Where I was at the time humidity was not a problem. Arizona......
I did it here in Texas many times also, no blushing of the paint if that is
what you mean. Many pro booths use a waterfall system.
At 10:57 AM 8/29/98 -0700, you wrote:
>NA Campiglia wrote:
>>
>> Jack,
>> Do you or a real good friend have a garage?
>> If so heres what you do.....
>>
>> Get yourself some old blankets, mine came from salvation army and goodwill
>> stores. Sweep out the area you will paint in and hang the blankets from
>> the roof, make sure they overlap. Hose everything down with water, then
>> paint. The water will hold down any dust particles and will also attract
>> any over spray.
>>
>> The result was amazing, the car looked great.
>>
>> I wish I still had that garage............. Then I'd paint MY spit.......
>>
>> Good luck
>>
>> With all this talk about HVLP this and that... What is the minimum that
>> someone with a decent compressor (me 4 HP Crafstman) would need to get
>> started. I want to paint my Spitfire, I was quoted $1700 without painting
>> the engine compartment. How about where to paint, how hard is it outside,
>> how long does it take to dry. I looked at Fred Thomas' suggestion
>> (http://www.horizonweb.com/wwwboard/Spray_101/wwwboard.html) it's very
>> informative. In a nutshell what would some of you recommend.
>>
>> Jack
>>
>> 76 TR6
>> 80 Spitfire
>> 80 TR8
>>
>> N.A. Campiglia III
>> Abilene TX
>> '67 Mk III, '74 1500
>> http://camalott.com/~spitdrvr
>
>Interesting idea. Did you have any problem with the higher humidity?
>
N.A. Campiglia III
Abilene TX
'67 Mk III, '74 1500
http://camalott.com/~spitdrvr
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