How to paint a car. Beginners guide, Part 1 Compressors, Spray guns, Extraction, Tips and Tricks #56
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I’ve been out of the game 20+ years, my son just bent his brand new car, 2k to repair at the body shop .Bought a full spray kit from GT Air 400.00, watched a few up to date videos bit of self taught pdr have just done the most fantastic 2k base and clear job. I’ve now just acquired a small lock up. The hobby has returned, looking for projects.
Tim it is a great hobby for sure and a totally different experience when you’re having to earn a living doing it… cheers Trev 👍
Now I might get various comments for this, but without the room to make a proper spray booth I eventually decided to paint my car under a gazebo on the hot days. I'm not green to paintwork, I work as a smart repair bodywork guy. So anyway to cut a long story short, over the period of a week ( odd days) I managed to paint my car in the fresh air, put extra layers of lacquer on to have something to cut back to polish. It was difficult and you couldn't do it in winter, but there are always way around it, and you can get a show finnish if you don't hurry and take your time.
Great video! I was in the painting biz myself. Thank you for touching on three key points, air compressor sizing, respirators and ventilation. So many DIYs use too small a compressor, little or no respirator protection and no ventilation. The end result is they're standing in a closed space, waiting for the compressor to build up whilst breathing in things that can kill them.
Before I even watch the video, wanted to thank you for sharing your experience and skills. One of the most valuable channels on RUclips!
Outstanding fabrication and metalworking skills.
Hey Trev!! Great video and thank you so much for featuring my music!! Really means so much. Was great to work with you! 🧡
best videos on the Tube, Trev's blog!!! Informative, learn a lot, but also lot's of laughing and makes me happy every time. keep it up Trev!
Yep makes me happy too 😁
@@adrianhagerty6905 Me too
Thank you so much for doing this! Currently going through the complete drivetrain and suspension on a '59 F100. Getting ready to purchase a welder and start the bodywork next year. Started looking into what getting it painted was going to run and was blown away with the price of getting it painted. It looked like it would cost me two or three times what I'm going to have in the truck just to get it painted. No way I can afford that! Got so bummed out I thought of giving up on the whole project. Just crushed!
Your previous videos have been so helpful that now I have hope again I can learn to do this myself and actually realize my dream of restoring/restomodding this old truck myself.
Thank you so much!
Hi Jeff, never give up, there's always a way to do it yourself. It will take you longer but you will save yourself a good chunk of money and with such great, helpful and positive people like Trev around to offer honest good advice you will get there. One step at a time 👍
Kind regards Paul
Another good informative video Trev. Thanks for the shout out. I am wondering what I should do next to be sure of a spot in your next Video.
I have quite a collection of spray guns at this point. Much like sewing machines, there is not one that will do everything. My spray booth is nearly identical to your drawing. And recently went to a full face mask respirator, love it! Recently painted the entire inside of my van. Moving to the exterior next week.
Another great video the ani f160 is a really good gun I have both guns the ani has a better spray pattern but both are good 👍
Hi Trev, thank you for this video! I'm about to retrain to get into primarily auto repair but also looking to do some custom jobs in my own time. This has been really useful to get an understanding of what I might *actually* need before I get too distracted by the bright shiny things. P.S. I clicked the shop website link but it doesn't seem to be working. I know this video is now 3yrs old but is the shop still going?
Ok i have to ask a stupid question. i know about the suction gun, and i have a HLVP gun, but what are the ones you have and what is the difference between them and a HLVP gun? cause they look just like the HLVP guns i have. i'm trying to figure out what i'm missing here. and i am in no way a body or paint guy. i struggle with it. being color blind doesn't help either.
I tell the home gamers to stay away from HVLP. They tend to think it is the best technology. I explain it is more of an emissions standard that business must comply with. To achieve the higher transfer rates the air pressure is dropped at the air cap. That makes it a challenge to atomize the fluid usually increasing orange peel and potential runs. Any material savings for the occasional work will not be realized.
