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Originally Posted by geeteeohguy
Greg, I spoke with an I-CAR instructor about how to practice and what to practice on, and he said to hang up single thickness sheets of newspaper and practice on them. You want to cover the print without runs. It's plentiful and free, and you can do a good check of your pattern and technique before you commit to your sheetmetal. Just a thought.....
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Sounds good.... But believe it or not, I actually have a lot more scrap sheetmetal around here than I do newspaper...lol...I do like the idea of trying to cover something without runs though. I'll keep that in mind and I will practice.
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Originally Posted by hpp
I wish I were closer I would offer our paint booth also and or come help you out. Im a ASE painter and ASE collison tech and I-CAR cert also. I dont comment often in the body shop tech forum not really sure why.
Couple suggestions I have are:
Make sure all prep work is done correctly. Long list 
Blow everything out very well with a blow gun prior to pulling the car into your booth.
If in the driveway/gravel wet down the area around the booth.
Plenty of ventilation/light.
Wipe down the car several times with prep solvent/wax and grease remover.
"When wet this also helps to see how well the bodywork looks". Don't go in a circular motion straight forward and up and down use lint free towels one to apply and one to dry.
Once in the booth tack cloth the car very well.
Pick up a throw away paint suite it will help keep you clean and the paint job.
Far as applying base/clear that is hard to explain over a computer im not sure on how much you know and dont know how much to explain. Have any questions feel free to ask.
Couple pics of some work I do just so you know this is what I do for a profession.
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Well, that post is reassuring...I've already thought of or already have in place everything on your list....except the actual painting experience.
I'm looking at a lot of youtube so I can actually watch people painting. It does help somewhat.
Don't worry...I WILL be asking some last minute questions before I do this and also afterwards before the cut and buff stage. I'm kinda stoked about it now. Can't wait for some stable, warm spring weather.