84' Cutlass pro touring build

[Rktpwrd]

Thank you sir!!!!! I will assume the air you are blowing is clean and dry and not straight from the compressor...?

That is correct.
Clean dry air at the point where everything happens is critical. If you’re pushing contaminants downstream from your compressor, they’ll end up in your work no matter how clean you have the panel to begin with.

I have redundancy built in to the compressed air system in my garage, there’s a regulator, a particulate, and coalescing filters mounted immediately as it comes out of the compressor. Then it goes through a refrigerated dryer, then through a second desiccant dryer at the opposite end of the shop. Just to make absolutely sure the air is clean and dry by the time it hits the hose.

Of course, it does help that I happen to be a compressed air service technician, and that it’s my business to know and build these systems.
😉😏

 

[Tony1968]

That is correct.
Clean dry air at the point where everything happens is critical. If you’re pushing contaminants downstream from your compressor, they’ll end up in your work no matter how clean you have the panel to begin with.

I have redundancy built in to the compressed air system in my garage, there’s a regulator, a particulate, and coalescing filters mounted immediately as it comes out of the compressor. Then it goes through a refrigerated dryer, then through a second desiccant dryer at the opposite end of the shop. Just to make absolutely sure the air is clean and dry by the time it hits the hose.

Of course, it does help that I happen to be a compressed air service technician, and that it’s my business to know and build these systems.
😉😏

We have those systems in the boiler rooms where I work. I understand. Don't know if I can get that complex when the time comes. I hope I can.
I ran into another small problem today that I have to rectify before I get into serious spraying. I own the building where I live and it's a 4 unit. My upstairs tenant complained of a paint thinner smell about 6 hours after I sprayed 2cans of 2 part urethane. I will have to make a spray booth with really good ventilation. Anyone who has done this in their garage attached to their house give me some tips. Please. It's going to be awhile but that will give me time to collect what I need

 

[Rktpwrd]

We have those systems in the boiler rooms where I work. I understand. Don't know if I can get that complex when the time comes. I hope I can.
I ran into another small problem today that I have to rectify before I get into serious spraying. I own the building where I live and it's a 4 unit. My upstairs tenant complained of a paint thinner smell about 6 hours after I sprayed 2cans of 2 part urethane. I will have to make a spray booth with really good ventilation. Anyone who has done this in their garage attached to their house give me some tips. Please. It's going to be awhile but that will give me time to collect what I need

I’m afraid I can’t help you there Tony. Mine is a detached, so I don’t have to worry about the odours afterwards.
Good luck.

 

[Injectedcutty]

I'm getting ready to spray in my attached garage, maybe later this week. I'll be using aerosols, but I plan on taping off the man door as it leads to the kitchen. I'll also likely keep my big door cracked with a fan blowing out too.

 

[melloelky]

google home made spray booth's,the images will get the gears in your head moving.
the idea is to change the air in said space as much and as fast as possible.like an HVAC application,you need adequate make up air to "feed"the room.on the same note getting the air out just as much/as fast.Scott's got the idea of sealing up his main access so he will continue to roam the earth because if he doesn't his wife will kill him and the cutlass will most likely go to the guy next door and fall to circle track duty.no one here wants this.say you stuck a fan under the garage door,if you block the rest of the area around the fan sealing it up so the air only comes through the fan and no where else,it'll help with suction thus moving air towards the other side.as far as removing it goes say a window on the far side,put a cheap furnace filter in the opening to catch some of the fumes/color/everything to cut down on the smell outside.the more and faster you change the air in this room the less there is to creep up stairs.you may have to run the fan for a time after you're done to make this work well.and so on.

 

[Tony1968]

google home made spray booth's,the images will get the gears in your head moving.
the idea is to change the air in said space as much and as fast as possible.like an HVAC application,you need adequate make up air to "feed"the room.on the same note getting the air out just as much/as fast.Scott's got the idea of sealing up his main access so he will continue to roam the earth because if he doesn't his wife will kill him and the cutlass will most likely go to the guy next door and fall to circle track duty.no one here wants this.say you stuck a fan under the garage door,if you block the rest of the area around the fan sealing it up so the air only comes through the fan and no where else,it'll help with suction thus moving air towards the other side.as far as removing it goes say a window on the far side,put a cheap furnace filter in the opening to catch some of the fumes/color/everything to cut down on the smell outside.the more and faster you change the air in this room the less there is to creep up stairs.you may have to run the fan for a time after you're done to make this work well.and so on.

This I can do. I work on air handler units and especially ones for surgical rooms where air changes are critical. Just have to do some math and labor. Thanks!

 

[Tony1968]

Alright another question for the pro's following this thread... I am going to be stripping paint soon and will have to shoot epoxy primer to avoid rusting. Does it matter what color epoxy I should use? Especially since I'm not sure what my final base color will be?

 

[Injectedcutty]

Alright another question for the pro's following this thread... I am going to be stripping paint soon and will have to shoot epoxy primer to avoid rusting. Does it matter what color epoxy I should use? Especially since I'm not sure what my final base color will be?

I'm not a pro, but I'd say when in doubt go with grey. You typically want a primer that's of a similar hue to the final color, but grey is in the middle and should work fine with lighter basecoats.

 

[melloelky]

Alright another question for the pro's following this thread... I am going to be stripping paint soon and will have to shoot epoxy primer to avoid rusting. Does it matter what color epoxy I should use? Especially since I'm not sure what my final base color will be?

it doesn't matter,as epoxy's the first of what might be many coats of surfacing before you begin color.either way the color of sealer you choose to put on the car is more important as that's applied before color of choice.pick one and let it fly for now.

 

[Tony1968]

I have to thank melloelky (Chris).... He sent me some brand new tack clothes just because I was having an issue with the ones I had. I never asked but he just gave. And him and you other guys here are what makes this site incredible and it's the reason I support this place. I will someday pay it forward.... that I promise
Tony