Painted the Doors and the Jams today.

[rodman]

dont forget to remove the ground wire and clean up both ends

yeah I will do that

[SLOSpider]

Looking good. I did read on some post and maybe you already done it. They say when you paint you should ground your panels and body to get less dust. I don't know how this will effect painting out side but a copper rod run into the ground and to chassis couldn't hurt.

[rodman]

Looking good. I did read on some post and maybe you already done it. They say when you paint you should ground your panels and body to get less dust. I don't know how this will effect painting out side but a copper rod run into the ground and to chassis couldn't hurt.

yeah i will may paint the outside tomorrow IDK yet

[rodman]

As most of you are aware our radiators are brass i plan to remove all the paint from the top if mine and polish the brass top.

[dom]

Looking good. I did read on some post and maybe you already done it. They say when you paint you should ground your panels and body to get less dust. I don't know how this will effect painting out side but a copper rod run into the ground and to chassis couldn't hurt.

I dont see how that will help.
Pick a very calm day, maybe sunrise, and wet the area around the car. Air blow all crevices and holes on the body. You can get a nice finish with little dust under the right conditions. Insects are attracted to the solvents and will trap themselves and make a mess trying to escape.

[rodman]

Looking good. I did read on some post and maybe you already done it. They say when you paint you should ground your panels and body to get less dust. I don't know how this will effect painting out side but a copper rod run into the ground and to chassis couldn't hurt.

I dont see how that will help.
Pick a very calm day, maybe sunrise, and wet the area around the car. Air blow all crevices and holes on the body. You can get a nice finish with little dust under the right conditions. Insects are attracted to the solvents and will trap themselves and make a mess trying to escape.

I plan lay 2mil plastic on the ground pull the car on top of it. I have 4 poles i am going to put on each corner of the car and wrap plastic 2mil all way around the car it be cheap paint booth...

[azruss]

I've painted several cars in plastic paint booths. I use 2x4 vertical corners, stake them and tie together with nylon rope. take clear plastic sheeting and wrap around rope and secure with clothes pins. take a piece of plywood and mount a home a/c style squirrel cage fan or a big blade fan. cut a hole in the plywood to air to get into the booth and mount the fan outside the booth with air blowing in. secure the plastic to the plywood with a staple gun. go to a paint supply house and get a good booth filter and staple it to the plywood. leave an entry to the booth in the back corner opposite the fan. the fan will inflate the booth giving it a positive pressure so dust cant come in. I wouldnt recommend plastic on the floor because of static. better to just wet it down. sometimes it is worthwhile to put a baffle in front of the fan to keep a direct blast from hitting the car. I will post pix of my panel booth.

[azruss]

Here are pix of my panel booth. This is smaller and more stout than my full car booths. I included my door jam pix so you can see the level of quality you can get with nice clean air going thru the booth.

[rodman]

Thanks Raze Rims



Untitled by fiatcs2000, on Flickr

[Hudini]

how are you make air out of booth? I see that fresh air is going thru filter in booth.

[azruss]

The top picture shows a rock on the plastic. this is a vertical opening where i can get in and out of the booth. the rock just keeps it from blowing wide open.

[Raze]

Awesome! I'm very glad to see them on there, and keep going with the resto, looks great! Let me know how much those other wheels weigh when you get a chance and I'll paypal you or whatever.

[rodman]

Awesome! I'm very glad to see them on there, and keep going with the resto, looks great! Let me know how much those other wheels weigh when you get a chance and I'll paypal you or whatever.

Yeah I cant do it till Friday I am on Kid duty this week. I will get them weighed.

[Raze]

No hurry, I'm out of town this weekend so do it when you can and let me know.

[kev]

[quote="rodman"]As most of you are aware our radiators are brass i plan to remove all the paint from the top if mine and polish the brass top.


I would love to see what this looks like when you are done!