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I'm used to painting in the spray booth at my school. It's a ventilated, enclosed area with an air compressor so I can spray my projects with a gun. But now that summer's begun, no resources for me!

... so how do you guys paint your guitar bodies? Screw in a screw and hang it by wire in ur garages? For the Doogcaster we went over to our friend's house and stuck it on a hanger on a clothesline in his backyard. Do you guys ever have problems gathering dust or dirt? Id figure that garages would be ideal, to have less open dust flying around [unless u have a dusty garage], but outside is ventilated... what to do?

i had mine strapped to a stick and i would paint it outside, then hang it inside a shed to dry. it worked rather well.

bubbles_horwitz wrote:i had mine strapped to a stick and i would paint it outside, then hang it inside a shed to dry. it worked rather well.

+1, until recently. With the new shop, we're working on putting dave's HVLP together and setting up a very small booth just big enough for 2-3 guitars. We just got clearance from the landlord to install a "whirlybird vent" in the roof, but I intend to do something slightly different...much like the vent system of a paint booth. (no, not downdraft booths.)

Until recently I had a big whiteboard (or any large box) clammed open and stuck the guitar in front of it. But that was indoors. I used a table with a vise attached. It worked pretty well and I still use the vise for drying and pushing in ferrules. Always use a vapor respirator--not a dust mask or dust respirator. This is a needless and dangerous risk. You may as well be spraying RAID Roachello spray on it.

Now I use a Parks PCS $100 bike rack and a $20 Target wardrobe outside. I don't hang the guitar in the wardrobe upright. It is more of an umbrella booth that I swing around and over the guitar as needed. I can block the wind, blowblack, dust, etc. but I still manage to get nice thick dog hairs in my clear. My dog is never anywhere near me! I dunno what happens.

doesn't the paint run if the guitar is hung up?

ElCapitan wrote:doesn't the paint run if the guitar is hung up?

happens to me.

Have someone use a hairdryer on it blow off all the drips. Then when you're done put it in some ice so the paint freezes quicker.

I kid. I believe the best method to stop the paint running is to use thin, even coats. Spray it lightly, wait, then spray it again. Lots of paint = lots of solvent = lots of movement. It's also a hell of a lot easier to put more paint on than to take paint off.

ElCapitan wrote:doesn't the paint run if the guitar is hung up?

i was afraid that would happen, but it wasn't a problem. as long as you don't spray too much on at a time.