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Protecting paint during assembly

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AJ:
Looking for tips/products/suggestions for temporary paint protection during assembly.   Wondering about various clear films products including indoor carpet protection film but leery of unknown adhesives on fresh paint.   Currently using bath towels and blue tape. 

CharlesTurner:
Gaffers/cloth tape does well protecting paint.


Carpet should be one of the last things to go in the car at the end of assembly, there is no need to lay it in the car until it's time to install the seats.

hopey:
I haveused the blue floor protection film on my fenders and inside the engine bay when installing the engine, and any time I am leaning over the engine bay detailing. No issues with it. If your paint is cured you should be good. I have also got some of those microfiber fender covers with magnets in corner pockets, they are useful as well.

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Bossbill:
I'm using micro fiber/ fleece type blankets.
Search for those words in Amazon or similar site.
I use binder clips to hold them to the window lip or other opening.
I cover the roof, hood and trunk areas.

On other areas that have been cured longer I use a non adhesive thin plastic film. Mostly doors since it goes into the window area easily. You can use this on fresher paint but you need to remove it immediately when done working. I just flip it to the inside on the car after a days work.

When working inside I use blue tape on the edges of door openings. I also ditch my heavy duty shoes for slip-ons.

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mtinkham:
Depending on how fresh the paint is, I would be concerned with trapping the off-gasses (if that is the correct term to describe the paint curing process).

I painted a friends car in acrylic enamel, candy apple red. A day or so later, I covered the car with a clear thin polyethylene sheet so I could paint the engine compartment. When done, I removed the sheet and the candle apple red paint on the flat horizontal surfaces had an awful snake-skin random pattern to it. Fortunately the pattern cleared up after a few days.

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