Technical The Painting at home in the driveway or garage thread

Though it's a LONG way off, when the time comes I will be painting my T bucket/modified in the driveway...the bucket, track roadster nose, and eventually a 2 piece hood.

So far my plan has been to use the Plasti Dip system instead of conventional paint. Mainly because it's so mistake friendly...if there's a problem, just peal it off and try again. Secondly because of the price...under $400 for everything, including a sprayer and turbine.

But I'm still open to a more conventional paint job. Other than a few rust repairs on beaters, my experience is limited to one backyard paint job close to 40 years ago, and done with Imron and less than optimal performing WWII vintage compressor and spray gun. Between the clueless painter, the equipment, bugs, and maple tree fall out; it took weeks of wet sanding and buffing to get close to acceptable results.

What I'm looking for would be a primer plus single stage, light green (seafoam to mint), and preferably a satin finish (anything from matte to satin would be fine).

At this point I have no equipment (I've had 2 compressors stolen in the last couple years)

Given what I'm looking to accomplish, and my meager experience, what would be the best type of paint and what would be the most cost effective equipment I would need?

 

. Shooting the two tone tomorrow with TP tools turbine

 

I love this post. I am a professional body and paint guy, and this thread reminds me of the true reason I got into this gig in The first place.

 

AMEN brother. Let's hope the flat and satin finishes go the way of the dinosaurs SOON.

 

The most important ingredient in a fine paint job? Alan Berry would say,
"A six-pack of beer, in the painter!"

 

The weather here has been exceptionally nice, and I've finally managed to get my ceiling finished and get the garage cleaned up a bit.

BEFORE:
Nasty old rafters full of dust & dead spiders.


AFTER:
Wow! It's clean for the first time since the house was built in 1990.



BTW, I've learned that I prefer fixing cars about 10x to drywall & plaster. I also discovered that the limiting factor in house painting is not the size of your roller, but the energy of the man pushing it. You can push the 9" roller around twice as fast as an 18". LOL

<EDIT> Obligatory hanging plastic photo:

 

Painted the white today, redo the roof tomorrow.

 

And when are the wheels scheduled to be done?

 

Just rollers

 

My next paint project is a truck that will be 8' tall. (think small semi cab) I can paint the bed separately but getting the cab off/on the chassis will be a major problem after paint. I want to use bc/cc so at some point the whole cab should all be wet at the same time. My garage is 9'6" so painting the top in there doesn't sound good. I have a 15' garage approach that has a roof (carport) but it is only a few inches higher that the garage interior. Do I build a scaffold in the driveway and roll the truck in and out of the scaffold for each coat. (sounds like a good way to make a mistake and destroy a paint job) There will be a beltline painted a second color, should I spray that first, the top with both color and clear onto the beltline, mask the top and beltline, then do the bottom and blend the clear up onto the beltline?
Being an amateur and old, inability to work quickly, and fatigue will enter in to the problem also.

 

Still waiting for a cut and buff bur painted in the spot where it sits

 

In base

 

Getting ready to do this to the truck soon. I know I'm going simple with a single stage. I got a cheap HVLP turbine setup. I Just dont know what type yet. I need primer and paint, harderner and reducer. I think I'll stay away from Urethane because I read it so toxic. Any suggestions on paint type and where to get it is appreciated.

 

Spring time is great. No dust at all.

 

No bugs in spring either. Especially when the nasty white stuff is still around. However cool temps slow down paint cure time

 

Nice paint. I love the Y-Block, too.

 

where can you get lacquer? I thought it was outlawed.

 

I got it from a guy in California who had an old stash but it is still available. TCP Global still sells it, Hibernia Auto Restorations in New Jersey sells it so there are a few places still out there.

 

And another bump

 

Here's one to make the professionals squirm...
In my 'home-brew' method of refinishing painted surfaces, I occasionally encounter inclement weather (rain). Not being able to go outside, and not wanting to mask off the important things in the garage, I resort to the "little foam roller". Did I just pour the paint right onto the fender??? You might be surprised at the results.

 

Geez folks! I didn't mean to kill the thread.......
I shot the top coat tonight, yes - with a real paint gun.

 

My son was 17 when he painted this Aussie Falcon ute in the garage at home.

 

nice job on the "Ranchero" Falcon UTE

 

You didn't kill the thread, it's just that with the huge membership of the HAMB, no one is currently painting anything

 

Painted my coupe in a small garage using Acrylic Enamel


And my stude in a HF screened enclosure with a combo of acrylic enamel and JD black

 

The isocyanates are in the hardener. Doesn't matter whether you use enamel, acrylic enamel, or urethane. Once you add hardener, you have to take all the precautions and use all the safety equipment commonly used with urethane to do it safely.

 

I need to get a shot of the big blue patch that it left behind, good thing he wife is a car lover too

 

Yes, treat all catalyzed paints the same as far as PPE goes. We were shooting some in my shop the other night.. right about when the bugs decided to come out and play. I will be color sanding tomorrow...

 

This always "bugged" me too, and it has me wondering:
Could you just attract all the bugs away from the paint before they land, by baiting them with something much more attractive to them than aromatic hydrocarbons?

honey? molasses? bug pheromones? Who knows?
Anybody with serious pest control advice for at-home car painters?

 

I like that screen tent idea!