[ausev] Paint question

[Charlesvsi at aol.com]

Hi tom, I agree with Eric below. Use a brush to loosen oil , use degreaser,  
rinse the degreaser off with water, dry a bit, sand and wire brush all rust,  
scrape any scale loose and wire brush again.   Then apply a  phosporac acid 
product to change the rust to a black solid coating. Apply  only to rust, it 
eats other finishes and hoses etc. (This is sometimes called  naval jelly or The 
Must for Rust by Krud Kutter in a spray bottle)  available in hardware stores, 
Home Depot etc.'. After an hour or so drying time,  wipe with dry cloth 
(discard, as the acid is still active). 
You  can Mask off all hoses and wires by wrapping with paper held in  place 
by blue masking tape. If spray painting,  mask everything not to be  painted by 
newspaper or cloth held in place by masking tape. Then paint several  coats 
waiting for each coat to dry. Thin coats are best. 
 
Good luck. 
 
Chuck Simms

e-mail: charlesvsi at aol.com
Phone:  512-331-9630


In a message dated 3/28/2008 5:27:37 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
electricbasset at gmail.com writes:

Hi  Tom,

Sand off any rust and clean off anything loose, then hit it with  a
degreaser of somekind - dishsoap, simple green, etc. Then  I'd
recommend hitting the rusty spots with a rust reformer paint.  They're
at Home Depot right next to the other spray cans. As in all  painting,
95 % of the work is prep, 5% not putting on so much it  runs.

Erik

And mask anything around you don't want to get paint  on. You'll end up
with white dots all over.

On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at  3:51 PM,  <tomsmail at wtez.net> wrote:
> I'm looking for tips  on painting the engine bay of the Fiero (I'm not very
>  good with  that sort of thing).  I want gloss white; the current color  is
>  black with some minor rust.  My first thought is lots of  sandpaper applied
>  and then a can of rustoeeum spray-on.  I  don't want to REMOVE any of the
>  plethora of hoses or cables  coming out of the firewall while I do this.
>  Is that as good as  it gets?  Any  advice?
>




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