Dust in paint, how do you guys do it!

[cooltc2004]

How do you guys paint/what do you store your freshly painted vehicles in?

Ive read the faq, and half the ideas arent really practicle (sp). Microwave, stove? Yeah like my mother would let me do that!

I just painted my 57 chevy, and it has some of the biggest particles of dust ive ever seen.

[Vric]

Microwave

as soon as i have finished, I put my model in microwave for 1 or 2 hours. (don't start the microwave, just leave it there)

Or get a big toperware style container, and keep it clean.

[geofroley]

When painting, raise the model as high as you can to avoid getting dust on your model from your workbench.

[JTRACING]

Paint booth

http://modelpaint.tripod.com/booth2.htm

[SchuberT]

Uhm, if you can, try getting a spray bottle and spritzing some water around the area you're going to paint in.... The dust will stick to the water while you paint...

[Vric]

Originally Posted by SchuberT

Uhm, if you can, try getting a spray bottle and spritzing some water around the area you're going to paint in.... The dust will stick to the water while you paint...

and humidity will rise, which is not very good for spray painting...

[Jaymes]

I use a plastic container to store it. Even so....I still get dust on the paint during the spraying process. It's a minor problem now that I found out I can sand off the dust particle and respray.

[cooltc2004]

I plan on wetsanding it tomorrow afternoon. I was seriously considering that spray booth til i remembered the limited space i have to work and the pretty big size of this model (1/12th). I brought down a cardboard box, and im hoping that will keep the dust from settling onto the paint during the drying process, but what about when im spraying / transfering to the box.

Tomorrow im going to vacuum all around my spray area. Im in the basement, and outside is out of the question, so im open to more ideas

[bvia]

Originally Posted by cooltc2004

I plan on wetsanding it tomorrow afternoon. I was seriously considering that spray booth til i remembered the limited space i have to work and the pretty big size of this model (1/12th). I brought down a cardboard box, and im hoping that will keep the dust from settling onto the paint during the drying process, but what about when im spraying / transfering to the box.

Tomorrow im going to vacuum all around my spray area. Im in the basement, and outside is out of the question, so im open to more ideas

Once you've got the paint on the body panel, store the panel upside down while the paint is drying(using a suitable apparatus...i.e. coathanger). This will hopefully cause any stray particles to land on the inside body panels...where they will not be a problem!

hth,

[spidereddie]

Originally Posted by SchuberT

Uhm, if you can, try getting a spray bottle and spritzing some water around the area you're going to paint in.... The dust will stick to the water while you paint...

What vric said in reply to that is correct. the humidity will rise. Instead what I do is spray some acrylic clear inside the container where I will store it. The dust will then stick to that. (i just use a single model display case)

As for the general area. You must keep it clean, 70% of dust is just skin debris so the more people you have around your area the more you're going to have to wipe it down to keep the dust from accumulating and then becoming airborn once you start spraying.

[SchuberT]

Originally Posted by spidereddie

What vric said in reply to that is correct. the humidity will rise. Instead what I do is spray some acrylic clear inside the container where I will store it. The dust will then stick to that. (i just use a single model display case)

As for the general area. You must keep it clean, 70% of dust is just skin debris so the more people you have around your area the more you're going to have to wipe it down to keep the dust from accumulating and then becoming airborn once you start spraying.

That's true.... but it would work if someone was spraying with, oh... acrylics? LOL. You guys are right though.

[primera man]

Once you have sanded and washed/dried the model you need to keep it in a air tight container untill you are ready to paint it.
Once you have painted it, put it in a microwave/oven if possible to dry. If you cant do that, a cuboard that doesent get used much to store the model

[008]

Spraying the area down is a good idea. I do it all the time in the garage and inside my model spraybooth. We also do it at the bodyshop before painting, literally hosing down the floor before we drive the car in. Humidity is a weather-related problem when the air you're spraying and mixing with the paint gets wet; you won't raise the local humidity with a squirt bottle. Do you really think your compressor will ingest, compress, mix into the paint and spray out the "humid" air that you just created? Or a spray can will somehow absorb humidity? Besides, spraying water on the ground and walls does just what it sounds like, gets the walls and ground wet. Just don't get your model and painting equipment wet.

A trick I use in model and 1:1 painting is to wrap some masking tape inside-out on one of my fingers. If a large dust speck lands on the wet surface a slight tap of the tape will pull it right off. It may leave a dip in the paint but since it's still wet it'll level out. I also have fine-point needle tweezers handy to pick out the stubborn ones.

While drying I use a cardboard box that I previously sprayed lightly with a squirt bottle on the inside. Usually I transfer it into our oven to let it dry the rest of the way. Just don't forget to tell anyone your model is in there.

[bvia]

Originally Posted by 008

Spraying the area down is a good idea. I do it all the time in the garage and inside my model spraybooth. We also do it at the bodyshop before painting, literally hosing down the floor before we drive the car in. Humidity is a weather-related problem when the air you're spraying and mixing with the paint gets wet; you won't raise the local humidity with a squirt bottle. Do you really think your compressor will ingest, compress, mix into the paint and spray out the "humid" air that you just created? Or a spray can will somehow absorb humidity? Besides, spraying water on the ground and walls does just what it sounds like, gets the walls and ground wet. Just don't get your model and painting equipment wet.

I'm glad somebody said it as I use a spray bottle the wet down my spraybooth as well...and I use the inside/out maksing tape trick also...LOL

[boostspike]

i have 2 very old microwaves sitting in my folks garage, been there for yrs... finially some use for them...