How far should I go with paint prep?

[67GMCcampercruiser]

I recently bought a Devilbiss sprayer for $300. What a huge difference from the cheap sprayers I've had. So easy to paint with. Just painted a truck and my compresser with 80 gallon tank only started up a few times. I taught myself how to spray paint.

[notsolo]

On your respirator, how many more cars and trucks are you going to paint? A full tyvek bunny suit and a good respirator, Should be fine...move the fumes out of you area. I have a fan blowing in and a fan blowing out, keep the air moving, use a filter on both if you can. 1st I've seen of the battery power air supply, no reviews yet? ..On your materials, Epoxy is great, are your panels that rough that you need polyester filler? Spot fill bare metal, Epoxy, spot fill, guide coat another coat of epoxy, wait a couple days, sand and top coat. Just my 2 cents.

[Jim70Chevy]

Originally Posted by notsolo

On your respirator, how many more cars and trucks are you going to paint? A full tyvek bunny suit and a good respirator, Should be fine...move the fumes out of you area. I have a fan blowing in and a fan blowing out, keep the air moving, use a filter on both if you can. 1st I've seen of the battery power air supply, no reviews yet? ..On your materials, Epoxy is great, are your panels that rough that you need polyester filler? Spot fill bare metal, Epoxy, spot fill, guide coat another coat of epoxy, wait a couple days, sand and top coat. Just my 2 cents.

This will likely be my first and last real paint job. Too much work and mess. I will look into the fans and try to be as ventilated as possible.

I wasn't sure about the poly fill. Just read that that was the best approach. I can make the panels pretty straight with standard filler and epoxy. Just didn't want to skip a step.

[Jim70Chevy]

Originally Posted by 67GMCcampercruiser

I recently bought a Devilbiss sprayer for $300. What a huge difference from the cheap sprayers I've had. So easy to paint with. Just painted a truck and my compresser with 80 gallon tank only started up a few times. I taught myself how to spray paint.

I read good things about the DeVilbiss guns. I already have another one on the way that has good reviews. It should have between a 4-6 CFM working pressure. I am also going to be upgrading my compressor.

I must admit I did consider a turbine HVLP spraying system. Saw a video where they seemed to do great with little to no overspray. BUT this is likely going to be my only real paint job and the compressor is a better investment for the long run.