At 01:44 PM 12/18/98 EST, you wrote:
>I want to bring up a question regarding painting my Spit, or any car for that
>matter.
>What are the disadvantages of undertaking such a job myself? Assuming of
>course that prep work is done properly, and I can obtain a totally empty
>garage (dust free?) with a good air compressor and paint gun. I imagine all I
>would be missing is the baking process. How impotant is it? Is there a way to
>get proffesional results without it? And finnaly, are there any other
factors
>to consider?
Then rick stieg wrote:
>Used a two-part polymer paint and shot three coats of slow-drying clear over
>the finish-with no wet sanding of the color coats. Took about 8 hours. Only
>mistake was the use of "slow drying" clear-allowed dust to settle on the
>finish. USE A RESPIRATOR.
To this I will add:
Be VERY careful around the polymer paints with their hardners. Read the
directions - they say to use a "pressurized hood - with a breathable air
supply".
I have become very leary of using them. I know of one 18 yr. old fellow that
sprayed a truck (outside) using a paint that had a hardner. When to bed
that night and never woke up. His lungs sulitified (hardened) and he
sufficated. Not to mention the cynates. This too can kill you. There are
many older body men that have a lot of problems now from using this stuff.
I have seen some excellent results from plain acrylic enamel.
As to the dust. If you have enough paint or clear coat, you can wet sand
(also called color sanding) it with 1200 and 1500 wet & dry paper then
buff it out. This is also how you get rid of orange peel.
If you would like some general hints on painting, check out my article
on the Morgan Web page (listed below - Note: Netscape 4.5 doesn't work
on this page. The sound causes Netscape 4.5 to crash. 3.01 - 4.04 work
well - I've heard that are a LOT of bugs in 4.5.)
John
John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair@exis.net
Va. Beach, Va Phone: (757) 495-8229
48 TR1800 65 Morgan 4/4 Series V
71 Saab Sonett III 75 Bricklin SV1 77 Spitfire
www.team.net/www/morgan bricklin.shel.olsy-na.com/bi
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