thanks guys!
for as decent as it looks now, once the black is on, I really think it's gonna make the copper look way better... break things up a bit....
hopefully masking the cage and copper off wont be too much of a pain.. i'll be going thu a few rolls of 2"......
as to dust..... the roof has a bit, but not bad considering I was 8" from the ceiling beam, in the dungeon...... nothing a little 1000 grit and wheel wont take care of..
the better you prep, the less dust first... I also have LOTS of tricks developed over 30 yrs..
I usually progressively blow out the truck, surrounding area, and shop, more and more the last couple days leading up to a shoot... but I wont do any the day I shoot... this was a "leave everything alone thats away from the truck and just tarp it" kinda spray... in the past when the dungeon wasn't so cluttered, i'd clean the whole garage in prior days, set up plastic for a mock booth, then wet the floor... but it would have taken me 2 days alone to "clean out" the garage......
I nuke the he!! out of the garage the prior evening till morn. then shut the heat down for a couple hrs prior to let the air settle.. THAT's where dust will come from, if the vehicle itself is perfect..
perfect surface, damp/dry toweled with denatured before masking, then again after masking, then tacked right prior to the first coat..
hvlp helps a TON with dust... your "moving around" much more air with an oldschool non-hvlp... not to mention wasting a bit of material in the way of more airborne overspray.. also, with base/clear, you only have to worry about dust during clearing... you tack your final basecoat..
but when i shoot the black, it'll be oldschool non-hvlp thru the pot... not concerned about dust on that one, it wont be a hood, roof or trunk, which are really your only worries for dust really...
btw, when i painted today, I was sweating my butt off in shorts and a t-shirt... that's how warm I get the dungeon on the overnight...
wow, a novel!
gotta finish the underside seamsealing tomorrow, do a little more wet 320-ing, then prep and mask.. probably wont mask it till sat.. give that clear some time to kick hard before i slam masking tape all over it....
That looks really good and I can't wait to see the black on it. And yes I am following your ideas for dust control so I can shoot mine in the garage in the spring.