In the States I consider Sharpe a quality entry level gun at reasonable prices. Something like the FX 2000. Also has a wide range of fluid tips maybe up to 1.8 or 2.0. I don't remember exactly but I remember it was pretty big.
Trev
You remind me of me 30 years ago.....JGA was the gun of choice haha.
Here I am all these years later going back to what I loved doing ....vehicle refinish.
Just building my new workshops and laughing as my booth and extraction is the same as yours.
I have the luxury of 3 phase and a 29 cfm compressor and drier so heads up when it comes to laying the paint down .
Keep up with your blog, you pitch it right at the guys that want inspiration and dont have mega budgets to spend on equipment.
Common sense approach works every time . Cheers buddy
Hey thanks 😊
Just about to buy a triumph stag here in Oz, so hope my past experience comes flooding back.
Great video Trev, martins bike fantastic job. Great guitar work. All the best for new vid, s.
Thanks for taking the time Trev to give a honest video of your own personal experience in the real world of bodyshop repair. Its based on fact rather than theory and a pleasant surprise in relation to some other videos I have seen which can be theory based or even hearsay. Must admit when I worked in this area of the motor trade cellulose was being replaced by the Isocyanate or 2K ,the suppliers and manufacturers insisted you would probably expire very quickly if you did not use air fed masks! plus gloves and full body suit as it is absorbed through the skin too. Too be honest I had no idea carbon filters could be used as protection for 2K as I have been out of touch for so long that's why I find it interesting and informative plus entertaining of course. As you touched on extraction too the body shops had to invest huge amounts in new spray booths etc plus heaters which took a while for the guys to get used too, always remember the Peugeot 405 that came in for new bumpers in the craze at the time of part painted. The young lad in the shop set the heat and timer wrong resulting in the bumpers liquifying hanging off the car a very expensive lesson. Rambling on now about happy memories apart from the spiders that seemed to be gigantic due to cellulose absorbs ion lol. Cheers Trev long may you continue.
Those carbon filters are pretty amazing. You can't smell a thing until you take the mask off. It's best to buy pre-filters though as a lot of the paint gets caught by them to save the carbon from early saturation.
@@tonydalton6756 That is useful to know Tony. Thank you for for your insight. I will need to get a new mask soon so will definitely be going down this route. 👍 Kind regards Paul
Hi Trev, what's the name of the gorse material used in the air filter you made and where can you buy it?l
Nice guide.When i was younger a buddy and me painted a few cars outside,he always them a newyork paint job.
These days I think there are some better cost effective options than SATA for the newbie.
I would buy devilbiss flg5. 1.4mm and 1.8mm tips for it. Primer and finishes with same gun. And it will last you... well.. lifetime if you dont abuse it. Bigger fan then the airgunsa what was on the video. I have devilbiss gti pro lite, sata.. sagola.. guns. Still always supprises me how good that flg5 gun is for the value.
Thanks for the tips 👍
Hi trev,hope all is well,i have another question to ask,i will be respraying a car that i have rebuilt,and want to use a metal flake on it,my spray gun is only a 1.3 nozz;e,the metal flake i will be using a fine flake of 0.04mm,i have been told that i will need a nozzle size of at least a 1.8,would this be correct at all,?still like watching your blogs by the way,cheers.
If that’s the gun recommended then they probably know more than I do about that specific product. When I painted metal flake I used an old jga gun but I can’t remember the air cap set up. It was a suction feed with a couple of ball bearings in the pot to keep the metal flake agitated. My only concern is using a gravity feed gun… Will the flake all sink to the bottom? Something to consider 👍
Thanks Trev. I would be doing mostly Woodfinish and the odd job at home, I have a 2HP 50l compressor and recently bought a Rongpeng R700 LVLP gun. Will it be ok? Providing of ofcourse I learn how to use it properly?
No idea but I’m sure with a bit of fiddling you’ll be fine 👍
Very interested in spraying cellulose for the period look. Would be interested in learning more about that. What do you think about running a gang of smaller compressors all plumbed together for more volume? Might not please the neighbors but would it work? Thankfully in Germany and Switzerland all homes have 3 phase to the house or flat.
