Hi folks,
I'm respraying my old Mercedes in Cellulose. I'm starting to get the hang of it now, after getting a few runs early on (I'm using a cheapo gun from Machine Mart). The problem is I don't have a garage, so the car sits out on the drive.
So far I've painted panels like the bootlid, which I've got a spare of, so can paint them in the workshop and let them dry there.
Now I need to paint the body of the car, which obviously will need to dry outside.
Last year I painted a small area of the body when it was sunny so it'd dry fairly quickly.
When it rained, water marks appeared on the paint, though these seemed to dry out later, and a good few months later when I polished it up I couldn't see them.
So I'm wondering whether it's something I need to worry about - if I can find a window of a few days where it won't rain, use some lights to help the paint dry etc do I need to worry about water spots?
I was wondering whether it'd be sensible to put a breathable car cover over the car after it's initially dried until it properly dries. Is it worth bothering do you think?
Thanks
Mike
I'm respraying my old Mercedes in Cellulose. I'm starting to get the hang of it now, after getting a few runs early on (I'm using a cheapo gun from Machine Mart). The problem is I don't have a garage, so the car sits out on the drive.
So far I've painted panels like the bootlid, which I've got a spare of, so can paint them in the workshop and let them dry there.
Now I need to paint the body of the car, which obviously will need to dry outside.
Last year I painted a small area of the body when it was sunny so it'd dry fairly quickly.
When it rained, water marks appeared on the paint, though these seemed to dry out later, and a good few months later when I polished it up I couldn't see them.
So I'm wondering whether it's something I need to worry about - if I can find a window of a few days where it won't rain, use some lights to help the paint dry etc do I need to worry about water spots?
I was wondering whether it'd be sensible to put a breathable car cover over the car after it's initially dried until it properly dries. Is it worth bothering do you think?
Thanks
Mike