Booth done, sprayed first coat today

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Whiskyb

My booth is done and so is my prep work. Today I put on my brand new shoot suit,3M full face respirator and filled my new LPH 400. I laid down a real nice coat of grey epoxy and 2 shots / quart of the 885 reducer as per The Perfect Paint Job.

If only I had to deal with the few spots to de-nib. I also backed into my front fender and bumper leaving big butt marks in the paint. I sprayed a little extra on them so it only needs sanding.

My plan now is to go back in tomorrow and red-scotch pad the entire car and clean up my butt marks. Wednesday or Thursday I would like to shot my base which is transtar metallic blue.

Is my time between coats an issue? Attached are my pics from before I started and one of the view from the back door of my shop IMG_2516.jpg

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Dont forget to de mask and re mask the car after your sealer is sanded.. It will give you a cleaner paint job.. I also would not sand it inside your booth.. NO extra dust needed in my opinion..

If you can roll it out and sand it, wash it, re mask it and then roll it in for base and clear..

Are you basing and clearing same day or separate..

If separate you will have cleaner job also if you re mask over the base paper for your clear.. That way you are not blowing base particles off the paper when you apply clear..

Some food for thought

Happy spraying
 
Base should go on fresh epoxy for the best adhesion. When I was looking into this, I found that people on here are waiting from 15 minutes to overnight (if you plan to sand the sealer).

From what I could gather, most people on this site shoot base from 30 min to 1 hour after epoxy sealer. I wait 30 - 45 minutes.
 
When I searched back for epoxy times it seemed that epoxy was 7 days but reduced was within 48hrs. It also seemed that reduced was 1:1:1. I only added a couple of ounces so I was hoping I was closer to straight epoxy time window.

Thanks for the tip on masking, I likely might of just resprayed. I do have a portable pop up shelter that I use in the driveway to work under so yes I can roll the car out.
 
Here is the gig..

If you reduced the epoxy say 10-20%.. You will be fine spraying over it for say 3-5 days sanded.. After that I would apply a mixed 50% over the sanded epoxy ( 1:1:1 ) as a sealer coat then apply base 30 minutes after that.. It would be paper thin and would not affect the base as far as texture etc..

Take your time and do a good job.. No matter the time constraints.. we have methods to work with those..

Happy Spraying
 
I have 12 double tube 8's mounted on the ceiling above the plastic. I also have 2 double tube 4's that are down low on one wall where I had a dark spot. Works best with the garage doors closed to prevent the glare.
 
The first time I used it I had my wife tape up the door seam, worked good. Next time she was not around so I skipped the tape. Worked just as good with no leakage. I left a 3" flap of plastic on the door edge and with the positive pressure in the booth it holds it against the surrounding frame and pretty much seals itself. If you were referring to how it works by meaning how I get in, its just a hinged door covered in plastic
 
Actually it is an older 69 that has been updated. The fan was a 2 speed. Mostly used it on low with the base but bumped it up to high for my clear. Thought it was not working right since I did have some overspray in the booth. Turned out that my exhaust filters were plugged. Halfway through when I realized this I put my foot through them to allow the room to clear! Guess you do what you have to!
 
Hello WhiskeyB
Did you build the entire frame out of 2X4s? How large is your booth (overall dimensions)? Looks like you are using standard household filters for inlet and outlet? I need to build something very similar and would benefit from your experience on this one. Thanks

Pat
Folsom, CA
 
Not sure if I am the one to help, but I can tell you what I did and others can correct it hopefully if I did something wrong.

I used 2X4's to build the entire frame. I later sold them assembled to a friend who built a garage out of the panels. Anyway, it measured 18X28 if I remember correctly. I screwed everything together in 8X8 and 8X10 panels and then assembled them. Trusses across the top were just 2X4's again screwed together.

I used a small piece of duct tape on the plastic before stapling. Packing tape was used on all the seams to ensure a tight seal. The fan could not centered on the rear, which would have been better. Mounted it high with the filters on the booth side. Other end had filters low for the exhaust.

Fan was a 2 speed and really inflated the booth if the filters plugged. My lights were just my normal shop fluorescent ceiling mounted. I did buy some small 4' fluorescent and had them on the floor just outside the plastic for down low lighting.

For it being my first time shooting since siphon feed enamels I felt it worked very well. I did get some trash but I felt that was my fault. Not sure if I would use exhaust filters next time or use some with a little less restriction. Maybe proper booth filters would be better.

Any other questions ask away and I will do my best to help. Plus there are many more experienced painters here who can help us both
 
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