Cellulose is basically the same preparation process it’s just thinned with around 50% thinners with no hardener. It typically oxidises faster than 2K giving it a faded look quicker. Yes compressors all feeding the same output line would work absolutely fine. 👍
Excellent very helpful video thanks Trev.
Thanks Trev, keep em' coming👍
Cheers Trev, another good gun Devilbiss FLG-5 it's as good as a top end spray guns with quality, performance and paint usage for a reasonable price.
Yes, I bought one couple of years ago. Excellent gun for the price and capable of great results. Also we have a JGA 502 from late 70's still going strong although not used so much now. 👍👍
Do you have any videos on the order of the passes, meaning where do you make the first , second, third pass and so on. Do you start on a door for example on the edges then around the window frame and then the panels? I hope you understand my question, it is difficult to put into words.
Thanks for your hard work.
JIM
The key is to spray all of the edges and hard to reach areas first. Then put a uniform coat of paint over the whole panel. Speed of the strokes is dependent on the paint being sprayed. Some top coats flow once applied so runs could be a problem. Other top coats don’t flow so well so slower passes and getting closer to the panel is required to achieve a good finish. Cheers Trev 👍
Thanks Trev, nice video. I spayed my MG Midget in cellulose using similar kit to the stuff in your video and it worked ok. I would like to do the 924 in epoxy based paints eventually. Is there much difference in spraying technique between the two materials?
No a major amount of difference to be honest. All paints have their own unique characteristics even what would be classed as the same type of paint by different brands will spray slightly differently though. It’s worth having a practice to understand each products characteristics before repainting your car for sure. Cheers Trev
Another great and informative video thank you . Like the lad singng too 😎
Thank you Adrian!! 🎶🧡
Thanks Trev, I don't do much painting but now I know what has been going wrong in the past.
Cheers.
Hey thanks 👍
Great idea for a series Trev. I am hoping to do up to and including epoxy on my restoration and then hand over the top coats to the professionals.
Great advice Trev and yes Max knows how to rock it, nice dobro too :)
Thank you so much!! 🎶🧡
You are such a nice guy Trev. Always helping out other people. Max Stockin is such a good player & a cool guy who definitely deserves a break.
On another note:
You can get quite a good paint set-up if you are willing to fix broken or well used stuff.
My favourite gun was a well used Devilbiss HVLP bought for £10 from a bootsale. I just bought the overhaul kit from Devilbiss themselves. It looked like something out of a horror movie but luckily it had only been used for cellulose.
My compressor is the same as Your ABAC 200 litres which I bought for £50 because it had thrown a crank due to lack of oil. I just bought a new pump for £220. The tank & motor were just out of guarantee so pretty new.
I use a Clarke 12" extraction fan with hose that I bought from auction for £50.
Tony we’re definitely on the same page 100%. Cheers Trev 👍
Thank you so much Tony! 🎶🧡
Just been doing some more research into Isocyanates for my own safety and to validate for myself what Trev was saying about respirators ability to keep you safe. I found a very long but interesting video by the BC Construction Safety Alliance called "Isocyanates - Silent Sensitizers webinar January 20, 2021". (also on RUclips). This is certainly well worth watching as It does confirm that a respirator used with the correct filters will give you protection for a certain length of time and also covered the importance of proper ventilation as Trev was telling us about. I now have a second source of information to support my primary and trusted source which is Trev's channel. Great video Trev, truly helpful as always.
Kind regards Paul from 48 Spokes. 👍👍👍
Trev whats your views on lvlp spray guns are they more useable for spraying at home with small compressor as advertised?
