about he paint job

Hi people;
I need tech. info about the paint job.
Does anyone know to what degree the furnace to be turned on and what should be the duration of the baking procedure? I have never had experience with a fiberglass shell before.
thanks already...

depends if you are using a microwave or convection (tongue in cheek).
The process all depends on the paint you are using not only the structure. All paints are meant to be applied at room temp and higher (preferred). I have shot paint at 20F degrees (not smart I know) and then carried the pieces inside to dry at room temp.
I'm not recommending this but it all turned out fine. With two part paint they catalyze themselves with temperature being "less" (I said less)important.

I'd think heat lamp or lights to get room up to 80 or 90 after painting would be good to dry paint a little faster than maybe 68 degree room temp. I've use the 500W lamps some distance away to dry contact cement, dry wall spackle and spray paint. Too close and it will melt plastic though!

Burak:

Give it a day at room temp (70-72F) to do the initial cure. After that, it's safe to start color sanding.

For example, at my car club meeting this month we had a demo on how to correct problems in paint - orange peel, dust and trash in the paint, runs, etc.

The parts were painted in the Morning and air-dried (no heat room) at room temp at the body shop.

We all arrived around 6pm and the demo of color sanding started at 6:30pm (1000, 2000, 3000 grit wet paper, then 3M 3-stage compounding with a rotary buffer). The paint worked beautifully and looked like a show job when done.

I would suggest reading the directions. Paint munafacturers do have recommended practices. Your reducer and hardener would also vary based on your temperatures .

Sometime in the next few weeks I'll get to watch the new water based paint get shot onto car...I'll let you know how that goes. ~Alan

Hey! We saw that the other night at the local car club meeting.

The stuff looked TERRIBLE as it was going on - real thick, too, I think, but it looked fine after it dried.

Weird stuff to work with if you expect it to act like regular enamel.