Setting up a good painting environment

[Funk_off]

Hi peoples, I am spray painting my 4b in my mates big boat building shed. I am just wondering if anyone has any advice on setting up an area for spray painting in such a large space? Its quite impossible to clean the shed from top to bottom.

Thanks

[jtraf]

wet the floor and keep it wet to stop heaps of dust and to attract the overspray especially with 2k. Pressure wash floor once you have finished to remove overspray.

Don't run a blower heater unless there is no dust either.....

plenty of water but don't splash the car....

HTH

James

[-Mick-]

wet the floor and keep it wet to stop heaps of dust and to attract the overspray especially with 2k. Pressure wash floor once you have finished to remove overspray.

Don't run a blower heater unless there is no dust either.....

plenty of water but don't splash the car....

HTH

James

Good to know. I always wondred if excess moisture in the area would be like painting when its humid/ raining... which is bad from what I've read on every paint tin ever.

Its the best way to keep dust down obviously but I never did it for that reason.

[pootrol]

when ive done 2k painting i went over board buying a $50 drum of rope,strung up a rectangle frame surrounding the car about 3mtr above ground and bought a heap of those $3 plastic drop sheets and a couple of packets of pegs and created a barrier from any air flow that could cause air born dust.i ran masking tape down the seems between the sheets and laid planks along the bottom.wet down the floor and i was off.if its acrylic dont fuss to much its easy to use,fix and the over spray on surrounding items in the shed wipes off.

[ISUZUROVER]

Good to know. I always wondred if excess moisture in the area would be like painting when its humid/ raining... which is bad from what I've read on every paint tin ever.

Its the best way to keep dust down obviously but I never did it for that reason.

Professional spray booths have wet floors (actually water running under a mesh floor) - but they also have temperature and humidity controlled air entering the booth.

If the concrete you are wetting is cold the you should have no problems.

[Funk_off]

Hi, I do have a 2 car garage seperate from my house, which seems like it might be a better idea to paint in. It just that im renting and if i get paint on any of the wall my miss's will cut my bits off and feed them too the dog.

Im sure if i buy enough plastic sheeting and cover the wall and roof it will be safe. Has anyone painted in this environment and how did they set it up to stop paint going everywhere. And will I need any heat lamps, or blowers to do so?

[jessie928]

most important things are wet down the walls and floor, use dropsheets on the wall. Also if you have exposed ceiling, cover that up in dropsheets also.

Make sure that your compressor is outside the garage, put in a fan at the door of the garage to suck air out, make sure its not windy as to blow shit into shed, Wet down the area outside the roller door aswell.

after you wet down the garage, wait 10 mins for any dust to settle, the spray the walls and floor again, then tack rag the car and spray away.....

I have painted many a car in a 2 car garage

[Marty1]

You going with plain old acrylic,
or getting fancy with 2 pack???

Your biggest issue getting a good finish of the gun will
probably be the temperature when you spray... if your
in QLD, you may have to time it, unless you just want
to put heaps on and cut it back later