Re: Paint on 51 Packard (newbie)

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2009/7/1 7:37:11

If it's a non-metallic lacquer and you can keep your technique the same day to day, prepare the paint/thinner and perhaps retarder the same each time, and have similar weather conditions (humidity especially), you may be able to do a credible job painting in sections. Certainly not the best way to do it, but it could be acceptable. If it will be a metallic paint, then I definately would not try it.

If you are spraying with lacquer in any significant amount of humidity, I'd recommend buying some "retarder" (butyl acetate) which will help prevent the condensation of water on the paint surface as it dries (which is a cooling process due to the evaporation of the solvent).