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project86 · 07-11-2010, 07:52 PM

Painting In Your garage would be fine. Just know that it's probably going to be a dirty paint job compared to If you use the paint booth at your school. Which will probably result in quite a bit of wet sanding. I have a degree in collision repair and refinishing. My advice is ti use the booth if you can, you will be glad you did

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Also....I doubt you're gonna get a compressor for 150 that will sufficiently power a DA and a gun. I just bought a portable 33gal compressor for my DA and gun. It was $350. DAs use ALOT of air. My compressor barely cuts it and all I'm doing right now is putting some flares on my friends FC. I would hate to do a whole car with the compressor I have. Sanding wise i mean. It should power then gun just fine.

I would say get a 60 gal. That should work just fine. Also about the baking. You only need to bake clearcoat. Base dries quite fast. I learned with BASF Products (Limco,RM,Glasurit). Flash time between coAts with these paints is about 5 to 10 min. Baking the clearcoat is a great way to help it dry. But it's not always necessary. Keep us updated

07-11-2010, 07:52 PM	#3
project86 Can't.Make.Up.My.Mind. Join Date: May 2009 Location: Murfreesboro, TN Posts: 1,377 Rep Power: 18	Painting In Your garage would be fine. Just know that it's probably going to be a dirty paint job compared to If you use the paint booth at your school. Which will probably result in quite a bit of wet sanding. I have a degree in collision repair and refinishing. My advice is ti use the booth if you can, you will be glad you did . Also....I doubt you're gonna get a compressor for 150 that will sufficiently power a DA and a gun. I just bought a portable 33gal compressor for my DA and gun. It was $350. DAs use ALOT of air. My compressor barely cuts it and all I'm doing right now is putting some flares on my friends FC. I would hate to do a whole car with the compressor I have. Sanding wise i mean. It should power then gun just fine. I would say get a 60 gal. That should work just fine. Also about the baking. You only need to bake clearcoat. Base dries quite fast. I learned with BASF Products (Limco,RM,Glasurit). Flash time between coAts with these paints is about 5 to 10 min. Baking the clearcoat is a great way to help it dry. But it's not always necessary. Keep us updated __________________ '90 GTUs Stay up to date with my photography '06 Toyota Highlander Hybrid '10 Toyota Prius "Initial Success or Total Failure" Last edited by project86; 07-13-2010 at 11:22 AM.