Ray having never bought one I don’t know for sure. A guy I worked with bought a fast mover lvlp and said that he was impressed with the quality of the finish for the cost. I use conventional guns and my compressor keeps up ok it’s a 3hp 14cfm 👍
Regarding Isocyonates. I was spraying a very small section on a car and got the paint and clear coat from a local automotive paint supplier. So I went to the 3M website to find out which respirator filter to buy to protect me and it said, and I paraphrase here, that they do not make a filter capable of filtering out that contaminate and that the only option was a fresh air fed mask. They further said if you can smell it, you've already been overexposed. This concerned me since I wasn't about to buy a fresh air fed mask system. I wound up spraying it outside, with a fan directed toward my head (not the area I was painting). I wore a full suit, with goggles and the best respirator available at the paint store. Since it was just a really small area, I even held my breath while I sprayed and then ran away after putting on a coat. LOL. Must have looked pretty funny. But I can honestly say I have no idea what that paint smells like. Given the danger, I'm not sure I will ever spray a whole car. Just FYI.
I wouldn’t buy a 3M respirator. There are a lot of 3M respirators that I have been told could be copies. I prefer to use a Gerson respirator with a A1 B1 classification. The problem with cartridge respirators is that you’re basically pulling in fumes through the same filter, it’s possible to overwhelm the filter with prolonged use and get poisoned! especially if you’re wearing the respirator for a long period of time during the same painting session. To add a little balance, you have to realise that we now live in a world where common sense has gone out of the window and suing companies for compensation has become widespread. The result is that companies now issue advice that keeps them from not being sued, that means over the top health and safety. The 3M canister respirators should give you a certain level of protection provided they’re the correct classification, they’re probably stating that it’s preferable to wear an air fed because A. People often don’t have common sense B. They don’t want to be sued! I’ve worked with people that have painted all of their professional lives and they haven’t suffered I’ll effects. The most important with regards to safety is ventilation. If the paint mist is being removed rapidly then the respirator will be filtering nearly clean air. If you can’t see your hand in front of your face because the overspray is so thick in the air, your respirator will soon become overwhelmed.
@@trevsblog Thanks for the info.
I was under the impression that the clear coat is more dangerous than the base coat. Any knowledge about that?
Hi trev,i just purchased a voilamart lvlp 600cc with a 1.3mm nozzle, I haven't used it yet as I'm trying to build up an inventory of things i need prior to prepping and painting my first project car, I've watched your video's and they're so informative, and make alot of sense, reason i got a lvlp gun is mainly because i purchased the wrong size compressor, my bad, obviously didn't do my homework on compressors, but i am told i can just about get away using a lvlp gun for my work, I'll be testing it out on a sheet of blank card or paper to get the best setup, would using a 1.3 nozzle for primer be adequate, as according to it's description it implies that it can be used for all paint types, but i won't know this until i get to use it, next thing on my long list is the right filter mask made for for the job, even have the proper paint overalls, maybe going over the top but as this is my first attempt, I can't afford to contaminate the finish with dust and hair or even bugs..?,anyways sorry to blabber on, can you give me any info on the 1.3 nozzle for primers and other paints....cheers trev..
Ideally for primer you need a 1.8 but if you add more thinners the primer will come through a 1.3 but the build won’t be as thick so more coats will required to get a thicker film thickness. When a gun states that it’s ok for all paint types that normally means that it has stainless steel components that won’t rust when using water based paints. Cheers Trev 👍
@@trevsblog That's great trev thanks for the info my friend..
To get the air volume i require ,, I just show the missus my credit card bill ...
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Devilbiss FLG5 is a great gun on a budget,1.4 for top coats or 1.8 for primer
Are you tintin brother....lol
Trev,
Appears that REVIVE does not ship to the States.... too bad. We gave it a shot
Thanks for the videos dealing with painting and all the background logic you used ..
Well Done Sir
It would help us Yanks to add the price in US also. Thanks Trev. Enjoyed the tunes. Like you, I also have tunes in my head. Keeps me young and thinking about the good ole days. Ronnie.
Thanks, will follow with interest because this series is for me. Beginner, 2 car garage in which I am restoring a '72 Lancia. Finished all the rust repairs, now doing all bodywork and will paint myself in the garage. Built booth in the garage with large fan, intake filters, exhaust filters, 12 cfm 110 volt used Devilbiss compressor ($140 on craigslist) with 30 gallon tank linked up with 60 gallon extra tank ($100), air drier using dessicant and a $350 Anest Iwata LPLV gun. 3M professional mask like Trev's Gerson. Harbor Freight PPS cups system, $25. ... 2K single stage paint is waiting, tractor red, 5 quarts total for $230. Before last year I never welded or spray painted.
