How are you hanging doors for paint

[OJ86]

I just bought the Astro ones.

 

[Treeslayer]

here i am trying to figure out how to do this tailgate. i think im gonna try and come up with a way to hang from the rafters. i really would like to shoot the whole thing at once, even the bottom which usually gets little paint.

 

['68 Coronet R/T]

Hung this tailgate leaving room for the garage door to open enough for air flow while painting.
This was before I increased the airflow through my homemade booth.

Basically ran a chain through some conduit and then used heavy gaged wire to secure parts to it.

I also have some heavy gaged hooks that screw into the ceiling trusses up where the table is located in the picture. I have suspended some large panels and hoods using those.

 

[OJ86]

These racks are a big life saver. This mornings adventures

 

[elwood]

The way the jeep tailgate is done is how I done an early bronco tailgate years ago. Except I used two cherry pickers with chains.

 

[clubairth]

If I hang parts without something to hold them down as I paint the air flow from the gun makes the parts swing around. I did notice that Robert of MPC always runs wires from the bottom of his hanging parts to prevent this.
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[Treeslayer]

i'm thinking two lengths of small chain or maybe even nylon strap, two bent up welding rods and try to get it at a comfortable height.
speaking of, i always seem to mix up too much product. what is a reasonable amount for a full size tail gate front and back? two coats of epoxy.

 

[Treeslayer]

If I hang parts without something to hold them down as I paint the air flow from the gun makes the parts swing around. I did notice that Robert of MPC always runs wires from the bottom of his hanging parts to prevent this.
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i was wondering about that. this gate is about 75lbs, maybe it wont blow around much.

 

[clubairth]

When I have shot doors they moved around a good bit.
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[MP&C]

Bar stock is spaced to match hinge pockets in front of door....

Note solid blocks used for ballast to keep things upright when the load is not balanced (only one door installed)

These stands allow you to paint everything all in one sitting, and match same orientation as the doors sitting on the car.

 

[F100]

I paint the doors in two steps.
First the inside gets painted complete.

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Then I mask off the inside of the door leaving the just the edges exposed.
I set the door on the edge of a table and use a car battery inside a plastic storage case and bungie cords to hold it in place.

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Installed:

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love the color.

 

[Paintsalot]

Shouldn't metallics be sprayed with the doors on the car if doing a complete spray?

 

[dhutton01]

Shouldn't metallics be sprayed with the doors on the car if doing a complete spray?

I have done it both ways but I usually try to make sure the doors and fenders are sprayed in the same session with the correct orientation.

 

[OJ86]

Shouldn't metallics be sprayed with the doors on the car if doing a complete spray?

I'll be honest, I have always "tried" to do it in the correct body orientation, but in certain circumstances where I didn't do it that way I never saw an issue. Again, I am not painting your stuff, so do what makes you comfortable.

 

[jcclark]

I Have a lot of hooks in the ceiling for chains to hang things, sometimes I
hang a gallon can of thinner or something heavy from the item being sprayed to
keep it from swaying. I try to adjust the position to be less than vertical so
dust doesn't settle on it as much.