While the car was still up on it's side I sprayed the underside with the new "Old English White" body color. Despite the tarping and a really powerful barn ventilation fan, the overspray in the garage was pretty bad. Not recommended
For painting the rest of the car I decided to up my game a bit and build a spray booth inside the garage. The furnace filters along the top draw filtered air in, while the heavy duty barn fan was set inside a plenum box I built with cardboard and scrap lumber. It worked beautifully as a negative pressure enclosure, and kept overspray and fumes to a minimum. It's hard to get photos of the booth because it took up a large portion of the garage.
Once the body was painted, I partially disassembled the booth and rolled the car outside of the booth so I could tackle all the other panels and parts
Overall I'm very pleased with how the paint job turned out. As a first time painter, in a home made booth I made some mistakes. Any pro or car judge will see them instantly, but my goal is to have a "showable driver" car. I think with some color sanding and buffing the car will get there.
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