

Looks real nice Bruce, and since you 2 toned it with the top being white, I ***ume you painted it up top and the strip down the side either first then masked it off after a bit of drying, then elevated the car to paint the rest? Seems it would be tough to reach the top with it up on stands.
Only cars I ever painted myself were the dirt track cars, where if it looked good from the stands that's all that mattered LOL.
First one I painted, we had spent a lot of time making it look nice, primed and block sanded, etc. till it was really slick. All in an old tin roofed and sided building barely big enough to put 2 cars in and still work.
When ready, we swept out the shop a day before, stuffed rags in all the cracks and gaps, locked up the shop and left. Next day we wet down the floor, and all the dirt yard outside also wet down.
After 2 color coats and allowing to "tack" we mixed up some paint (enamel) with lots of thinner and put on a final gloss coat. Car absolutely glowed it was so slick!
But we had forgotten one thing, the "Nancy Hanks" schedule. The Nancy Hanks was a now long gone p***enger train that came by about 10 ft. behind the shop.
That train shook dirt outta the exposed rafters that we hadn't thought about, and dusted the fresh, wet paint thoroughly! But it still looked good from the stands

 

Smart tips, Bruce! The water trick I knew, the chain idea is new to me. The guy I bought my low rise scissor lift from used it for painting cars. Wheels off, he would start with the car raised up. lowered it after the rockers were painted.
Paint job looks pro, nice mo'do'!

 

tar paper[ felt] on floor under and around car works good also

 

The log chain over the rear end is a old corvette painting trick.

 

I now have a fellow that has 2 Oldsmobile station wagons that might want to trade. WOW all I wanted was 1 station wagon. LOL. Bruce.

 

Two Oldsmobiles for one old Mopar? Is this guy in his right mindLOL ? Are they 50's or at least early 60's Olds? Check the ***les very carefully!

 

The last painting I did, (truck bed) I wet the floor & went at it. My normal ritual is to clean the shop the night before, blow off the lights & surrounding fixtures, let any dust settle over night. Wet floor in the morning and have at it.
I had been looking at this particular bed way too long, so I just did it to get it done. Go figure, damn thing came out durn near perfect...!
Sounds like a deal if those wagons are decent enough, keep us posted & good luck Bruce!

 

BuckeyeBuick, now the guys giving me some kind of story{they were both old cutl*** wagons 1971s like the one I traded the Chrysler for} so I guess the deals off. I had a girl offer me a 76 ford wagon for trade but I would like to hold out for a older wagon. I will keep you posted what happens.Bruce.

 

Hopefully you will find a nice Chrysler Wagon! I wish that I kept mine around... I always ended up s****ping them for the engines after I destroyed them playing car tag with my friends.... Oh the 1980's, I was a dumb kid and had no idea! Sob... [emoji45]

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Bruce , if you run across a 67 or older full size Ford or Mercury wagon and you p*** on it. Let me know. I am looking for a tow vehicle for my Southeast G***er project.
I pray for rain when we get ready to paint. It cools my shop off to under a 100 degrees. Most times we have to paint after 9 pm to get it under that temp. Made a filter system to keep the bugs from getting in and landing on the fresh paint. I don't have a booth either.

 

Southcross.I will.That's what I like about living in East T.N. not a lot of rust in the cars here.Bruce.

 

We will are looking to move back to East Tn. no later than next spring. Looking for a place with a shop.
Too hot in Florida.

 

Southcross That's why I left Flordia.When I started turning on the A.C. in Feb.I said that's it we are moving.But I do miss the surf fishing.Bruce.

 

yes, jacking it up is good to get the lower areas of the car, I always plan to do that but end up not for one reason or the other.
When painting my Model A, I did not jack it up as the rockers are not too low and the roof would be that much harder to spray with it up in the air.
I never looked at it from your point, getting away from the dust and dirt on the floor....I should rethink. Thanks.