Spray Painting in the Garage...

leadfoot · #1 (**permalink**) 08-22-2003, 08:37 PM

A word from the wise...

DON'T DO IT!!!!

I was repairing to prime and paint my roll bar... masked everything and covered the car with plenty of plastic vapor barrier, up to the middle of the hood....

BUT...

After I looked at my beautiful paint job... I ran my hand over the hood of the car... only to feel like sand paper.... AAAAHHHhhhh

I quickly pulled out eh Zaino, and thankfully it all came off. I also noticed the floor of the garage was tacky.... and my bear feet looked as though they had been painted black (OK I came in every hour to give a fine coating while entertaining on the patio...

I was VERY surprised that the aerosol spray cars gave off a mist that lightly coated the whole garage, including the floor...

Be careful!!!

Turk · #2 (**permalink**) 08-22-2003, 08:40 PM

Be careful, very careful with the wives after such an experiment.
I have no first hand knowledge of such women.

TURK

Tinker51 · #3 (**permalink**) 08-22-2003, 10:21 PM

Overspray is impressive stuff. It goes a lot further than you think it will. I was painting a couple of pieces once (not car stuff) with your normal shaker can paint in a large (60' X 60') enclosed building. I painted the two pieces at one end of the building and the next day found overspray on something at the other end of the building.