Poor man's paint booth

 I mentioned in my previous entry that I used a three sided tent paint booth for painting all the chassis bits and pieces.  I used that tent for painting fenders and splash boards on the 1915 runabout, but it was a bit cramped for that.  I decided that this time I would need to come up with a better plan.

What I came up with was making a paint booth using heavy plastic drop cloth from Lowes, with the framing being supplied by the 3rd bay garage door and its rails.  The pictures below show the resulting booth.  I also used a couple of heavier drop cloths from Harbor Freight for to cover the floor.  I used spring clamps to hold the pieces together, which can be seen in the first picture.

Overall, it worked very well.  HPLV  guns, by the nature of their design, are LOW pressure.  That helps keep the overspray down.  However, I still got some overspray on the floor in spots.  I figure that just adds character to the garage.  

I also put plastic drop cloth over our 1915 runabout, which was in the garage when I painted.  No overspray got on it, which I was certainly glad about.

Painting the bits and pieces

 Doing a complete restoration of a Model T requires paint A LOT of bits and pieces.  Fortunately, in most cases this means painting a lot of pieces black.  Like the first T that I restored, I used Eastwood's gloss Extreme Chassis primer and glass black paint.  It requires no mixing, sprays well and looks nice when done.

I used a three sided tent as my spray booth.  I first got it when I restored our 1915 runabout, and it works well for smaller parts.  The picture below show the booth in the 3rd bay of our garage, along with some of the parts after painting.  My least favorite chassis parts to paint are the wheels.  

The second picture shows some of the many parts drying on a temporary "clothes line" that I installed under our deck.  I used a smaller HPLV gun to paint all the chassis parts, and it was good practice for painting the fenders and body, which was next on the to do list.  

Some of the many chassis parts painted

Parts drying under our deck

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