At 12:27 PM 8/11/99 -0400, Malaboge@aol.com wrote:
>.....snip...
>response. After too many scare responses, I'm afraid the days of painting my
>own cars has gone. (Somehow the thought of creating a "chamber" big enough
>for me and the car, then pumping it full of cyanide compounds just doesn't
>....snip....
I have to disagree with the days being over. You can easily build a
cheap plastic dropcloth wall in your garage to build that chamber and then
rent a fresh air system to paint the car. In my case I bought a HobbyAir
system, its $300 and that adds to the cost of the painting but I use it a
lot for lots of things. Like glass beading, sand blasting and painting
small parts late at night when the garage door is closed. After I
purchased mine, I found you could rent similar items for $28/day at the
tool rental place, for that price I would have considered renting it when I
paint the car but I am glad I bought the HobbyAir since I use it a lot anyway.
Todays paints are NASTY but the days are not over, I still prefer saying
"yes that is a run in the paint, but its MY run". And I think I do a
better quality job than most shops that I could afford will do anyway
because I will make sure every nook and cranny has paint in it, rather than
go, that spot wont be seen after its assembled lets ignore it. I can't
afford the shops that would do it right, money or time wise. The cosmetic
quality of the paint would be better from a shop than I will do but it is
MY paint job on MY car, and if I am happy with it isn't that all that
matters anyway?
mike
~~~~~ I'd rather be sailing and ~~~ .oooO Oooo. ~~~~~~~~~~~
Mike Rambour ( ) ( )
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mikey@b2systems.com \_) (_/
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