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[wret]

Is it feasible or practical to paint a car in a home garage?

Rather than pay a shop a huge amount of money for a paint job, I am considering buying the necessary equipment and doing it myself, or even hiring someone with paint experience to help. Any one with experience care to help me put together a list of equipment and supplies?

So far my list consists of:
Compressor
Spray gun
Paint
Lots of tape
Face mask

 

[Chuckt]

hmm..

a few charcoal respirators
sheets of plastic to mask the area
2 inch masking tape
3/4th inch masking tape
sheets of masking paper
tack cloths
scuff pads
wax and grease remover
large compressor
HVLP paint gun
paint
gloves
800, 1000, 1500, 2000 grit paper
probably a few things i left out, but if you dont have local shop access it can be pretty steep to do the right way. i have shop area i cna use and a full paint job for me to do myself would probably be around 700-1k for paint and supplies. there is always the option of prepping yourself. sand one panel at a time, primer, and then take to them to lay the final color basecoats and clear.

 

[L2RTSiAWD]

I asked this same question a while back and people added some info.

http://www.dsmtuners.net/forums/showthread.php?t=119105&highlight=painting+supplies


Remember to search before posting a thread.

 

[wret]

Oops, I didn't look quite that far back. And wow, it seems like a lot of tedious work. Now I know why they kind of skip over the whole paint process on shows like Overhaulin'.

 

[babell2]

I have painted in my Home garage and you need to address the air quality for the paint as well as the lungs. Resperator for the lungs, good charcoal filters. For the paint I put a furnace filter in one window and a large window fan blowing out in the other. Clean the garage completly and wet down the floor to trap dust. Then spray away

 

[GOTNOS]

Is it feasible or practical to paint a car in a home garage?

Rather than pay a shop a huge amount of money for a paint job, I am considering buying the necessary equipment and doing it myself, or even hiring someone with paint experience to help. Any one with experience care to help me put together a list of equipment and supplies?

So far my list consists of:
Compressor
Spray gun
Paint
Lots of tape
Face mask

You'll need a big compressor to paint a car, you'll use alot of air even with a HVLP gun. I wouldn't use masking tape near paint lines use fine line tape. Front window and hatch window they have a special tape I used it on my car it is about 10" wide with a wedge, you put the wedge under window molding and pull back and it sticks to the window. This allows paint to go under the molding, no paint lines and no paint on molding. Remove all door moldings, handles, mirrors, head lights/ tail lights. Tape entire car off with paper all the way to the floor ( best way for me to describe it is if it had a skirt ) this will keep from kicking up extra dirt and will allow you to see area of car that gets paint so no hit miss areas. Best way to tape is by taping back edge or lip with sticky side facing you then with your tape off paper with tape on that, attaching tape to tape. These are tricks that I learn on watching pro's do 5k to 8k paint job's. Having the right conditions help also. Do not attemp to paint in cold weather even with heated garage. Your better off waiting til spring. I speak from experience, I have done 6 full color changes on my talon, after the 4th I striped to bare metal. Learn to use your gun first, learn what spray pattern is and how to over lap and hide stripes if any. Without a paint booth to aid curing, clear coat is a feel to spray w/o getting runs. You want to apply with a wet look with no dry spots. In my personal opinion paint is not hard at all you just have to know your materials your working with.

 

[DrunkPenguin]

some things should be left to the professionals. most people who paint cars for a living say its like an art form and it takes time and practice to get really good at it.



Johnny

 

[Chuckt]

some things should be left to the professionals. most people who paint cars for a living say its like an art form and it takes time and practice to get really good at it.



Johnny

ive painted 3 different cars and im still getting nervous about painting my own soon. (even in booth with all equipment)