Doing a small ding repair over the long weekend, involving sprayed primer, base colour, and clear coats. Some drop in friends, and neighbours commented on the easy masking of the vehicle, that just made sense to me, and I thought may not be common knowledge, so I thought I’d share.
I buy the 3.6m x 2.6 plastic “drop sheets”, from Bunnings for less than a $1.50 each. Why they are sold as “drop sheets” is still an unknown. The plastic is thinner than a bin liner bag, tears incredibly easily, and would be really slippery if you were using them as drop sheets to protect your carpet when painting walls or ceilings of a room in a house.
However, for automotive work to protect the vehicle from overspray, they are ideal.
I just wrap the whole vehicle with it, with a few bits of tape to keep it in place.
Then cut a small hole around the area to be worked on, to then only have to mask around that exposed area.
You can then increase the size of hole after each process, as required…….with zero overspray on the rest of the vehicle.
I buy the 3.6m x 2.6 plastic “drop sheets”, from Bunnings for less than a $1.50 each. Why they are sold as “drop sheets” is still an unknown. The plastic is thinner than a bin liner bag, tears incredibly easily, and would be really slippery if you were using them as drop sheets to protect your carpet when painting walls or ceilings of a room in a house.
However, for automotive work to protect the vehicle from overspray, they are ideal.
I just wrap the whole vehicle with it, with a few bits of tape to keep it in place.
Then cut a small hole around the area to be worked on, to then only have to mask around that exposed area.
You can then increase the size of hole after each process, as required…….with zero overspray on the rest of the vehicle.
88 Blue T3 CL Caravelle
91 Blue T3 Single Cab
91 Blue T3 Single Cab
