Calling all garage home painters

[studiog]

Ready to prime & paint my 61. I am planning on masking off my garage with plastic on the walls and perhaps a tarp on the floor. I (actually my wife) am wondering if my garage ceiling will need masking also. I will be using all catalyzed products and a HVLP gun. I await your opinions. Thanks.

 

[67HEAVEN]

Calling Fuelie.....hello Fuelie.

He's painted cars in his garage before. He'll chime in here soon.

 

[John Mcgraw]

Walls and floors will be fine, the overspray will not settle out on the ceiling unless you point the gun at it. Even with plastic, I will be putting a fresh coat of paint on the walls after I am finished with mine. I have painted several lacquer jobs in my shop without even masking it off , and never had to repaint anything, but urethane is a whole different matter! One paint job, and I have red overspray on everything! With lacquer, I just swept the floor and dusted the walls when I was finished. If I ever move and build a new shop, I am going to install a semi-downdraft spray booth.

Regards, John McGraw

 

[studiog]

Hi John, You told me before that lacquer is made to order for the home painter but I changed my mind (imagine that) about using lacquer and decided to use catalyzed products. Thanks for the input. I am moving at a snails pace with this body work & painting thing but I'm glad I have taken my time as I have had plenty of time to perfect the body.

 

[IH2LOSE]

I used to be a home garage painter.

Is the garage attched to the house? What I used to do when painting was to take a prop style fan and install it in a window in the house and have it pull air into the house.This was over pressurizing the house So no fumes would get into the house from leakage from the garage.

Again assuming the garage is conected to the house,check to make sure the boiler room or laundry room will not get fumes from the paint.My old garage the boiler room was also the laundry room and was ajoining the garage. I used to turn off all of the pilot lights and unplug the dryer to make sure I had No ignition sourse in case the fumes got in. In the old day it was a breeze to spray the lacuer because it was real fast in drying and easey to keep the dirt out.

Good luck and be safe What are you going to use to ventilate and keep the dirt out

 

[studiog]

I used to be a home garage painter.

Is the garage attched to the house? What I used to do when painting was to take a prop style fan and install it in a window in the house and have it pull air into the house.This was over pressurizing the house So no fumes would get into the house from leakage from the garage.

Again assuming the garage is conected to the house,check to make sure the boiler room or laundry room will not get fumes from the paint.My old garage the boiler room was also the laundry room and was ajoining the garage. I used to turn off all of the pilot lights and unplug the dryer to make sure I had No ignition sourse in case the fumes got in. In the old day it was a breeze to spray the lacuer because it was real fast in drying and easey to keep the dirt out.

Good luck and be safe What are you going to use to ventilate and keep the dirt out

Garage is attached but there is a family room between the main house and the garage, sort of a "breezeway" setup so I'm not worried about the hot water heater etc. in the basement. The garage door is very tight and no one ever complained about fumes when I was doing the fiberglass work. Garage is insulated and also very airtight. I plan on using an old box fan in a window to ventilate and maybe some duct work so it picks up from floor level. I was also going to open the double garage door about 2 inches for fresh air and use screening over it to keep the bugs out.

 

[vette-dude]

Be sure you wear a respirator that is for catalyst enamel applications and cover all exposed skin. This stuff can kill you if you get it in your lungs or bloodstream.

Randy

 

[1KULC7]

Lighting is extemely important especially on the sides. You really will need to get good lighting too.

 

[studiog]

Lighting is extemely important especially on the sides. You really will need to get good lighting too.

I do have very bright even lighting and white walls and ceiling but I noticed allot of professional booths have vertical fluorescent tube lighting in the walls. I assume this must give desireable reflections of some sort.

 

[studiog]

Be sure you wear a respirator that is for catalyst enamel applications and cover all exposed skin. This stuff can kill you if you get it in your lungs or bloodstream.

Randy

Yes, I do wear a respirator but now I think I will put more effort into finding the optimal one. thanks