Originally Posted by Mike C

I've got a quick question, I'm sure there must be a few people on here who do a bit of spraying themselves who don't have a booth etc. Well I've got a van which has a couple of rusty panels. I've just bought a new wing, new front wheel arch panel and new rear wheelarch repair panel as those panels on the nearside are pretty shot. The rest of the van is pretty straight and solid, but there's a little bit of surface rust on the bottom of the one door and other little dings which have gone slightly rusty.

Anyway, I can do all the prerp work myself and get the new panels welded in, but as it's just a workhorse I'm not really looking to send it to my regular bodyshop and as I have a decent compressor and spraying equipment and as I'm not too fussed about having a flawless finish on this vehicle I thought it'd be a good opportunity to have a go myself. I do want it to look decent though, so just wondering, how do people get on with spraying in their own garage/unit? I mean in terms of temperature etc. Is there any kind of specific heater or any other kind of equipment that I should be using aside from the obvious spraying equipment?

Cheers.