If you were to 'outlaw' a spray booth inside your closed garage (HOA be damned)...The only concern I would have was whether or not there was a gas fired hot water heater in said garage....just sayin' ....belair...Ya beat me to it ..!
You can’t hide the fumes coming out of a closed garage with ventilation entering a suburb. You would be caught.
Caught doing what? Who's to say you aren't refinishing some furniture, or spraying some oil-base Kilz to seal some sheetrock? (And that stuff reeks far more than any automotive paint I've ever shot). Again, unless there's a law against it, what can they do? And even with a law, they'll likely need a warrant to see inside. And they'll need more proof than 'it smells' to get a warrant.
HOA's are armed with the covenants that were laid down by the builder of the neighborhood. Local regulations give them varying degrees of teeth. Here in Northern Nevada, they can be a pain in the ****. Still, it's a mixed blessing. They keep folks from painting their house chartreuse with pink polka dots, parking a clapped out 70's era Winnebago on the lawn, or running a hog farming operation or an auto dismantling enterprise from the neighborhood. There is a neighborhood several miles from here where all of this....and so much more....goes on. Despite this, I cut the lower quarters off one of my cars and welded in patches. I then did all of the body work and shot the car in epoxy primer. I spent a few weeks blocking it. My HOA finally sent me a ****ty letter for doing all of that work outside in the driveway, but made no threats about me painting the car. Then my mother in law died. I ended up painting her house in preparation for it to be sold. I took the car over and shot it inside her garage one night after I was finished. I didn't bother with making a booth since i'd just sprayed the entire garage. I cleaned the floor and then kept it wet while laying down paint. It took me about 5 hours to lay it all down. 2 cheap box fans (one at the cracked main door, the other at the side door) moved the air. At minimum you will want a decent quality charcoal respirator. The spray booth rental doesn't sound exorbitant. Lets be clear here....if you are in a position to begin laying down paint, you should require no prep...other then a tack cloth wipe-down. 5 hours should be plenty of time lay down your paint, even if going two stage and allowing for flash between coats. OR....con/bribe a friend who lives in a neighborhood with a less stringent /no HOA to use his garage for a weekend...
It never ceases to amaze me how people want to tell you want you can and can’t do on YOUR property. I absolutely LOVE living out in the country. Open headers, late nights in the shop, painting anything I want, room to store my trailers, and room for my projects. I truly feel bad for you. If you lived close, you would be welcome to paint at my place. Sent from my iPhone using The H.A.M.B. mobile app
Five years ago I called up Maaco and said I had a 1/2 ton pu that was ready to paint. All it needed was a wipe down, masking and painting. I got a quote of $1000.00
$250 sounds awful high to me but you don't say were you live so nothing to compare to. I've seen booths in the Portland, Ore. area as low as $100 for eight hours and you pick it up first thing in the morning. Right now on Craigs list are two rentals $140 & $160 https://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/cto/d/portland-paint-booth-for-rent/6835087162.html
Why would anyone move to a nice neighborhood with a HOA to protect them and then complain when the HOA enforces the rules? If you don't want that kind of neighborhood don't move there but if you do, don't be an ***hole and think the rules apply to everyone but you.
How to brush paint a car with Rustoleum and make it look good https://www.cartalk.com/blogs/craig-fitzgerald/how-paint-car-bucket-rust-oleum-and-roller The original thread on the $50 paint job that started the whole deal https://board.moparts.org/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/21490.html
If you call, that's the kind of quote you'll get. You'll do better if you take the car in. An acquaintance had his '65 Fairlane painted last year by Maaco for $900, and that included the doorjambs, trunk, and some minor bodywork. Pretty decent job too...
I know of a painter here that no longer can spray due to prolonged iso exposure. He gets the body’s perfect and strips em down. Buys good paint, trailers em over to Maaco, talks with the painter, slips him a hundo to lay a little more clear on it. He picks the car up, takes it back to his shop to cut and buff. The guys had customers cars win best paint at shows. It’s all about prep and final color sanding. I did the samething with my first car except I drove it all stripped down to the shop. Please stay away from the rattle cans...anything you lay over it’s gonna potentially become an issue.
Just don't try to brush or roll metallic paint on a car. The metallic will not lay down correctly like when you spray it, and will look all mottled. Brush paint jobs only work for solid colors.
Get to know the auto body instructor at a local trade school or community college. Offer to help him with anything he needs help with. Don’t tell him how to do his job. Take a night cl***. Make a friend. Sent from my iPhone using H.A.M.B.
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