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[spud]

No not me the question!!

I've prepped all the outside of my mini (it's taken me days!!) and have just about finished the masking the window and door holes. Before I start putting on the primer, and bearing in mind I'm a complete novice, what is the best order to spray the panels bearing in mind I only have a single garage and can only spray perhaps the back end and one side at a time etc Which lines do I mask off on and should it be resprayed with the seam strips in position or not?

I thought about doing a 'part' of it and then moving the car to the other side of the garage and doing the other side and then turning it round and doing the front etc. Is it OK to put masking tape on primer or top coat (I'm using celly) as soon as it's dried?

As usual, any help would be appreciated,

spud.

[syholl]

I found the best way to do it was to get the car onto some castors. You can buy sets of them on EBay fairly cheap, and fix them to a wooden board (18mm ply is good), this makes spraying much easier in a small garage as you can move the car about if you are very careful. Celly can take a long time to dry, especially in the colder weather, so i'm not sure whether masking tape is a good idea or not, never dared to try it to be honest. Personally, i would get all the car done in primer and then start on the topcoats...