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Posted by N8 (Member # 6048) on :

Need your input.

I have a 3 car garage and I am thinking about doing a lil make shift paint booth on the small portion. My question is what are you guys that have or are painting in the garage doing for ventilation? I was thinking about building a insert that fit under the garage with it almost closed with some box fans rigged up to pull air out. But I am guessing I need to pull air in too? It needs to be something temporary as I only plan to do it on a rare occasion(s).

Posted by NorCalRydaz (Member # 3233) on :

When I painted my car in my garage all I did was open the door and put a fan facing out. Just make sure your compressor is out of the garage. Wet the floor before you paint and just have fun with it.

Posted by N8 (Member # 6048) on :

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Originally posted by NorCalRydaz:
When I painted my car in my garage all I did was open the door and put a fan facing out. Just make sure your compressor is out of the garage. Wet the floor before you paint and just have fun with it.

What kind of spray gun did you use? Must have been a topshelf one with little overspray. I do airbrushing in my garage and even when I do helmets the fumes get bit harsh.

But thanks for the input.

Posted by Bigjerry916 (Member # 8787) on :

make sure your neighbors dont know lol thats supper illegal

[ January 04, 2010, 02:36 PM: Message edited by: Bigjerry916 ]

Posted by N8 (Member # 6048) on :

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Originally posted by Bigjerry916:
make sure your neighbors dont know lol thats supper illeal

DEFINITELY....I wont be doing it at my primary residence these bastards will narc on me instantly. Gonna use my rental property [Big Grin]

Posted by 87droptop50 (Member # 7185) on :

n8 I've seen nice paint jobs come out garages . Just crack the garage door open about a foot and if you can have a side door cracked open. Just use a 1.4 size gun and you should be good . Wet the floor and make sure you use a good 3m painters mask. [patriot]

Posted by N8 (Member # 6048) on :

quote:
Originally posted by 87droptop50:
n8 I've seen nice paint jobs come out garages . Just crack the garage door open about a foot and if you can have a side door cracked open. Just use a 1.4 size gun and you should be good . Wet the floor and make sure you use a good 3m painters mask.

Yea I am pretty sure I can get a good paint job done. I just dont wanna kill myself int he process...lol. I always wanted to try it and now I have a vehicle I dont mind trial and error on.

Posted by 92 ssp (Member # 8013) on :

i painted my car at my boy's house i got a car port from kragen an did it it came out ok

BEFORE

PRIMER

BASE COAT

TOP COAT

CLEAR COAT

ALL DONE WHAT U THINK????

Posted by N8 (Member # 6048) on :

hot damn 92ssp, that looks hella good!!!

What gun did you use? And what size Air Compressor? Did you use the same gun for primer as paint?

I am semi familiar with the process but will be learning a lot as I go (my son will be doing it with me).

Posted by 90FOX5.0 (Member # 9338) on :

92 ssp thats a clean ass paint job i started to do mine then ended up saling my 90 5.0 ill have an other soon

Posted by 92 ssp (Member # 8013) on :

I have two gun's 1 lil cheap gun i got from harbor fright for primer. the other from home depot i forgot the name its red an cost me $150 its a gravity feed. an i got a Alltrade Air Compressor from kragen 3 HP 19 Gallon have fun lol... i shure did

Posted by 92 ssp (Member # 8013) on :

i sold the car a week later lol... i goin paint my new coupe that color two then sale it

Posted by NCALSVT (Member # 3205) on :

In high school we painted in a garage open garage door and put visqueen (thick plastic) filters from osh and cut opening for the filters in the pastic,taped up the filters on the plastic, and a bunch of fans, wet floor and it came out pretty good, but from seeing that coupe looks like that car port is a mobil booth.

Posted by 92 ssp (Member # 8013) on :

yeah its a mobile booth but its call a portable car port

Posted by N8 (Member # 6048) on :

I already have a partition (portable) that I built out of 2x4 and will staple some heavy gauge plastic sheets to it. The rest of the garage is sheet rocked.

I think that should due

Posted by FriscoNotch (Member # 5916) on :

Thats clean! did you end up spraying your driveway ?

Posted by 68dustin (Member # 5388) on :

Did this in my garage a few years ago. This was my first and i plan on doing another couple some time this year. I wouldnt say its prefect, but it better than macco. If you plan on doin soild colors, my advice is to take the car apart and paint in sections (not so much fumes for the neighbors to snitch)

[ January 04, 2010, 06:16 PM: Message edited by: 68dustin ]

Posted by migs66/92 (Member # 4811) on :

i dont know about the city of stockton, but from talking to a lady from the air resources board she told me your allowed to paint one car a year in your garage as long as your not doing it for profit...yeah i got snitched by my stupid neighbor and the lady came knocking real quick..this was in san jose when i used to live there....

Posted by 88DroptopGT (Member # 2535) on :

I would primer/paint in the middle of the night so people won't be awake to snitch. [Wink]

Posted by STANGBOY (Member # 7868) on :

quote:
Originally posted by 92 ssp:
i painted my car at my boy's house i got a car port from kragen an did it it came out ok

BEFORE

PRIMER

BASE COAT

TOP COAT

CLEAR COAT

ALL DONE WHAT U THINK????

dammmthat shit weeettt

Posted by slowback67 (Member # 6348) on :

quote:
Originally posted by 88DroptopGT:
I would primer/paint in the middle of the night so people won't be awake to snitch.

LOL the neighbors will just thing you have a meth lab.

Posted by 68dustin (Member # 5388) on :

quote:
Originally posted by 88DroptopGT:
I would primer/paint in the middle of the night so people won't be awake to snitch.

thats what i did, but my compressor is hella loud... [Razz]

Posted by primed351 (Member # 8613) on :

If your worried about the fumes use a water based paint, everyone is switching to water based now anyway.

Posted by dubfive-0 (Member # 8965) on :

quote:
Originally posted by primed351:
If your worried about the fumes use a water based paint, everyone is switching to water based now anyway.

true now bodyshops are being forced to used water based paints too

Posted by 68dustin (Member # 5388) on :

quote:
Originally posted by dubfive-0:

quote:
Originally posted by primed351:
If your worried about the fumes use a water based paint, everyone is switching to water based now anyway.
true now bodyshops are being forced to used water based paints too

hmmm..any good places to buy water base paints for a decent price...??

Posted by NavidR (Member # 3164) on :

I made a booth out of clear plastic and for venting I leave the side door open and grage door open a bit!

It works!

Posted by WildFire532FB (Member # 1482) on :

Painted my Fastback in my dads garage, i wouldn't say its perfect but i like it. Might do another coat of clear on it though.

Posted by NCALSVT (Member # 3205) on :

quote:
Originally posted by 68dustin:

quote:
Originally posted by dubfive-0:

quote:
Originally posted by primed351:
If your worried about the fumes use a water based paint, everyone is switching to water based now anyway.
true now bodyshops are being forced to used water based paints too
hmmm..any good places to buy water base paints for a decent price...??

ab supply in Fremont ,they were one of the first to sell auto color,airborn paint,I've sprayed water based paint and the only draw back is that you have to spray in thin coats,and is time consuming,unless u have heaters in your booth,that helps too

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