Another great video. Love your work, and approach to it all. Takes me back to days. Did my apprenticeship restoring MG's on the south coast at a place called Motorspeed ltd left soon after completing to get experience in crash repairs to match qualifications both panel and paint. Seeing the old dinosaur Devilbliss JGA' made me smile. Im the same vintage as yourself. Still have both of mine an FF and an EX set up. Were the bomb in the day circa early 90's. Left the trade in 96 when moved the Australia. Didn't seem to be a well thought of trade here and wasn't paying much (anything car wise was the same). Enough of memory lane. Keep it up. Love the hair too.😅
Trev, you mentioned about voltages for compressors. In North America we have both 110 and 220 voltages (or 120 and 240 depending on area and who you ask) going to the buildings. That way we choose which we need at the circuit panel. Most stoves, dryers and other heavy items use the 220v while the small stuff (normal wall outlets) uses the 110v. The 220 is simply 2 of the 110 circuts used together. So.. no issues getting a decent compressor here since we have 220v to the buildings.
I always enjoy your videos, by the way.
i have a 220 , ( US) 5 hp twin cylinder , 60 gal , 16 cfm , do you think i'm good ? Really enjoy your channel your very noligable
I would recommend the Devilbiss FLG-5, Iwata Belaria or Iwata Kiwami for topcoats. (budget minded buyers)
The Iwata Air Gunsa is not a good value for the money, the build quality is pretty low compared to the other guns I listed in the similar price range.
The airgunsa also has a really small fan compared to the other guns.
I have the same gun as Trev (chrome flash) and I only use it for small jobs I don't care about. For the jobs I do care about, I use the Iwata LPH400 or Belaria.
You don't need to spend a ton of cash on the top SATA or Iwata, but the nicer the gun, the easier time you will have painting. It takes more skill to get good results from a cheap gun than a more expensive gun.
Good one - really interesting to see your booth air-handling box, I'll be building something similar for when I get ready to paint my Porsche 944 at home.
Thanks for sharing. Great vid. Paint and Body Work is 90% talent/experience..10% apparatus. Ed Roth, George Barris, Gene Winfield worked miracles on a shoestring in their early years. Best to You and Yours.
Still got a more than 20 years old Devilbiss 513, still as new. Gravity fed, conventional high pressure, best spray gun ever. Parts are still sold :)
Bought it for myself when I was still a professional car painter, always kept it and use it for special projects only.
I painted many a car with my Devilbiss spray gun with a Binks detail gun on my driveway in the 80's! Loved that gun!
Trev, if you are up for a challenge let's see what you can do with a Lidl bargain spray gun with your experience?
Great info as usual Trev👍
I love this! Thanks for all the insight!
Great videos! And been extremely helpful . Can we still buy the hammers . I did try the link but couldn’t seem to open it
Great vid trev. I have one of those 558 don't use it but got it in a group deal. I have a devilbiss gravity feed hvlp with a 1.2 tip and then I bought a group set of guns for £10 for 4 guns 2 were just cheap guns that are fit for scrap but 1 was the 558 and the other was a devilbiss sri gravity feed with a 0.8 so for the money I could not lose. Stripped and soaked in thinners now all sorted. I would say for any diyer to watch Facebook market place/ ebay and buy a second hand good guns as you will find great deals out there and now that devilbiss have the new dv1 that seems to be the new best all rounder the old gti pro lite will soon appear for sale cheap. If you watch grants autobody he has various guns and recently used his pro lite and was just blown away how great a gun it still is and he has various iwata and sata guns aswell as the new dv1.
