Double car attached garage resto's

[70UglyBird]

Well after reading through some of these progress threads I'm getting a little inspired. The plan was to send the car out for body and paint, and I probably will get the roof fixed by a pro but I'm thinking the rest I maybe able to handle for two reasons:

- I don't know anyone that for a FACT I will do it how I want and you hear alot of horror stories I do almost all the mechanical work on my rides for this reason.

- Two it would make is a whole lot easier to take on another project in the future if I knew this part of it.

There is a local paint booth I can rent, but how much of the body work can be done SAFELY in an attached garage. Is it ok to weld and expoxy primer for example? I'm guessing sanding and finish work is not a big deal but then it gets to taking the car to and from places.

Any suggestions\experiences?

[BusDriver]

Welding is nothing... You could do the whole thing even the final paint with some care... Though if you can rent a booth it's MUCH easier.

But Priming, welding, bodywork, all totally doable.

[70UglyBird]

Yeah there is a place here in town that actually rents out space for resto projects to be worked on sounds like a sweet deal for someone who is retired. But they have a paint booth and also teach 2 week long classes on welding and body work so I'm going to check them out. The paint booth isn't cheap but it would be a nice way to go and still say I did it myself.

So priming isn't toxic in an attached garage??? Seems like paint would be too?

[BusDriver]

With some planning and a little work setting up ventilation, it's fine.

Priming, I'd just roll it outside when it's calm and spray it. It gets sanded anyhow so any little goobers that get in there won't matter. On a home job you'll probably do a panel at a time anyhow, so it won't build up a huge cloud.

If you have the budget, I'd recommend stripping the car down and having the body and panels blasted and epoxy primed by a place that does it, that would eliminate a LOT of mess and time if you can afford to do that. You get a clean, primed shell back that's ready to do metal and body work on. paint mess, dirt, grease, etc all greatly reduced.