painting the inside first?

[zuess4u]

Question for the exsperienced painters: Here at Paradise valley High school, we are gettig closer to removing our 67 Camaro from the rotisserery and getting ready for paint.

The auto body shop is not really up to par...but we can use the spray booth.

The project is turning out pretty damm nice so far, and we know the success hindges on the paint.

We are wondering if we should spray inside the cab, inside the doors, mount and align them, spray firewall engine carpartment/under hood and mount it, and trunk and under trunk lid.

And of course fender wells and inside of fenders, mounting and alligning all the sheet metal.

This would leave us with the outside to paint. We want to hire somneone to spray/buff the outside do to the lack of teachers that can spray or buff.

In your opinion, can we get local car show quality from this process.

Our thinking is, the less the person who we get to spray has to do, the more money we can save. We feel we can do a good job on the inside and leave the outside to a professional.

Ideas or comments..or any painters in Phoenix?

[PRRC]

I think if you can spray primer you can spray paint.You will never learn how to get the job done without doing it yourself.If you feel you can spray the jambs the outside is no differant.have your teachers contact some local shops and see if your class could take a trip over there and ask some questions and watch them paint a car.Buffing takes alittle time to learn.But buffing is the easy part.sanding is the key to a flawless paint job.The more you do the better you will get.Maybe even contact a local paint supply company and see if they will send a (dupont/PPG who ever you choose.) rep out to show you how to use there product.You might get lucky and they might donate the supplies to help you out.Just a thought. Good luck,Tim

[zuess4u]

I think if you can spray primer you can spray paint.You will never learn how to get the job done without doing it yourself.If you feel you can spray the jambs the outside is no differant.have your teachers contact some local shops and see if your class could take a trip over there and ask some questions and watch them paint a car.Buffing takes alittle time to learn.But buffing is the easy part.sanding is the key to a flawless paint job.The more you do the better you will get.Maybe even contact a local paint supply company and see if they will send a (dupont/PPG who ever you choose.) rep out to show you how to use there product.You might get lucky and they might donate the supplies to help you out.Just a thought. Good luck,Tim

Thanks Tim, we have a Dupont rep helping on supplies, and I am one of the teachers...lol, We are on the automotives side not the auto body side. So we are not treaching students spraying and buffing, do to the fact we dont have that knowledge.....lol

This is not the car we want to practice on....we have a large amount of sponsors that are wanting to see a real nice finished product. And for what we have gotten, we dont want to let anyone down or disappoint our sponsors.

So I was looking for someone who has done it this way. There is one guy on Lateral-G....I think its a 68....its red and primer...looks like hes doing it this way as well.

But your point is well taken on the trial and error....trust me we have done a lot of that on this 67 project....the T-56 to the 2 pieace rear SBC is a prime example...but we got it done for less then 200.00.

[vanzuuk1]

Do a hood or mc tank first,then decide.

[PRRC]

zuess4u, I guess I did'nt realize you were the teacher asking the question.I was just trying to offer some suggestion.Hope I didn't offend anyone.Now that its alittle more clear,Lets take another stab at this.what stage is the car currently in? Primer/ready for paint?
just getting started with panel fitment?
or panels fitted and ready to start blocking it out?
Instead of me typing all of this out, give me a call on my cell..317-258-8063 or our shop....317-541-9590...my name is Tim Hope that I will be able to help you out.

[BRIAN]

Call your closest paint mfg they usually have paint classes regularly. If you are a school I am sure they more than help out. They can either send a rep out or have you bring your car to their location.

The paint reps spend their days going to shops showing them how to apply their products. PPG and Dupont will probably be your best bet. Most will be happy to spend a day on a cool project rather than dealing with a shop.


That said stay single stage and no metallic if you do yourself.

[zuess4u]

Hey, thanks everyone for your help, and Tim no did not offend, it takes more then that to get me offenned, I have a long fuse.

Just wondered if that inside out process is a decent way to paint the car.

Brian, I will do call my Dupont rep, he is a friend of mine actually, Ill see what he can do.

But Im still interested in that inside out process.....lol

has anyone tried it.?