Biotex Posted April 16, 2013 Posted April 16, 2013 The plan was to paint my truck in the AM. I logged onto the weather to see what was in store. Seems the winds are going to gust as high as 40mph. I'm indoors, so not undoable, but just bad luck that I have to stress over dust. I really don't want to call it off, so am going for it. I'm excited that I will soon be driving again and can move on towards more fun stuff. Will post pictures in my build section titled 'Maura gets a face lift". Just wanted to vent some frustrations over the weather not cooperating.
1987Comanche Posted April 16, 2013 Posted April 16, 2013 Hope it all works out :thumbsup: Be sure to post lots of pics! Can't wait to see how Maura turns out...
sinkrun Posted April 16, 2013 Posted April 16, 2013 Show up pics and good luck mine should be ready to paint in a few weeks I hope.
92tanMJ Posted April 17, 2013 Posted April 17, 2013 Good luck! I'm going to have to paint mine this summer..
JeepcoMJ Posted April 17, 2013 Posted April 17, 2013 take a bit of time with a windex bottle to spray mist down over everything you can in the surrounding area in order to wet down any potential dust and keep it from rising into the air. Good luck!
92tanMJ Posted April 17, 2013 Posted April 17, 2013 I still don't see the problem? Lol my bad, I guess I glanced over that one. :rotfl2:
Biotex Posted April 17, 2013 Author Posted April 17, 2013 I plan to hose down the shop floor, everything else, I will have plastic over. I bought a lot of plastic sheets, so should be fine. Going to start masking in a couple of hours... :banana:
buffalob Posted April 17, 2013 Posted April 17, 2013 Best of luck to you, I hope it all goes as planned. Your lucky it is warm enough where you are. We had about 12" of snow Monday night and are expecting 6 to 8" more today.... Mine is ready to go to the booth or so I am led to believe.... I can't remember, what color are you going???
87Warrior Posted April 17, 2013 Posted April 17, 2013 You might want to consider rolling up towels (burrito style), soaking in water and placing them around the cracks in the garage (doors, windows, chunks of siding missing, etc) to help keep the wind out.
Biotex Posted April 17, 2013 Author Posted April 17, 2013 Best of luck to you, I hope it all goes as planned. Your lucky it is warm enough where you are. We had about 12" of snow Monday night and are expecting 6 to 8" more today.... Mine is ready to go to the booth or so I am led to believe.... I can't remember, what color are you going??? Going back white urethane with clear.
Biotex Posted April 17, 2013 Author Posted April 17, 2013 You might want to consider rolling up towels (burrito style), soaking in water and placing them around the cracks in the garage (doors, windows, chunks of siding missing, etc) to help keep the wind out. Just finished the paint job. Took me 4.5 hours including taping it off. I had one fisheye in the paint on the driver side door right next to the door lock. must have missed some oil??? Had one run in the final clear coat. I sprayed four coats, so it will color sand out, no problem. No other issues i could see. I took some pics, but they are still in the camera. Will get them posted up real soon. I'm very happy the way it turned out.
92tanMJ Posted April 17, 2013 Posted April 17, 2013 Is this your first time every painting? If so how hard was it?
Biotex Posted April 17, 2013 Author Posted April 17, 2013 Is this your first time every painting? If so how hard was it? Been painting for several years. One of the things I like to do, is to do all the work myself when I restore or mod vehicles. If i don't know how to do something, I learn. Painting is not difficult, just a ton of manual labor sanding and such. Yes there is an art to the actual paint application, and I recommend at the very least to spen some time around the pros. Sometimes you can volunteer at a bodyshop and pick up on some tips. that is how I learned.
92tanMJ Posted April 17, 2013 Posted April 17, 2013 Is this your first time every painting? If so how hard was it? Been painting for several years. One of the things I like to do, is to do all the work myself when I restore or mod vehicles. If i don't know how to do something, I learn. Painting is not difficult, just a ton of manual labor sanding and such. Yes there is an art to the actual paint application, and I recommend at the very least to spen some time around the pros. Sometimes you can volunteer at a bodyshop and pick up on some tips. that is how I learned. Gotcha thanks I was just wondring
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