I am laying out my next parts for painting. My plan is to hang the hood and engine deck from a ridgepole so that I can spray both sides with base and clear in a single session. When I hung it up the center of gravity on my beetle hood means Id be painting the outside partially vertical but mostly overhanging. I just know this is going to lead to issues for me on the clearcoat. My thought was maybe I can do this on a paint stand in the coating windows if I do this.
- lay out epoxy on one side, wait overnight and do the backside. Then sand.
- Hang and shoot base to both sides since this is shot lighter and less chance of sags, runs, and wave.
- wait ? hours from last coat, 3 planned
- tape and plastic on the outside of the hood with tape stick only on the inner hood lip.
- lay hood upside down on paint stand
- shoot 2 coats of clear on the inside
- wait an hour or two and remove tape and plastic
- either leave in this position until the morning or shift into the hanging position so that the base continues to offgass overnight without being in contact with the paint stand
- In the morning tape/plastic off the inside
- lay the hood back on the stand to paint the top along with all the other parts that sat overnight