Scott is pretty much correct on that, although I have gotten excellent results painting outdoors, it can be hit or miss. And rest assured, if you do get the paint applied and it looks great, then every flying insect within 5 miles will come land on it while it is still wet. I too have taken the auto body classes just to have access to the equipment, problem is at least 20 other folks do the same and there are always conflicts over using it. I read years ago in a car magazine that body shops will rent their spray booths-I tried that years ago and none would consider it, even when I offered $200.00 for 4 hours. I've also found working outdoors on extremely hot days to be counterproductive, with the sweat dripping down in yours eyes, etc. When I start doing sloppy work but think to myself "yeah, thats good enough" I know it's time to quit for the day. Jeff

Jeff Stewart

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-One reason for taking the class was to use their paint booth. But I still
have to get it ready, and doing that during the class is a waste of class
time. This class is more of an "open shop" than a class. I plan to weld
and other stuff I don't know about using class time. Then paint the
obvious parts of the Doka in their spray booth. The rest can be done with a
brush or roller as the only people who will ever see it won't care one bit
about the application process.

On Sun, Jul 31, 2011 at 11:40 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> and the funny thing is ..
> one can't really do a decent job of spray painting anything outdoors
> really.