My brother and I restore vintage tractors and taught ourselves to paint via youtube. We even built our own booth which is remarkably like yours. We plan to revamp the workshop soon and will definitely be looking at improving our extraction system and making the filter box a similar size to your one. I've used many of your welding and panel beating tips over the past few years and it certainly making the end product far more professional.....keep the good work coming please
I like paint video's, I will need to paint a Flat fender Jeep next year after the thaw. A sand- blaster with a strong enough compressor, to blast is the most costly item I would like to get next. But do I really need it ,well no but, shhhhhhh!
Trev thank you for the clarification. Plan one car. So there will be no cabin. 😉
I just hope I have a little more time ...
Cheers 🍻
Well you clearly were not meant to play the guitar. No worries, may I recommend a nice harmonica? LOL.
Trev, I like your blog which is very informative and to add to this your enthusiasm and energy level combined with your sense of humour make it a nice and easy blog to follow....many thanks for the effort you put into them.
Great video Trev. Very informative and well explained video for us novices !
Cheers, Jeff.
Truth
welcome back trev we missed you , you do not realise how good your videos are , anyway once again thankyou, kind regards midge.
Another great video, glad to see you back trev 👍👍👍👍👍
Really helpful stuff mate! Going to be keeping a close eye on there tutorials! Want to do another (and better) respray on the Capri one day! 👍
M and S joke!!! that’s you in trouble with her indoors now. Thanks for the info Mr T.
Knowledge Knowledge Knowledge that's what you have trev. Thank you .I've also seen a lot of hobby guys painting cars and thinking they looked really well when finished and neighbours thought the same,but I could see loads of flaws but i said nothing just kept it to myself and said"yea it looks really well"lol.And Trev music is everything. Cheers Max
Hey thanks Max 👍
What are your thoughts on LVLP guns? Ever used one? Supposed to be ideal for low cfm home compressors, the only use around 4-6 cfm apparently. The Fast Mover FMT3006 perhaps?
Not sure to be honest. A painter I used to work with bought a fast mover lvlp gun as a cheap tool to paint a load of machine parts as he didn’t want to wear his best kit out, essentially painting stuff that didn’t require a brilliant finish. He was surprised at how good it was. After that I don’t have any experience. Cheers Trev 👍
Trev, get yourself a 3m pps adapter it makes cleanup a breeze.
Belltin piece that ,if paints involved I always drop the ball.
I use a spray pot for everything, when’s she’s good, she’s good
Brilliant video and looking forward to further ones.
looked into learning to paint a couple of years ago to initially do my rebuild Locost kit car chassis, did load of watchng of DIY paint booths on you tube, some bad but loads of good stuff built a booth out of dexion racking, covered with plastic sheet sealed to the floor with a decorators zip up door, fresh air draw in top corner pulled in by two low level fans with filters. bought some fast mover basic guns with different size tips used these for primer, base and clear coat. used an air feed mask and plenty of good lighting.
made loads of mistakes but got a reasonable finish on the chassi and all the panels, followed on by flatting and polishing learnt in the same way. now just need to get the engine running right . would thoroughtthly recommend it, but as you say only buy what you thing you will need and be prepared to compromise on the finish for the cost and satifaction of doing it yourself
This sounds brilliant Richard, so nice to hear an enthusiasts story. You know what… my basic philosophy is that there really is no one way, if it works it works no matter what you’ve done. I often also think that people are often chasing a perfection that just isn’t worth it. If you’re having fun and getting the satisfaction of creation then that’s pretty perfect in my book! Cheers Trev 👍
Love all your videos Trev. Always informative..
Brilliant video Trev 👍
Thank you 🙏🏼
Soooo look forward to your video's showing in my feed.
Good video. How about cleaning spray guns. I'm not referring to oil or water base. I thinking about catalyzed lacquer paint that can harden before your even done painting.
Just spray some thinners through it immediately after you've finished painting
I built a drop leg after seeing your video a couple of years ago. I buried 40’ of 3/4” pipe about 8” deep between the compressor and the drop leg. I have never seen a drop of water in the secondary trap yet. It works great!! Thanks so much for sharing your genius!
