I’m not even close to the point of being ready to paint yet but I want to get at least an idea of the best order of spraying for the optimal outcome.

My car was white from the factory and sometime in its life was painted silver (looks like with a can, but that besides the point).

I’m going to make the car black and need to do the door jams, under the truck lid and under the hood.

I considered removing everything and doing it all separately but I have serious reservations, concerned about scratching everything up during reassembly.

Is it better to spray the jams and under parts then let that dry, close everything up and do the main body? Any advice would be appreciated.

I will tell how I did my last paint job. I had the car stripped down to the shell and painted the door jambs,cowl area and trunk rail. then I painted the backs of the doors,backs of the fenders,etc. then I painted the rest of the parts then installed. I will NOT do it like that again. I didnt have any help putting the pieces back together so I had several scratches on the fenders,doors etc.

The full paint job I do (on the 72 ragtop) I will paint the shell and the backs of the door,fenders,trunk,etc then install everything back on the car, align the panels tape off the pre-painted areas then shoot the car as a whole unit.

The proper way is to "edge" all the panels first. This means that you paint the insides / backsides etc... first and then assemble the parts and shoot the body as a whole unit.

By edging first you will have total coverage over all the panels because a lot of those areas cannot be sprayed while on the body and you have bare spots.

Get an extra set of hands after the edging paint is good & dry to help mount your door's, decklid etc, makes it easier & safer. Tape off & seal the areas with masking foram tape that have been painted and spray the body.

Important Note: Regardless of what paint you use, make sure that it is THOROUGHLY mixed and spray with the same paint/batch that will be on the outside of the body. Every mix/batch is ever so slightly different so this prevents a potential problem.

Hope it helped.