CARPAINTING

CHECKLIST
Paint
ingacarmayseem l
ikea
secondar
ybecause.
..
Whatmat t
ersmostisundert hehood,ri
ght
?Thepai ntj
obispract
ical
l
yanaf tert
hought
.Butthatcouldn'
t
befur
therfrom t
hetrut
[Link] l
etherestoft
herepairj
obissimplymechanics,it
'
ssaidthatcarpai
nti
ngi s
anart
.Afterall
,thepai
ntisthefi
rstt
hingyounoti
[Link] houghmostpeoplehardlyglance
atagreatpaintj
ob,everyonenoti
cesabadone.

Carpai
nti
ngi
saninvol
vedandpainstaki
ngpr
ocess.I
fyou'
renotcar
eful
,ther
esul
tcanendupasagi ant
[Link]
y?Whatdoyouneedtoknow?Her e'
sacarpai
nti
ngcheckl
i
stto
hel
pyouonyourway:

1
SAFETY
Whenpainti
ngacar,youneedt
orememberthatyou'
reworki
ngwit
hpot ent
ial
lyhazar
douschemi
cal
s.
So,t
hefi
rstthi
ngyouneedtodoismakesur
eyou'vetakenallt
hepropersafet
yprecaut
ions.

•Gl oves–Li keallsafetyequipment ,yourglovesneedtopr ovideast r

ongbar r
ierbetweenyouandt he
painti
ngchemi cal
syou'rewor ki
ngwi t
[Link] hi
s,youshoul davoidlat
exgl oves,si
ncet heydon' t
protectagainstmostsol ventsusedi [Link]
ri
legl
ovespr ovi
debet t
erprotecti
onagai nstmanyof
thestrongerchemi calsyou'llbewor ki
ngwi [Link],t
heywon' tstandupt ofulli
mmer sioninmet hyl
ethylketone(MEK)f ormor ethanacoupl eofmi nut
es,sobecar efulandchanget hem [Link]
ofglovesyoucanweari ncludebut [Link] or
ewear inganygloves,inspectthem carefull
y
forholes,tears,puncturesorot herdefects,andcheckwiththemanuf act
urertoseehowof tenyoushoul d
changegl ovesovert hecour seofaj ob.

•Respi rat
or–Whenwor ki
ngwithspraypai
nt,i
t'
scr
it
ical
l
yimport
antthatyoupr
otectyourselff
rom
breathi
nginthepaintf
[Link]’
tenoughprot
ecti
on,youneedar espi
rator.
Ar espi
rat
orprovi
desabarri
eragainstt
hefumesandactuall
yfi
l
ter
[Link]
call
edanai rpuri
fyi
ngr
espir
ator(
APR) .

Whenchoosi nganAPR,l ookatther ati

ngoft hefi
lt
ertoseet hesmal lestpart
i
clesizeit
'sabletoblock
[Link] orafil
tert
hatcancapt ureparti
clesassmal las3mi cr
[Link] sousea
suppliedai
rrespir
ator,whichkeepst hepai ntfumesoutent irelyandpr ovidesyouwi t
hasepar atesupply
[Link] r
atoryouneedshoul dmat [Link]
whoonl yneedst odoasi nglepaint
ingjobcangetawaywi thusi ngani nexpensi
vemodel ,buta
professi
onalwhopai ntscarseverydayneedsaqual it
yr espirator,that'
scomf or
tabl
etowearf orlong
periodsofti
[Link] espir
ator
sarebui ltintoahoodt hatcover syourent i
[Link]
si snot,you'
l
l
alsoneedt owearaheadsockt oprot ectther estofyourface.

2
•Ot herProtection–Inaddi t
i
ont oglovesandar espirat
or,you'l
lneedsever alotheritemsofpr otect
ive
apparel
.First
,andmosti mportant,[Link] fyouhavear espi
ratorwithahoodt hatgoesover
yourenti
rehead,i t
’
ssti
lli
mpor t
antt ohavesomesor tofprotect
iveeyewear .Youreyesar eimportantand
verysensi
ti
ve,soyoucanneverbet oocaref
ulwheni tcomest okeepi ngthem saf [Link] hi
ng
youneedi ssomepai nt
er’[Link]’thavet obequi t
easdur ableast hegl oves,butthey
shouldst
il
lcoverallofyourremai ningexposedskin( mainl
yar msandl egs)andr egularclot
[Link]
buypacksofdi sposabl
ecoveralls,orreusablenylonorcottonones.

•PaintBooth–I nPhi
l
adelphi
a,it
'
srequi
redbylawthatyoudoyourcarpai nt
ingi
naspeci
all
yspray
pai
ntboothorpr
epstat
ion.I
notherpl
aces,i
t'
snotr
equired,butsti
l
[Link]
ntbooth
ensur
esthatt
here'
saconstantf
lowofai
rthr
oughyourwor karea,prevent
i
ngabuil
dupofharmfulpai
nt
f
umes.

