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Mike C in another post mentioned this fellow down in Florida that restores AD trucks for a living. His business is Purple Monkey Kustoms. Sells mostly on Ebay and appears to do nice work. You can google if interested. He has a facebook page, but I don't do FB. I am intrigued at what equipment a company would need for such a venture. I found the attached youtube video showing his work. I'm pretty sure he is using a $10 HF gun, the cab and everything else is sitting on home made saw horses, the enclosure appears to be metal siding with a fan in the corner to vent fumes outside. No fancy filtering mechanisms. Lighting is simple $3/ea variety with incandescent bulbs. Wiring is not in conduit. He is wearing a respirator. I doubt this shop is up to local Commercial codes, but it could be. I'm not even sure he has to be. The point to me is that you can get very good results with not a lot of investment and some ingenuity. Particularly if you're only going to do 1 or 2 of these old trucks. You can do good work, be safe and not spend a fortune.


Purple Monkey Paint Booth

I would kill for a space like that to shoot paint....

this is what I'm using...Home made shanty-town paint booth

Kind of the same thing I'm doing. I'll put up put plastic sheets if I ever do any finish coats! http://www.bunchobikes.com/1952suburban165.jpg

Dave, do you find that any overspray finds its way over the top of the tarps. I was thinking of doing the same for spraying primer.

Mark, your garage reminds me of one of those old 50's era garages I see on Pinterest with a zillion tools that only you know where each one is.

Allen, I didn't have a problem with overspray while spraying epoxy or hi-build primer. As far as I can tell, it wasn't an issue with the final paint, either.... I leave the tarps up that I got at HF and just vacuum them off and spray them down with the water hose each time, prior to spraying.

The worst part has been sanding in my garage- that has created a never ending creeping mess that I can't seem to get rid of. I did keep the garage door open while spraying. There just wasn't much overspray with the HVLP setup! I did wet the floor prior to spraying every time, and that may have made a difference, I am not sure.

It is a 1950's garage. Only, sometimes, I can't find stuff.