Thread: Painting in a small area.

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I've been obsessing how I was going to paint my '34 in the small garage I have available. The body and hood are no problem. I made a rolling fixture so I can move the body around. I can set the hood on a couple of barrels. The doors are a different matter. They need to be painted inside, outside and on the edges, and I want to paint all surfaces in the same session. I tried hanging them, but that didn't work. It was too hard for me to get at all the edges and still get nice coverage.

I was standing in my garage, muttering to myself because I wasn't getting anything done, then I saw a couple of 2x12 planks and my engine stand, and l lightbulb came on. It only took about an hour's work, a couple of 1/2 x 7" bolts, some shelf brackets and a few deck screws to make a couple of rotisseries to hang the doors on. I can spin them 360 and get to all the surfaces easily. I primed all the parts (except for the body) in just a few hours this afternoon.

Now, if I can just fix the next 10 billion pinholes that Gibbon included at no extra cost . . .

Really starting to look great Jack. Bet those racks helped alot.


Don

Necessity the mother of invention.

Originally Posted by Henry Rifle

Now, if I can just fix the next 10 billion pinholes that Gibbon included at no extra cost . . .

Must be a variation on the oft used line in car ads; "Rust Free" (or in Gibbonese, Pinhole free).............which too often really means they're throwing in the rust (or pinholes) FOR FREE!!!!

Nice work racks!!! and yeah dont u hate all those kinda extras.

all the shop i work at we hang alot of the parts with wire from the booth ceiling or used small chain with S hooks. I have hang parts off the overhead door tracks to. when i painted plane parts we hang all most all of the plane i guess that would be a plane hanger

Looks like you got it all together now. Looks pretty good though, too bad for the pinholes, just gonna have to use glazing putty I guess. Are you going to paint this thing in the garage? If so then as you may already know, be careful about the fans and lights not being sealed. People have had them blow up and catch their garages and themselfs on fire. I have done it this way but nothing caught on fire. It's all your decision to take the chance or not I guess.

make sure ther is not big voids under your gelcoat i would go over the surfaces with a tip of a ball point pen or a rounded off small punch and make sure the pins were just that and fill with platinum body filler

Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

Must be a variation on the oft used line in car ads; "Rust Free" (or in Gibbonese, Pinhole free).............which too often really means they're throwing in the rust (or pinholes) FOR FREE!!!!

Free Pinholes?????????? Wow!!!! Where do I sign up?????

In the case of Gibbon bodies, this could be pinholes by a pinhead?????

Hey Jack, I'll bet Kyle isn't on your Christmas card list anymore, huh????

One small piece of advice is lighting.

I had eight double fluorescent fixtures in the garage ceiling at my last shop.
Painted the 32 there.

What helped was making up four double 4' fluorescent fixtures with 120V plugs.
These were placed on the floor pointed up at a 30 degree angle.

Two per side and they really helped light things up in the bottom area of the body.

Black paint so I needed all the help I could get....

Thanks for the input. I've already addressed the explosion-proof issues. I'm using HVLP to cut down fumes. I have two exhaust fans with inductive motors (no brushes, no sparks) and a lot of airflow. The water heater is turned off.

Hanging didn't work. I don't have enough places to hang stuff and still have access to everything. But thanks for the idea.

I'm also working on the lighting issue I don't have enough lights in the ceiling, and I will be adding uplights on the side. I haven't done it yet because I don't need it for the primer coat. I can see it well enough.

I've done at least four cars in garages, and I have worked with a guy who was seriously burned in a painting explosion, so I'm up on those issues.

Dave,

Kyle's on one of my lists . . . but it ain't the Christmas card list.