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This is a picture of the engine bay before we started painting. The first thing
we did was cleaned all the loose dirt out of the frame rail using a shop vac. Then
we used paint thinner to get all the grease and dirt off the paint. I used an angle grinder
with a wire brush attachment to get all the loose rust off.
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After the initial cleaning, we went through and used steel wool to rough up the surface
and get some of the stubborn dirt off. You could also use a scotch pad or something similarly
abrasive to clean the stubborn dirt.
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Finally, we revacuumed all the steel wool shreddings, went through and cleaned the
the surface again with paint thinnner, and waited for the paint thinner to evaporate.
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Here is my brother skillfully applying the primer. He's using a HVLP gravity feed
paint gun. The advantage of this gun over a suction cup type is that you can use a much
lower pressure to paint, reducing the overspray. The paint actually goes onto the surface
instead of into the air and onto the garage floor.
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Here's a shot of the finished primer job.
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We used Fleet Farm F&F tractor and implement equipment primer.
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Here is the paint work in progress.
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Here is a look at the finished product.
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For the paint we used Fleet Farm F&F Tractor and Implement Equipment Gloss Black
paint. The reason I chose the implement paint is that it's thick, allowing one coat cover,
it sticks to anything, and it's got a real tough finish that's hard to chip or crack when
fully cured.
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We didn't use any reducer or thinner, so the paint came out a little thicker than what you'd
want for a "show quality" finish. This leaves kind of a textured look to the paint when
dried, but it allows you to shoot in one session, instead of three or four, and the paint
doesn't run this way either. I'm really happy with the way it turned out.
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