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Old 07-18-2007, 03:34 PM
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Default painters, question about solid colors



I've painted several of my own cars, but they've always been metallics, micahs, etc. I have never shot a solid color.

With the above you have to paint it all at once, at least I do, and I hang the sheetmetal in the general angles that they will be on the car. I prefer to paint my car completely apart as it does better for me in the tight areas, jambs, fender edges, etc.

My question is that with a solid beige like in my rendering above I think I can paint the pieces separately from the car itself. In other words, shoot the shell one day and then doors/fenders, trunk, and hood the next. Obvious all from the same bucket of paint, at the same reduction, same gun, same temps, same number of coats, etc. I've talked to people who say they have shot pieces separately on different days without issue, but none of them are 100% trustworthy in my opinion. One guy likes to get one piece perfect, paint it, and then on to the next piece. Might take him a week or more to shoot everything and says there are no cast issues, etc. with the solid colors, it always matches as long as all the pieces are shot out of the same paint bucket. My question is, is there a danger doing this? It would be a huge advantage to not have to get a huge area constructed for the booth with all the sheetmetal plus the body. I have the perfect sized area for either the body alone, or separate pieces, but not both.

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