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Old 05-25-2009, 08:42 PM
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Default Painting roll cage in a finished car-need "how to" suggestions

I'm ready to paint the cage in my Firebird and thought I was going to mask off the rest of the interior and shoot it with a jamb gun. I tried climbing into the rear seat area to start masking it off with plastic but realized that it just isn't going to work that way unless there's a trick to it. After 1/2 hour I didn't even have one piece in place!

It's just too cramped back there and the cage is so tight to the headliner etc that the plastic would be getting into the paint. Even though I'm a small flexible guy, I don't know if I could manuver a hose and gun once I got in there even if I could mask it off. The cage, fire bottle supports, and seat bracket framework make it very difficult to work in the car now.

Anyone ever brush a cage or part of one? Brush recommendations? I know it wouldn't be as nice as sprayed. I try to make things as nice as I can but this is not a show car. Sections will have to have cage padding and it will get scuffed/scratched etc. at the tracks and during regular use. Maybe brush the tubing in the rear seat area then mask off and spray the rest? It would be a lot easier for me to do that because i could do it in sections and avoid climbing on/over freshly painted tubing to add coats.

Any suggestions welcomed!

Paint I am planning on using (already bought) is PPG Deltron 2000 DBC with DX57 using DT 885 and no clear coat.



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