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[mk=john]

Hi
I plan to respray my mini in my detatched gararage at home. I plan to use extra lighting and extractr fans etc. the garage is 10 ft wide, by 15 ft long (useable length)

if anyone here has done this before, can you please advise me on what extrator fan and lighting to use, and where to get them from? I will plan to line the garage with polythene sheets etc.

Thanks

John

[jack_marshall]

Did you decide to paint in cellulose?

[mk=john]

Did you decide to paint in cellulose?

Hi Jack
Yes, it will be celly, both primer and topcoat

[olds_kool_lews]

Did you decide to paint in cellulose?

Hi Jack
Yes, it will be celly, both primer and topcoat

i resprayed my mini on the side of the road, out in the sunshine, with no lined garage, no extractor fans, no fancy spray booth, n it turned out well! just needs to be polished up and sorted! gave it 6 coats of celly to, so plenty of paint to polish up! sorted!

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[Frog]

Hi
I plan to respray my mini in my detatched gararage at home. I plan to use extra lighting and extractr fans etc. the garage is 10 ft wide, by 15 ft long (useable length)

if anyone here has done this before, can you please advise me on what extrator fan and lighting to use, and where to get them from? I will plan to line the garage with polythene sheets etc.

Thanks

John

I sprayed cars in my prefab garage for 15years, all I did was put extra florescent tubes up & used to used a radiator fan to start with mounted to a piece of wood, later replaced with a clark extractor from machine mart. I never used to line the garage just gave it a good clean out then wetted the floor realy well before starting. Always seemed to work well.

[mk=john]

Hi
I plan to respray my mini in my detatched gararage at home. I plan to use extra lighting and extractr fans etc. the garage is 10 ft wide, by 15 ft long (useable length)

if anyone here has done this before, can you please advise me on what extrator fan and lighting to use, and where to get them from? I will plan to line the garage with polythene sheets etc.

Thanks

John

I sprayed cars in my prefab garage for 15years, all I did was put extra florescent tubes up & used to used a radiator fan to start with mounted to a piece of wood, later replaced with a clark extractor from machine mart. I never used to line the garage just gave it a good clean out then wetted the floor realy well before starting. Always seemed to work well.

Hi, does your clarke extractor have the charcoal filter? Do you have the model number at hand?

Cheers

[Brams96]

How did you set up the fan? Wont using an extract fan in a sealed garage suck in air (and dust particals) from any gaps from outside??

[Frog]

Hi
I plan to respray my mini in my detatched gararage at home. I plan to use extra lighting and extractr fans etc. the garage is 10 ft wide, by 15 ft long (useable length)

if anyone here has done this before, can you please advise me on what extrator fan and lighting to use, and where to get them from? I will plan to line the garage with polythene sheets etc.

Thanks

John

I sprayed cars in my prefab garage for 15years, all I did was put extra florescent tubes up & used to used a radiator fan to start with mounted to a piece of wood, later replaced with a clark extractor from machine mart. I never used to line the garage just gave it a good clean out then wetted the floor realy well before starting. Always seemed to work well.

Hi, does your clarke extractor have the charcoal filter? Do you have the model number at hand?

Cheers

Hi ,
No charcoal filter fitted I just made up a filter in a wooden frome that screwed over the top. You can buy a 1m x 1m piece of filter from you local paint factors. The fan itself was a 10" CAF304 but they are quite expensive.

[jjojjas]

I did mine in the garage. The lights were just fleurescent ones, but I had the car a little too close to the door and it cast a very slight shadow....when all was done I got two runs in the paint, both where the shadow was cast , I just didn't see them with the light. So make sure your lighting is good.
I masked mine of woth poly sheet. It worked very wee, but if I was to do it again I'd also put it on the floor. It would have made the clean up a lot easier.


Finally, I did not have any extraction. The result was ok for me, but it has still got some overspray on it. If your after a concourse spray job with little or no polishing I'd get some extraction sorted.
Good luck. I'm pleased I did mine, but I'm not sure I would do it again.

[mini.cooper998]

nice colour jjojjas is it smoke grey,


did you spray celly or 2k and how many coats of each

thanks

andy

as regards your fan do you suck or blow er misses

Edited by mini.cooper998, 16 August 2009 - 08:40 PM.