painting help needed.

[DRG]

The temperature outside is about 64 degrees and a little moist. I am trying to paint a model and having trouble with it coverring and some kind of orange peel. Or at least that's what I would call it.

With wintertime approaching how am I going to paint anything?

I live in a small house with no basement, crawl space, and no heat in the attic, which is nothing but an overfed crawl space to begin with.

HELP!!!!

Or does anyone have a used paint booth they would like to sell.

Edited September 6, 2010 by prg5609

[crazyjim]

Move to a warmer climate? LOL

[Steve Keck]

Or, build your own paint booth?

[vaughn]

I feel the delima. Humidity and dampness is no good for outside painting. Can you take it to work,in a controled enviormnent, and paint it there. Maybe dryer and will have better results. Before sanding your supposingly orange peel, be sure the paint is dry dry dry. Just wait for a dryer day. You have waited this long....Or build a paint box and vent the paint out of a window.Simple and crude but works..... Large cardboard box with back cut out approx. size of small fan, with fan blowing away from you, to open window. I am sure these guys might have better options. Move to Arizona. ararararar Good Luck.

Edited September 6, 2010 by vaughn

[Steve Keck]

Move to Arizona. ararararar Good Luck.

Smile when you say that, pardner!

Its 93 outside now projected to be 107 by 5PM.

The best rattle can paint job I ever shot was done this last winter (OK, winter is a relative term) when it was 55 degrees and maybe 30% humidity. I'd accept the results I got that day, every day.

[highway]

The temperature outside is about 64 degrees and a little moist. I am trying to paint a model and having trouble with it coverring and some kind of orange peel. Or at least that's what I would call it.

With wintertime approaching how am I going to paint anything?

I live in a small house with no basement, crawl space, and no heat in the attic, which is nothing but an overfed crawl space to begin with.

HELP!!!!

Or does anyone have a used paint booth they would like to sell.

Don, did you move in with me without me knowing!?!? Except for the difference of about being about 150 miles south of you, you could be describing my house, and I feel your pain. The entire 25+ years I've been modeling since the tender age of 8 I have faced this problem, and learned to live with it.

The orange peel may or may not be temperature and humidity, I'm no where near a professional painter, but here is my method for dealing with wintertime and modeling, since I have no choice but to spray paint outside. I usually take a look through the collection and see if there is anything I might want or have plans for building through the winter. I'll do whatever prep work I have to do (sanding mold lines, filling sink marks, etc.) to the bodies and whatever else might be body color and spray them before winter comes. That way if I want to finish those kits before spring and better weather come back, I have the outside work already finished and all I have left is the things I can do inside like painting the engines or interiors and assembly. I'll put the painted bodies back in the box, usually wrapped in a soft cloth like an old t shirt or even a paper towel so the paint doesn't get ruined by the sprues in the box.

I also do the same thing with kits I've been wanting from my "I want" list that I may get for Christmas or my birthday in February, just in the reverse order. I'll get the subassemblies built and painted during the winter and finish whatever body work needs done to the body, then as soon as the first warm day of spring arrives, I'm outside with spray can in hand!

I hope this helps, Don, and also shows that, even though we don't have spray booths and have to contend with our climate, modeling does not have to come to a screaching halt when the cold and snow comes knocking at the door. It's just almost like making sure the 1:1 car is ready for the upcoming winter, preparation is very important.

[DRG]

Highway I want to thank you for a capitol idea. I have been sitting here all afternoon trying to figure out a way to keep building in the winter month's and you have come up with a great solution. Being in a small house has it's advantages, spring and fall cleaning are a breeze, and disadvantages, my hobby room is small and there is really no room for a paint booth.

Another thought came to mind, I have more discreationary income in the summer than in the winter, those gas bills are rather high sometimes.

Buy the models I want in the summer months, buy the paints I will need, spend most of my time preparing bodies and hoods and getting them painted.

Do all the rest in the winter when I actually have more time and less money.

Thank you again.

[vaughn]

Smile when you say that, pardner!

Its 93 outside now projected to be 107 by 5PM.

The best rattle can paint job I ever shot was done this last winter (OK, winter is a relative term) when it was 55 degrees and maybe 30% humidity. I'd accept the results I got that day, every day.

I was indeed smilin....the humidity here gets so bad, you can cut it with a knife! Past few days has been better.

[DRG]

Can't remember where Duluth is in relation to Fort Benning Ga. but it was HOT during the day, Humidity was real bad and yet it was cold at night.

No insult intended but it was a miserable time I spent in GA.

[highway]

Highway I want to thank you for a capitol idea. I have been sitting here all afternoon trying to figure out a way to keep building in the winter month's and you have come up with a great solution. Being in a small house has it's advantages, spring and fall cleaning are a breeze, and disadvantages, my hobby room is small and there is really no room for a paint booth.

Another thought came to mind, I have more discreationary income in the summer than in the winter, those gas bills are rather high sometimes.

Buy the models I want in the summer months, buy the paints I will need, spend most of my time preparing bodies and hoods and getting them painted.

Do all the rest in the winter when I actually have more time and less money.

Thank you again.

You're quite welcome, Don, I'm happy I could help you. The small house is and advantage and disadvantage, like you said, and I also have no place for a paint booth. At least it sounds like you have a separate hobby room, my model room is half of my living room! Other than the necessary rooms, a small kitchen and an even smaller bathroom, all we have is the bedroom that is about 8 foot wide and 12 feet long and the largest room is the about 16 foot wide and 20 foot long living room. It's actually more like a four car garage that was converted to a house than a normal house, but it's enough for me and the better half and our four furry kids.

The idea of buying in the summer and working in the winter is a great idea, too. Even though I don't have a gas bill to worry about, I did a similar thing while I was still driving truck until health issues helped put me out of work. I would work tons of overtime during the summer, and most of my overtime went to buying more models! I'd still buy in the winter, but not nearly as much as I did in the summer, but I had more build time in the winter.