Originally Posted by Ol’Tom
Go to one of the local trade schools or community colleges, talk to the auto body and paint shop teacher see if they’ll do it for you.
This right here. Most of them will do it for the cost of materials and, depending on the trade school, they have pretty good equipment. Walker county's trade school has a down draft booth.

As far as doing it yourself goes, you will spend a lot on equipment unless you already have it. If you are looking for very nice results, you will have a lot of time in prep work as well. Prep will make you or break you. You will need an HVLP gun and a compressor that will handle the volume of air flow and it takes more than you may think. The biggest thing is a filter that will remove the moisture from the air. If you're thinking a small Harbor Freight filter, you are wrong. You will end up with fish eyes for days. I painted my Jeep when I restored it. I took some adult night classes at the local trade school and was able to use their equipment for prep. I sprayed it at a good friend's body shop using his gun. It turned out pretty fair. grin

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