Ther ear ethreebasi ctypesofpai

[Link] arisadowndr [Link] n
throughvent sinthecei l
i
ngandmovesdownwar dwi t
hgr avit
yt obeexhaust edthroughaventi noneof
thewal ls,orthroughanexhaustpi t.I
nacr oss-
draftbooth,ai rentersthr oughaf i
l
teri nthedoorand
fl
owst ot heopposi t
eendoft heboothtobeexhaust [Link] sisnotr ecommendedf orlengthybooths
sinceitt akeslongerf ort
[Link]
sincreasest hechancef orgr eaterbui l
dupofpai ntf
umesin
theair,andcanal socauset hequalit
yofthepaintitselft
osuf fer
.And,Fi nally,aside-draftbootht
akes
i
nai rthroughaf i
lt
eri nonesideandexhaust si
toutt hepposi [Link]
'shi ghl yr
ecommendedt hatyou
useoneoft heset ypesofboothswheneveryou'repai nti
ngacar .However ,ifyoudon' thaveaccesst o
apr ofessionalsprayboot h,besuretodoyourspr aypai nti
ngi nawel l-ventilatedar ea.

3
Onceyouhaveyoursaf
etyequi
pment
,youneedt
omakesur
eyouhavet
her
ightequi
pmentt
oper
for
m
t
hepaint
i
ngjobit
sel
f.

•Paint–Obvi ously,t
hisist hemosti mpor t
antmat er
[Link] ear etwomai ntypesofcarpai nt:
water-basedandsol [Link] ventpaintsusear esint ohol
di ttoget
herandt osti
cktothecar ,
whil
et hesolventmakest hepai ntthinenought obespr [Link] er-basedpaintusesdif
fer
entt ypes
ofbindingagentstohol dthepai nttogetherandmakei tstick,anduseswat ert
othinoutthepaint.
Unli
keot hertypesofwat er-basedpai nt([Link]
colors),carpaintobviouslydoesn'
twashof fwi t
h
[Link]
ead,thewat erget sinbetweent heindi
vi
dualpai ntpart
icl
esandkeepst hem separate.
Then,ast hewat erevapor at
es,thepar ti
clescomet ogetheri nt
oasol i
d,evenlayerofpai
nt.

Thet ypeofpaintyouchoosedependsonyourownneedsandper sonalpr

[Link]
nds
arerelat
ivel
ythesamei nter
msofcost,andproduceapproxi
matel
yt hesamequal it
yresul
[Link]
er
paintmayhavemor edif
fi
cul
tydr
yinginwett
ercli
matesandisbestusedinclimate-cont
rol
l
edareas.
I
t'
sal somoreenvi r
onmental
lyf
ri
endlythansol
vent-
basedpai
nt.

•PaintSpr ayer–Inthepast ,carpaint

ersusedhigh-pr
essurespr
aygunswi tht
hebot t
leofpaintatt
ached
belowt henozzl
[Link] ,thesecausedanumberofpr obl
ems,incl
udingairpoll
uti
on,.Todaythe
preferr
edtypeofsprayerformostpr ofessi
onal
sistheHighVolumeLowPr essure(HVLP)pai ntgun.
WithHVLP,t hepainti
sinat anklocat
edabovethesprayer,andisfedintothenozzlethroughthe
naturalfor
ceofgravi
[Link] ovi
desamuchmor eeff
ici
entpai
ntjobwi t
hlesswasteandbet t
er
coverage.

•Pri
mer.
•RustI
nhibi
torSpray.
•El
ectr
icSander,SandPaper
,andBuf
fer
.
•Bodyfi
ll
er.

4
PREPARATI
ON
Bef
oreyoucanstar
tpai
nti
ng,afewthi
ngsneedt
obedonetogett
hecarready
.Ift
hecarisn'
tpr
oper
ly
pr
epared,i
tcanl
eadtoasloppy
,unevenpai
ntj
[Link]
ear
ethebasicst
epsyouneedtotake:

•Repai
ranydent sorotherdamage–Obvi ousl
y,ifyou'
redoingcoll
i
sionrepairwork,youshoul
dtackl
e
t
hedamaget othecarbeforeyoupainti
[Link]
fsomeonej ustwantsanewpai ntjob,yousti
l
lneedto
makesurethecar'
ssurf
acei ssmoothanddent-f
reebeforebeginni
[Link] ethatext
ensi
ve
r
epai
rstothechassi
saren'tnecessar
y.

•Washthecar–I
fthecarisdi
rt
y,yourf
il
l
erandyourpai
ntwi
l
lhaveahar
dti
mest
icki
ngt
othecar
.
Washt
hecaronl
[Link].

•Removebumper s,t
rim,mir
rors,handles,andanythi
ngelsethatcanberemoved–Remove
anyt
hingyoudon'
[Link]
ngi
temswithmaskingt
apeisal
soanoption,butit
's
al
wayseasiersi
[Link]
emoveallt
heglassi
nthewi ndows.

