Finally beginning The Resurection:
Epoxy prime the body. I have removed every nut, bolt, gasket and seal.

Yes you can spray out a quailty paint job without a spray booth, it just takes a little planning and a few extras. I chose a day after it rained and the dust outside was settled and flying insects were at a minimum, before the rain I completely blew out all the dust from everywhere inside the garage and wet down the floors continually. This took some time since my garage was also my Body Shop, Bead Blasting Room (which I used to bead blast the body inside and out), and Prep Stall. I also positioned three fans to keep the air moving during the painting process. One fan was a low speed fan to bring in fresh air, another high speed fan positioned above the rear of the body, and the last a high velocity positioned at the front of the garage to exhaust air out of the garage.

My painting equipment, I did not have a huge budget but wanted to get the most bang for my buck so I purchased an inexpensive HVLP high solids spray gun for spraying my undercoats. I decided to use a two stage paint, so I bought a DeVilbiss Garvity Plus Gun with three different fluid tips for the base and clear coats.

In order to keep the air for the paint gun (and all of my other air tools) clean and dry I did some homework and laid out my air lines so water would not accumulate in the air lines and would gather inside the air system where it could be drained off eaisly. After a ten foot run of air line, an oil & water seperater was installed after a four foot drop in the air line, this works well for everyday use of your compressed air. Due to the excessive high cost of materials, I needed to be sure the air I spray with is clean and dry.... so some more research and some hand shaking and I then added two more filters. The second filter was another oil and water seperater, made by Sharpe spray guns. The third one, only dries the air, manufactured by Motor Guard, most people I talk to refer to this as the toilet paper filter, because the filter is replaceable and looks like a roll of toilet paper. I have seen these filters installed on the air supply for plasma cutters, so knew it would be a definate heavy hitter for a final stage of cleaning and drying the air.

Proper air compressor maintenance, draining water daily from the compressor tank, and oh yes...a small disposable prefilter at the paint gun, will all make a huge difference in the end. The time spent on the air system was probably more valuable the the money spent, but the pay off has been priceless.

The air source is a Campbel Hausfeld 220 volt, 6hp, with a 60 gallon air tank. It was inexpensive and works well.