Thread: 1967 Mustang Coupe build

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Originally Posted by stovens

Wet paint might stick to the plates on the ionizer ruining them. Garbage gags are a great idea, plus you can still use them when your done for their original purpose

I was thinking you would run it before painting. Capture the dust in the room and then paint was my thinking.

Originally Posted by 34_40

I was thinking you would run it before painting. Capture the dust in the room and then paint was my thinking.

My mistake. Kept envisioning that commercial where they pull out the element and it's coated with nasty black stuff! All I could think was yikes now it will be a pretty blue, but won't ever work again. Running ahead of time seems like extra insurance for a clean finish! Great Idea! With the filth in my garage I need a dozen of them running a full week!

Originally Posted by stovens

My mistake. Kept envisioning that commercial where they pull out the element and it's coated with nasty black stuff! All I could think was yikes now it will be a pretty blue, but won't ever work again. Running ahead of time seems like extra insurance for a clean finish! Great Idea! With the filth in my garage I need a dozen of them running a full week!

That's exactly what I was thinking.. a cheap insurance policy.. I'm not sure where it all comes from but my shop always has dust floating around... But if I ran a unit to collect the dust from the air, it may help and certainly wouldn't hurt!!

My down draft design will remove the room dirt , the bags are snatching those little squiggly lines we see floating .

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Another method of helping to control stuff getting in that fresh paint that most people forget is to have a ground strap on the car to a good earth ground when you're doing the body work and painting..... There's a lot of static electricity built up in all that sheet metal when you're grinding, cutting, and sanding!

Same holds true for fiberglass cars! Maybe twice the problem?? It's amazing how much "attraction" builds up on the body!!

Dave great idea on the ground strap , just so happens the house service is in the garage 10 feet away .

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That ground strap is a good idea. I never really gave it any thought before.

Dave is a wealth of knowledge! All good stuff before my first attempt at this!

Hows it coming, Bobby? Im anxious to see Bluestang's blue 'Stang!

Bobby, using the plastic may work fine for you but I'll offer a caution passed on to me by my paint supplier. I told him that I had made a wall from 10mil clear plastic that I could roll down into place, blocking off a section of the barn as a "paint booth". He told me that I should take the pressure washer and wash down the inside of the walls, roof & floor as good as I could get it, and the last thing before getting ready to spray was to use a pump up garden sprayer with a gallon of water and a cup or two of denatured alcohol to break the static charge on the plastic. According to him the plastic indeed attracts dust & airborne particles, but if you brush against it, a slight breeze shakes it, or your spray pattern "disturbs" the plastic it will "release", and the fresh paint will then "attract". Dave's suggestion of a solid ground for the car is a great idea!

If I get the time, I'm going to paint my bed on my Longhorn, and I might just try the spraying the plastic trick. But around here, I don't know it the water will hang there very long with all this humidity. I guess I may not need much water on it then. LOL

Well I am on a long vacation 18 days in a row to be exact , I took this to get this Mustang in color . I have the cougar ready to move in and out of garage on its own so the room will be there .

I have the motivation and its still pushing me as I drink this cup of coffee . Get it colored then install all the new bits and glass over the next we bit of time . Should be on ebay just in time for the hubby to get his wife the Blue Mustang she always wanted .

Originally Posted by bluestang67

Well I am on a long vacation 18 days in a row to be exact , I took this to get this Mustang in color . I have the cougar ready to move in and out of garage on its own so the room will be there .

I have the motivation and its still pushing me as I drink this cup of coffee . Get it colored then install all the new bits and glass over the next we bit of time . Should be on ebay just in time for the hubby to get his wife the Blue Mustang she always wanted .

Hey Bobby, great to see you're still alive!!! Looking forward to pics of your progress!
Are you saying this one is NOT the Blue Mustang she always wanted??

Randy beat me to it! Great to see your name pop up, and looking forward to some progress shots. So is the plan to eBay the '67, and get Mama a new one?