Where do most of you start your spraying? Roof hood quarters?

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littleguy06

I have a self built sort of cross draft semi down draft booth with alot of flow. I wonder wich way most of you move around the car on an all over to avoid over spray from the roof messing anything up? :confused:
 
Boy....get out the popcorn...you gonna get more than one answer and there is no right one. Chasing the wet edge is what its all about...take your pick... smile.
BTW when I start on the top I never start in the middle... wink
 
yup. prolly a jillion ways to do it. i start on the drivers side and hit 1/2 of the roof. then i jump over to the passernger side and do the other part of the roof(avoids a dry line). then i go to the right rear quarter, work up to the front, shoot the hood, then down the left side and finish up on the trunk. been workin pretty good.
 
I paint everything apart but this is how I spray the body.
I start with the passenger side of the roof than the drivers side, taillight panel, right quarter, left quarter, right door jamb and rocker, left door jamb and rocker and last the cowl.
 
Thanks. How hard is it to get your metalics right when you paint the car apart? thats how I would prefer too, just a little nervous because the car will be painted Vitamin C Pearl.
 
I start at one end of the car and work the whole car from front to back or vise-versa. Example: up one fender and half way across the hood, catch the front while you change sides then continue the hood to the other side and down the other fender, switch back to the first side and up the center of the body and half way across the hood, switch sides and continue the hood and down the side, switch back to original side and up the quarter and half way across the trunk, catch the tail panel and then continue the trunk and down the other quarter. Do this 2-3 coats till coverage is reached and on the last coat if it's a metalic I walk the whole car with a drop coat to make sure the metalic orientation is perfect. Hope that makes sense.
 
Jason M made a comment on another forum that its better to start painting the part of the car closest to the air flow inlet in a cross draft booth, which makes a lot of sense to me.
 
Thanks. Do you add a lttle more reducer for your drop coat to keep it smooth?
 
Thanks I still want to try and paint it apart. It will be sealed with white epoxy. I just hope when I get it back together everything will match.
 
Are you talking about factory mopar vitamin c? The color isn't much different than spraying a solid color. The metallic/pearl is so faint.

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What system are you using? Even in sikkens this color is a bit on the transparent side. You shouldn't really need a drop coat on this color if this is the same color you are talking about.
 
chevman;22229 said:
Jason M made a comment on another forum that its better to start painting the part of the car closest to the air flow inlet in a cross draft booth, which makes a lot of sense to me.
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Fred is right, start on the airflow end and melt your overspray as you go.
 
Thats what I was thinking too. Just needed a little confermation. In my booth(32'by 24') if your standing At threar of the car the intake is over your left shoulder. 8' to the bottom of the intake. Its 4' by 8'. The exhaust is diagnal on the right corner floor level. It's two 36" chicken house fans. I can run one or both. Both will really move some air. The wall on the intake side is 13' and the exhaust 8'. How well to you guys think this setup will work?
 
A good booth will move a lot of slow air, try it and see how it goes. The best booths will also have a pusher fan(s) and show slightly positive pressure to keep dirt from coming in around door door seals etc.
 
I think it's illegal to run positive pressure, at least where I am. Ideally you want just barely negative, to keep fumes out of the shop floor area.

Just my 2¢...
 
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