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• The windshield is still in because it's easier to mask that way. I trim the outer rubber off, so I can run the tape down in the resulting 'channel' and the glass supports my masking paper. You could also use this trick to drive to a paint shop if you were having someone else paint it.
• I don't flood the floor, I just get it good and damp. You have to be ultra-super-careful with the air line when you do this, but I've found the dust control is worth it.
• I'm not using a PP mask - I do want to get one some day. I have a full-face 2-stage one now that's the best I can get without going PP. It does work *MUCH* better than the plain organic cannisters.
• These pix don't show the surprises; I'd need closeups for that. The surprises consisted of pinholes in the filler, missed rock chips, places that needed better feathering, etc, etc, etc.
• I'm using Evercoat "Fill Sand" which is a surfacing primer. It's intended to fill tiny imperfections and scratches; I think it can fill up to #80 sandpaper cuts - spray-on bondo!
• The 1st post-sand happens tonight. There's some small spots which will need sanding and atiny bit of filler, and we missed some rock chips on the front. The bumpers need the edges sanded because the neighbor kid that's helping took #80 to them at all kinds of odd angles Can't b*tch about free labor - he's showed up at my house @ 5:00 on the dot every day this week, unsolicited, for free. The other kids are playing basketball and riding bikes, and he wants to sand on my car.
• I have a couple of box fans I use to move the air, as well as some super-heavy-duty mainframe cooling fans (think 'e-ram')
• I have a drop ceiling, and I'm not sure yet how I'll hang plastic. I may just staple it to the shelving. It *does* help control the overspray a bit.
• I'm using the $50 Harbor Fright [sic] HVLP gun to shoot the surfacing primer
• I [i]will[i] be color sanding when all is said and done, no doubt about it. I think paint just looks better after color sanding.
• I'm planning on shooting color Saturday.
• I have a Sharpe air dryer/filter, and before the air gets to that, it goes thru a 15' and 25' 3/8" air hoses, each coiled into it's own bucket of cold water to cool the intake charge. My compressor is large enough that it hardly runs at all while I'm actually painting. I also use a small disposable inline filter at the gun.