Hi;

I found this site yesterday and spent about 4 hours looking through all the rebuild projects - surprised me how many older decent escorts there are!

i own a m5 xr3i cabrio. Its standard except some mondeo wheels and some sideskirts of some other car (the previous owner did it). The paint is radiant red and although its the best one i have seen for its age (no rust and still very shiny) i want to repaint so i have bought up a 3hp compressor and spray gun and have been practicing with celly.

Does anyone on here spray with 2k or other paints? I want to spray with something better than celly, so i have been looking at air fed breathing kits, i can get a decent hobby kit from the us for £250 delivered. Does anyone spray in their garages? what kind of results can be got in the garage?

I have also sourced a st170 engine to go in, but thats really as a replacement for the tired zetec in there at the mo. i am more interested in learning to paint to a decent standard.

Any advice or pictures of results from garage spraying? what mask kits do others use if any!?

Thanks, Steven Caine.

 

HI mate,

Well, 2k base coat plus laquer is the way forward for sure, but ya still gonna have to buff it afterwards like cellulose if you intend on spraying in ya garage cos dust is inevitable. Make sure you prepare the garage first before u even start(polythene on the roof, mega clean floor). Like you say breathing equipment with 2k is good, but i never bother lol. If your doing a full car wait while summer then you can have the window open or door ajar....as long as it aint windy, plus you wont have to heat the garage either!

 

Hi lee;

Yes so far i have just had the door a little open and spent very little time in the garage breathing, and i do have a filter mask. I will have to get a decent mask for the 2k as last time i used it i reacted really bad to it and was coughing for a couple weeks....! (i was only young messing around trying to paint an old car with some mates and an electric creosote sprayer!!!)

I will have to plastic the entire garage, it is very dusty. i have had perfect results on the sides of he things i paint, but so much dust on the top as it settles on the top, not the sides.

I keep seeing infra red heaters used for 2k, is this just to speed up the setting of the paint or is it required to set the paint?

Thanks

 

Hi Mate,

Your best bet is to PM DamoV, if your lucky he may even come on here.............

 

Well i got to page 26 of the userlist and got board of searching. I also looked on the send PM searching for damov or damov* didnt work?

Who is he i take it hes knowledgeable on painting?

Thanks.

 

Heres the fella you need...................Damo V,

Check out TonyTurbos resto thread, he's in there LOADS

Theres about 20+ pages i think

 

Aye Damo will be able to advise you in every respect. But you do need it totally dust free.

Those heater are to speed up drying so you can get to work on a certain area quicker!

 

Wow thats a long post, took me 2 hours to read that last night!

I liked the plastic fantastic "spray booth" looks like im going along the right lines as that was my plan aswell.

Thanks for the pointer. When i do it in a few months time i'll post up all the befor and after pictures like everyone else here seems to do.

Thanks, Steven Caine.