[66 restomod]

Before you squeeze the trigger on any paint, go over to Hotrodders Bulletin Board - Body - Exterior and read posts and information from the old professional painters on the site. Use the search function before asking a question because it probably has already been asked.
Learn about epoxy primer, fillers, different basecoats and clears. Learn from others' problems so you wont have tiger stripes, orange peel or solvent pop on your car.
Read about time windows and tech sheets and FOLLOW THEM LIKE THEY ARE THE GOSPEL.
Get a good gun with a 1.3 tip for the BC/CC. You can find a good one for $100. You will need a gun with a 1.7 (approx) tip for epoxy and high build primers. The bigger the size the more paint is passed. Also get a water trap for your lines and drain it regularly or leave it slightly cracked. Also if your airlines were used for air tools and have ANY oil in them, pick up some new ones (harbor frieght can be a very good friend). Oil or water will cause fish eyes and kill a paint job.
MAKE SURE YOUR COMPRESSOR WILL PUT OUT ENOUGH CFM TO KEEP UP WITH YOUR GUN.

Last but not least, get a good organic respirator with organic filters and use it. ISO's in paint are really nasty and can kill you if you breath enough of them or absorb them through you skin. Get a disposable paint suit and gloves also. BE SAFE.

It is not that hard to do just have to have all your ducks in a row so you know what your doing.

Good Luck and Be Safe
Ron
http://chris66dad.tripod.com/

[andrewmp6]

Yeah you need to do some reading and maybe get a book or some videos its easy once you know what to do and how to do it.My first paint job had fish eye bad i had to strip it and start over that wasn't fun.

[FordGtMan]

I am probably going to do this this summer and let someone spray it for me. Is it really that much work? I mean crap, 6 months I was atleast hoping for me to sand the whole car down and get it to the shop in like 3 days or so. Of course it will be summer for me and i would be working on it all day. Is it even possible?

[Calponycarsmike]

I just painted my track car myself, just got done wetsanding it.

Don't worry about the green engine compartment and interior panels, they are all getting painted black. But again this is a street/track car so I did not spend a ton of time on body work. It could have been perfect, but I expect after a few races it will not be anyways. Plus it was a $900 car I was not going to spend $2,000 on a paint job. The total of materials and paint was about $105.00. I still have to polish it out, seal it, and then wax it and put all the racing decals on. Also the targa roof, and the hood will be the bright orange as well.

You can see how much paint I sanded off on the floor of my garage, but overall it looks pretty darn good.