[TR] Painting a car
Chris Simo
ccsimonsen at gmail.com
Thu Jan 8 10:00:50 MST 2009
I painted my TR4 with good old acrylic enamel over 10 years ago. I did all
the bodywork and spent a long time on prep.
Since it was intended to be a driver - basically a 10 footer, I decided I'd
paint it myself. It turned out really well and the paint looks good even
today. - One thing I think I did right - I made a clear plastic tent in the
garage around the car and lit the tent from outside the tent - bugs
gravitated to the light vs the car - and am not sure if the bug problem was
helped by painting at night.
It was also summer in Virginia so the garage was over 90 degrees that night
- sweat drops were a problem but the paint flowed very well - better than I
expected...
For the TR2 - I'm sure I'll do most of the body work but will leave the
final prep and painting to the pros...
chris
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