First time painting a car

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After months of bodywork and primer sanding, I finally painted and clear coated the car. I made some mistakes but not too bad considering I did it in a homemade paint booth in my driveway. I am not sure if the pics will attach right. There is a weird shadow that shows on the view from the front. I used SPI primers and their Universal Clear.

Brett
 

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Very nice! Looks like you did a great job.
I have a 68 Cougar in the garage waiting on me to get around to finishing it.
 
Good dry air supply and only use the cheap harbor freight gun for primer. I had multiple cheap compressors linked together and it worked ok.
 
I planned to use 3/4 in PVC pipe to create a frame and use plastic sheeting. Found out a small breeze made it too unstable. I ended up using two 10x10 canopies I had in my garage. Was a little tight on the sides but it worked. I recommend two 10×15 canopies so that you have 15 feet for the width of the car. Used a 24in shop fan and furnace filters for ventilation.
 
I planned to use 3/4 in PVC pipe to create a frame and use plastic sheeting. Found out a small breeze made it too unstable. I ended up using two 10x10 canopies I had in my garage. Was a little tight on the sides but it worked. I recommend two 10×15 canopies so that you have 15 feet for the width of the car. Used a 24in shop fan and furnace filters for ventilation.
 

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