De-stinking Penelope

[chuck hahn]

Looks like youve got all the construction and heating issues well behind you. Bet your getting excited now!!

[SVSooke]

And one picture of my water and oil filter/separators and desiccant for good measure.

Nice,can we get the low down on the desiccant filter?A subtle nudge

[rustybronco]

Looks like youve got all the construction and heating issues well behind you. Bet your getting excited now!!

Now that I feel I have sufficient air volume to run my LVLP and properly conditioned, yes I am. I had the full size reg connected before the desiccant and the pressure dropped a little too much for my liking. Now I have just my old reg at the gun in place. I also removed two of the air line couplers I had and connected the hoses up direct. It will be nice to see how well my gun will work at 16~19 psi inlet pressure.

Nice,can we get the low down on the desiccant filter?A subtle nudge

I would have thought you of all people would have seen the write-up I did.

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?226764-D-I-Y-air-compressor-line-desiccant-dryer

Your oil coalescer is all boxed up and ready to be shipped. It's in a small flat rate shipping box- hopefully packed well enough so it doesn't get broken. If I had put it in medium flat rate the shipping charges would have been a deal breaker.

[nvr2old]

Sometimes you just have to make your own weather!

$38 for a 28" W.C. regulator and two hoses to connect everything together. Propane heater was dug out of the rubbish bin at work. $0

I applaud all of your preparations to do this paint job, and I hate to be a wet blanket, but that heater will cause massive amounts of condensation and humidity in a closed area. Propane just won't work for heating your space. It's got to be dry heat. Electric is much, much better.

[SVSooke]

I would have thought you of all people would have seen the write-up I did.

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?226764-D-I-Y-air-compressor-line-desiccant-dryer

Your oil coalescer is all boxed up and ready to be shipped. It's in a small flat rate shipping box- hopefully packed well enough so it doesn't get broken. If I had put it in medium flat rate the shipping charges would have been a deal breaker.

Sorry I missed thatMust have missed it in one of the times I logged in on my phone or I was just 1/2 asleep.PM you to get the package on it's way ASAP.If you packed it like you normally do it will be just fine

[rustybronco]

I applaud all of your preparations to do this paint job, and I hate to be a wet blanket, but that heater will cause massive amounts of condensation and humidity in a closed area. Propane just won't work for heating your space. It's got to be dry heat. Electric is much, much better.

It's amazing how much one forgets over time. One of the by products of combustion is water vapor. I had planned on heating the garage with the over head door open and the heaters outlet directed towards the interior of the garage. Do you still think that's still going to be an issue with only a temperature rise of only 10 degrees? i.e., from the low sixty's to the low seventies?

If you think it's still going to be an issue, then I'll find lots of mass, old brake rotors for example, and borrow the wife's oven.

Iron= .107 BTU/lb per °F

1 Watt = 3.41214 BTU/h

Air .018 BTU/ft^3

[nvr2old]

I guess I just wouldn't use propane, period, if that's your heat source before spraying. I've seen water/condensation, literally, dripping off of everything metal in a garage heated by propane. Bad, bad....

[rustybronco]

Then electric it is...

***EDIT***

Inside the 'boot' without any air flow from the box fan and using my little 1500 Watt heater as the only heat source, the temp rose from 52°F to 69°F over a twenty-five minute period.

[chuck hahn]

What about combustable paint misting?????????? Get it heated, shut off heater, shoot, restart heater??? And remember the metal itself needs time to get to at least 70ish. maybe take parts in the house and carry them out just as your getting ready to spray???

[nvr2old]

As long as you have a good exhaust fan, even a box fan pointed outside will work, you shouldn't have any combustion problems with an electric heater. It would take a cloud so thick that you can't see through it to even be considered a danger to ignite (as long as the heater is not inside your booth, that is). With that being said, it's always better to play it safe, though. Get it as warm as you can and if you feel uncomfortable with the heater on during spraying, turn it off and then back on once spraying is completed. You should also always keep a fan going after spraying (over night) to keep the air moving around the new paint to help it dry evenly. If you don't, you risk the finish getting a "crust" on top and sealing it off before it dries from the inside out. A reciprocating fan works best.

[Flyboy]

Damn, this is getting far too technical for my little brain, and here is me just hanging stuff from a coat hanger in the garage....hahahaha, oh well, I guess I have a whole lot to learn.

[rustybronco]

So what's so different between your method of hanging parts and mine? The nationality of the person making the coat hanger?

My method is just a different take on stapeling plastic to the rafters.

[Flyboy]

Hahahaha, I think our coat hangers come from the same far Eastern sweat shop, difference is my garage don't look like a climate controlled laboratory when I paint, not for lack of wanting though.
But then again, we are not known for having three feet of that cold white slush conspiring against our painting efforts, I take my hat off to your tenacity.

[rustybronco]

It's a sunny 72° F in the old spray booth tonight.

Picked up some spot putty. Took care of some minor little issues on the tail piece. Sealer is on waiting to dry. Guns are cleaned ready to go.

Base coat up next.

[rustybronco]

Base coat is on. Hit the tank with my arm and put a mark in it. Tomorrow I'll wet sand it and hopefully that will take care of it. If not, then I'll block sand and re-base it.

I'm running out of time for this year. Might have to beg a real spray booth to finish it.

No one ever said this was going to be a cake walk.











You can just make out where I bumped it. There's the reflection of the florescent light and on the right hand side just below it is another gray reflection.
If you look closely, you can just make out the half circle mark in the base coat.

I was lifting the tank to hang it on the hook and brushed against it.





On the bright side, the tank was as straight as an arrow!