•Removet heexist
ingpai
nt–Wit
hanel
ect
ri
csander
,usea220-gr
itsandi
ngdi
sctoremovet
heold
pai
nt,andthenswi
tcht
oa400-
gri
tdi
sct
osandt
hesurfaceoft
hecarunti
li
t'
scompl
etel
ysmooth.

•Removerust–Light
errustcanberemovedwit
hrusti
nhibi
torspr
ay,butf
orseverecases,you'
l
lhave
t
ogetri
dofthemetali
tsel
[Link]
her
ustedsecti
onandwel donamet alr
eplacementpat
ch,
orj
ustr
epl
acetheenti
repanel.

•Findt hedent s–Nomat t

erhowwel lyou'
verepairedthedent sanddamaget oacar ,i
t'
svir
tual
ly
i
mpossi bl
et ogetthepanelsperfectl
ystrai
[Link]
l
erisusedt osmoothoutther [Link]'
re
small,andver [Link],onceyougett hepaintont hecar,t
heysti
ckoutl ikeasorethumband
maket hepai ntj
[Link] hi
s,somepeopl eliketoapplyapr el
iminarycoatofpaintt
o
thecar ,toshowt hem wherethef i
l
[Link] ,aneasi erwayistouseal ong,st
rai
ght,
[Link]
iontherul
eragainstthebodyoft hecar,andasyoumovei talongt hepanel
s,youwil
l
seegapsbet weenthecarandther ul
erthatneedtobef il
l
edi n.

•Applyfil
ler–Useaplasticscr
apert
ofil
lint
heanygapsyouf
[Link]'
refini
shed,l
eti
tsi
tfora
f
ewmi nutest
omakesur eit'
sdryandreadyf
ort
henextst
[Link],use80-
gri
tsandpapert
osand
downthebumpsinthefil
ler.

5
PAI
NTI
NG
Nowyourcari
spr
epped,st
ri
pped,f
il
l
ed,andr
eady
.It
'
sti
met
ost
artpai
nti
ng!

•Appl yprimer–Wi t
houtagoodpr imer
,yourpaintjobwilll
ookbadandwi llhavetroublestickingtot he
[Link]
sowhyi t
'
snecessarytostri
ptheoldpaintoffthecarf
i
rst
.Iftheol dpaintjobisn'tperfect,
i
twi l
lcauseprobl
emswhenyouputanewcoatoveri t
.Useyourpaintsprayertoappl ycorrosion-resist
ant
,
self
-etchi
ngpri
[Link]
eatesasmoot h,evenlayerovert
hefil
ler
.Then,l etthepr i
mercur e,and
besur etofol
l
owalldryingti
messpecif
icbyt hebrandlabel
.Somepeopl eliketoapplyt wocoat sof
pri
mer :oneofsel
f-
etchingandoneofepoxy .Epoxyprimerworksasanant i
-corr
osiveagent .However ,
thereismuchdebateamongpr of
essi
onalsoverwhetheryoushoulduseet ching,epoxy ,orbot h,and
howt heyshouldbeappl i
ed.

•Sandagai
n–Use600-gri
twet/
drysandpapertosmoothoutpaintdr
[Link]
eanthecaragai
nwi
th
acet
onet
ogetr
idofanyoi
lorot
hercontaminantst
hathavecol
lectedonthecarsur
face.

•Applypaint–Useyourpai
ntsprayerandapplyanice,evencoatofpai
[Link]'
trush!Goslow,be
methodi
cal
,andcar
efult
odoitri
[Link]
[Link]
smayt akeanywherefr
om onedayt oaweek,
dependi
ngonthepai
[Link] etokeepthecarcleananddust-
fr
eewhi l
eitdri
es.

•Sandoncemor e–Use1200-gri
twetsandpaperandmakesuret
hecoatofpai
nti
sper
fect
lysmoot
h
al
lover
.Rinseof ft
hesandi
ngresi
dueandl eti
tdr
[Link]
,usethebuf
fert
opoli
sht
hecarandgive
i
taglossyfi
nish.

6
CONCLUSI
ON
Thesearejustt
hebasicmat er
ial
sandpr ocedur esthatyou'l
lneedi
nor dert
operfor
m apropercar
pai
nti
[Link]
ingi
sn'tt
oodi f
fi
cul
t,butdoingi twellandgett
ingi
tri
ghttakespl
entyofpract
ice.
Therearealotofmediocrepaintj
obsoutther e,thatcanmakeagr [Link]'r
e
dri
vi
ng,youwantittol
ooki t
[Link] terthecondi ti
on,youcantakeadull,l
ackl
ust
ercarandr eal
l
y
makeitshi
newi t
hsomet hi
ngassi mpleasagr eatpaintjob.