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<DIV>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). </DIV>
<DIV>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. </DIV>
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<DIV>Good luck. </DIV>
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PTSIZE="18"><I>Chuck Simms</FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#000000 size=2
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<DIV>In a message dated 3/28/2008 5:27:37 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
electricbasset@gmail.com writes:</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Hi
Tom,<BR><BR>Sand off any rust and clean off anything loose, then hit it with
a<BR>degreaser of somekind - dishsoap, simple green, etc. Then
I'd<BR>recommend hitting the rusty spots with a rust reformer paint.
They're<BR>at Home Depot right next to the other spray cans. As in all
painting,<BR>95 % of the work is prep, 5% not putting on so much it
runs.<BR><BR>Erik<BR><BR>And mask anything around you don't want to get paint
on. You'll end up<BR>with white dots all over.<BR><BR>On Fri, Mar 28, 2008 at
3:51 PM, <tomsmail@wtez.net> wrote:<BR>> I'm looking for tips
on painting the engine bay of the Fiero (I'm not very<BR>> good with
that sort of thing). I want gloss white; the current color
is<BR>> black with some minor rust. My first thought is lots of
sandpaper applied<BR>> and then a can of rustoeeum spray-on. I
don't want to REMOVE any of the<BR>> plethora of hoses or cables
coming out of the firewall while I do this.<BR>> Is that as good as
it gets? Any
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