Frustrated with inability to do body work!

barbee6043 said

I am glad I have owned perfect paint cars in decades prior, some worth more than a few bucks, I learned I tend not to enjoy them as I always live out in the sticks down a gravel or dirt road, so I tend not to drive those kind of cars. I learned to NOT be a perfectionist . I get rid of the rust, get it decently straight, and paint it , dust and dirt fall where it may!!!

Another pointer. Have really good light when you go to shoot the top coat!!!!

Good exhaust system too. Be careful, paint is nasty.

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Sounds a lot like my conversation with Rodney yesterday. I'm no expert, not even close. I mostly give him advice based on what I could have done better. LOL
I like the lighting with the LED tubes he put up. (Way better than I had to do mine) A few on the sides down lower and it would be awesome.
He's said many times that he is not painting a showcar (but he tries to be a perfectionist anyway LOL) He's got the place cleaned up pretty good. Obviously, everytime you sand you need to clean again.:BangHead: If you cant remove EVERYTHING - I think hanging plastic over everything at the sidewalls when I painted my car was a big help. You never get it clean enough, so cover it up and less chance of stirring it up and landing in your paint.
And then there is not breathing the nasties - a big challenge in a home shop setup. Even worse when you have below freezing outside temps. But, sounded like he had a good plan. Warms it up good before he starts, then kills the heater till he gets the heavy fumes out, so not going to blow himself up either :eek: Hopefully the temps are a lot nicer to paint the whole car. You want good constant air movement. Both for breathing and not dropping dust. And you will be moving...no time to be playing with the heat and ventilation.
Didn't get to see the latest bodywork, cause it was all covered with masking paper...