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.