Rose likes to make soot. She would dice up firewood from the trees after I dropped them when we were first married and she still likes to do it.
Bo,
How about that safety gear?
Following are photos of the frame after painting. I found a 4800 watt electric heater on sale, re-wired my shop for a 30 amp breaker, and let it run overnight before painting. If some of you people are not familiar with the new low VOC paint, this is what I found out.
1.) It doesn't cover very well. The formula is now 8 parts paint, 2 parts hardener, and 1 part thinner. Now you have to buy more paint and less thinner and you need about three coats to cover well.
2.) It of course doesn't "dry" in the normal sense; it cures - - slowly at 60* F. That means the overspray sticks to everything in the shop including walls, floor, clothing, me, and even my glasses, but not on the bottom of the frame rails, before it cures making a sticky mess. I covered the walls and equipment with poly, but now the floor is a messy black smudge. Maybe time to paint the floor anyway.
3.) Wear a good paint mask designed to filter out organic vapors. I'd hate to think what those sticky chemicals could do to the inside of your lungs.
4.) Use a drop cloth on the floor (I didn't) and wear disposable coveralls (I didn't), and disposable shoes (I didn't.)
5.) Good ventilation would be a help. I had very little so I was always painting in a fog. Now studying it with a strong light, I can see places where one coat of paint did not cover so I can see the primer underneath.
6.) You probably don't want anyone around who would be offended by four letter words while you're trying to paint under and inside your tube chassis.
Tom