Re: Paint on 51 Packard (newbie)

Posted by Eric Boyle On 2009/7/1 6:57:27

You can't really paint a car in sections, and if you do it right, you can have it completely painted and all the chrome put back on in a week. It doesn't hurt a car to drive it around in primer, people do it all the time. Just make sure that when you go to spray the final coats that everything is perfectly clean and dry.

As for the most friendly paint, it used to be lacquer, but you can't get it anymore. I would try a two stage paint from PPG or the likes, as it has the clearcoat already in the paint, so it's a one shot system. Oh, and for a beginner, an HVLP paint system is worth it's weight in gold.