Invest in a good "respirator mask" one that your local automotive finish paint
store representative recommends. Hardening agents like Isocyanates are bad bad
bad for your respiratory system.....Even worse if you have asthma or previous
lung disease.
Subject: Arrgh !
Author: <Malaboge@aol.com> at internet
Date: 08/05/99 05:01 PM
My ole Dad use to say..."If you want it done right, do it yourself".
Well, I gotta say, he was right. As some of you may remember I Purchased a
TR4A (The Duke of Oil) early this year, with visions of racing it this
summer. Ha! Most everything on the car needed to be rebuilt and I figured I
could do that in a fairly timely manner. The only thing I didn't feel
comfortable with is the bodywork/paint, especially with all the new paints
that require a spacesuit to apply safely. I dragged the car down to San
Francisco in April to a bodyshop with a good reputation. I have visited the
Duke on a regular basis since and now that it is August and the car is not
even primered yet, let alone painted, I have put it back on the trailer and
dragged it home again.
So, I will now be painting the car myself.
Does anyone have any good words about paint types or tips ? Remember that
this is California and we can't even get any of the "good" paints here in the
state and must use only the newer type paints which I have never used.
Can I still use a regular paint gun, or must I get a new HVLP style gun? What
primers? Etc etc.
Hoping I don't kill myself with this stuff...
Nick of Nor Cal
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