Thanks Marcus I can’t really lay claim to the idea but bringing others to the idea was a pleasure. Always nice to help people out with a simple solution to a common problem. Cheers Trev 🤩
@@trevsblog it would be nice to be able to take credit for the idea since everyone who has looked at it has been very impressed but even if I lied about it and said that it was my idea, within a few minutes I would do something so stupid that they would know that I was way to dumb to come up with an idea that great!!!
Hi Trev, thanks for the pointers on the basics. I've been following for a few years now and I love your work. I have a question regarding surface rust. I have a car with some panels that have been out in the weather for some time. (the previous owner striped some of the paint and left it). What do you think will kill the rust and leave it clean enough to confidently paint over? I would hate to do lots of work then find in a year or so the rust will start under the paint. Once again, thanks for your videos and your help. If I ever get to the Mother Country, I'll defiantly drop in for coffee and a cake.
It depends what you mean by surface rust? If it is literally sat on the surface then you should be able to sand it off with 80g disc’s then finish with 180g. If it’s deeper then shot blasting would be the way to go. Cheers Trev 👍
@@trevsblog Thanks Trev. Love your work. I'll let you know how I go
Isn't buying top brand spray guns on eBay a big no no? Aren't there loads of fakes about? I was surprised when doing research before buying.
Yes I would be quite dubious about buying a top end gun from eBay, I haven’t bought what I’d call an expensive gun just budget equipment. The most expensive was about £100 if that’s fake then I’m more than happy as it sprays as good as anything I’ve seen 👍
@@trevsblog fair enough Trev. I did forget to say awesome work with the channel. Im just about to prep for paint on my build and going to follow your videos. May I send you a quick PM to lock down some details on materials before I make the order?
Yeah my email is in the video description 👍
Cheers mate, where do you get the filter material from, and do you worry about an 'explosion proof' fan or all good since the filter removes the fumes? Cheers.
The fan I have is designed to vent combustible fumes. It would certainly be advisable to use a spark proof fan, one of the things I should have mentioned… getting real though the chances of the concentrations being high enough especially using a filter would be incredibly low. After 35 years of experience I’ve never heard of this happening, to think we used to spray cellulose with a paraffin space heater spitting out flames with a car radiator cooling van for extraction 🤦🏻 cheers Trev 👍
@@trevsblog yeah amazing how many things were perfectly safe till someone told you otherwise, which seems pretty much everything today.
Least I can now say "Back in my day..."
Forgot to say that your local paint and body supplies should be able to supply you with the filter. I used to save the off cuts thrown away at a shop I used to work for. The off cuts were slightly longer than my filter size so perfect. 👍
Wow great video!!
Hi Trev,
Great video, very interesting, informative and amusing. I had a couple of laugh out loud moments as I watched it. You have been a really helpful person over the last few years, since a mate pointed me in the direction of your channel. I've watched everything you have done and found it all unbiased, unambiguous and extremely helpful. I've recently started my own channel, to share with other like minded people, the restoration and build of my 1955 MG replica. I even found myself listening to Eddie Cochran and Buddy Holly in my garage to create the ambiance of 50's workshop. Wow! I had forgotten how great and uplifting their music was. Had a very productive day as I recall.
Kind regards Paul
Thanks very much Paul, I appreciate the feedback. Enjoy your project sir. Cheers Trev 👍
Can’t find the channel Paul?
@@trevsblog I have another channel called "48 Spokes" Trev, I've just really started it so there's only a few video's to see. It certainly takes time to edit video footage. I spent a whole day creating a 28 sec animated intro and a 13 sec outro. I just need to get a few more video's published. Thank you for looking . ruclips.net/channel/UC2m-Eb7d2VD0i29jVzKx3EQ
@@trevsblog Hi Trev,
Just recapping on your paint spraying respirators and choice of spray guns while looking through the ebay etc ....research is still project related progress isn't it? 🤔
Did you manage to find my humble channel?
Kind regards Paul (from 48 Spokes) 🏁
@@itsalldoable Subbed 👍
Ten minutes in and no discussion about tools or techniques .,.. cmon dude … I’m not here for personalities
Bye 👋
@@trevsblog 😁😁