Paint - Can I do it?

[kennyd]

yes you can ! the biggest problem would be what color you try to spray .and how patients you have .
your compressor is fine . i would not recomend you go buy a 600 dollar gun to spray with . if you were doing alot of painting then buy a nice gun . you can shop for a sata look-alike and do just fine .

what color do you want to spray ?

[DDY RCKT]

I've got patience, for sure. I just worry about the requirements. This month, all the car mags have their paint and body specials, and they're calling for a lot of cfm.

I rest easy knowing my purpose for this build is a drivable car, not a weekend show circuit car. I want it to look nice, for sure, but I don't need a flawless paint job.

I was considering black, with some form of accent stripe. But I'm thinking maybe a yellow with black stripes of some sort. I've never had a yellow car.

Or maybe orange....

[kennyd]

i would not recomend painting yellow unless you can have it in a booth and have painted yellow .
black you can paint in your garage because you can paint it in panels , then color sand and buff .
orange is a little harder than black but easier than yellow .


this is for a street car , you will have flaws , you will have dirt in the paint .you probally have runs . all this can be fixed .

[awr68]

Yes you can!
I painted the bottom and frame of my car last summer and I am very pleased with the results. Don't get me wrong here, to do a near perfect job takes a pro with many years of practice...that's why I didn't shoot the rest of the car. But for a driver there's no reason you can't do it...no better time to learn!

[DDY RCKT]

But can my 2 HP 26 gallon compressor keep up with the painting?

[J2SpeedandCustom]

Originally Posted by DDY RCKT

But can my 2 HP 26 gallon compressor keep up with the painting?

Nope. Color maybe and single stage maybe, but when you get to spraying clear you don't have the equipment to make it lay down correctly.

If your looking at black just do a single stage black you can poor it on and if the compressor is running out of juice stop and wait for it to catch up and keep shooting.

[Garage Dog 65]

Great thread Daddy ! I was wondering if it was possible to paint a car in a home garage with today's chemicals and dust and lack of temp control. I've also seen some of these guys bake the finish and be done in like 24 hours.

Anyone have an idea what something like this would cost in a 2 stage system ? I've seen other threads where it looks like about 4 - 5 K just for materials needed.

Are we talking forced air hood/resp in a homemade type booth - or does anyone use or recommend using a non-external air supply respirator ?

(I've budgeted 10K for my minor body work and paint - I won't have any metal work or panel alignment to do)

Daddy - are you planning on some type of temporary booth in your garage ? (something like the PVC pipe and plastic deal ?)

Thx !

[DDY RCKT]

Originally Posted by J2SpeedandCustom

Nope. Color maybe and single stage maybe, but when you get to spraying clear you don't have the equipment to make it lay down correctly.

If your looking at black just do a single stage black you can poor it on and if the compressor is running out of juice stop and wait for it to catch up and keep shooting.

[elwaupo]

A 2hp compressor is a little small for what your doing, unless you do a panal at a time. I use a 7hp compressor, and I've done my jobs at home. Color will be a factor. Single stage colors are easy, 2 stage colors (basecoat/clearcoat, metallics, pearl base and candy based) are more time consumming. I would spend sometime with someone who paints, or watch a car getting painted before you try to take on the job yourself. Remember, 90% of the job is in the prep. You can spend hundreds, if not thousands of dollars in matierial, to just have it wasted on a poor prep job. The actual painting is relatively easy. I've been an automotive painter for 35 years, painted the most basic colors to multi color flames, faded multi color stripes, and every imaginal color scheme, and the biggest lesson I've learned is being patient. Good luck on your first paint job.