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I just finished painting the Toads dash and now that I can get a good look around I see a few holidays where the paint did get too. I feel that if I'd had more lighting I'd probably not missed these spots. Just a suggestion.

Skip, this is a great topic! Last car I painted I had lights EVERYWHERE! After dorking up a bug paint job because of not enough lighting I bought a half dozen 4 foot flourescents and laid them on the floor around the car. One in the front, one in the back and two on each side. I put the plastic protector tubes over the light tubes and threw the covers away when I was done. Worked really well and along with the lights on the ceiling made for good visability. I still missed a couple of spots and had one run in the clear coat, but that wasn't because I couldn't see - I hurried too fast trying to get done before my wife came home.

Hey good idea Ken. I just came in from the second coat and man it looks a hellofa lot better. As my wife was saying for my first paint job I couldn't have picked a more difficult subject. Metal flake paint, curved and grooved surfaces ... had two little sags by the lock for the glove box but they will both be hidden. Boy that HVLP is easy to use. So now it's wiring and interior ... yahoo ...

Hey Fatfenders. First time paint job! That's what I'm facing. I want to do a simple yellow over the existing yellow. My question to you is, what is the easiest applying-drying-etc paint to use? I have access to a good compressor and will buy a HVLP gun, but I will be painting in the driveway beneath a visqueen shelter. Any tips?

FF...sorry but I missed this: Are you using a siphon feed or gravity feed gun??