Morning all! I must admit Matt black is not the best idea in the world! But whatever spins your wheels! Thats correct you must sand back the "gloss" out of the paint. I would use 180 grit papper. Prepare as well as you can for this is where the finsh becomes great or crap! Make sure is really really clean before you paint, and also make sure you use the same paint type as as they have! E.G 2pak = 2 pak etc etc etc
--- Lach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The worst thing you can do to an engine bay is spray > it matt black. If > you look at most race/rally cars that have been > built by professionals, > white or at least a light colour is the way to go. > If its black, you > won't see cracks in the body,it's hard to see what > you are doing, minor > fluid leaks aren't as obvious and you won't see lost > bits'n'pieces at > midnight! And it looks crappy anyway. > > Lach > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Mark Firman > Sent: Tuesday, 1 April 2003 6:05 PM > To: Membersozdat > Subject: paint prep > > > Hi listers, > I am getting ready to re-paint my engine bay, and i > was just after a bit > of advice... > > The whole shell was recently painted, but i am not > happy with the job > they did in the engine bay, so i want to respray it > in just a matt black > so that i can easily touch up nicks and scratches > later on... > > I gather i will need to sand back the previous paint > to get rid of the > gloss before i spray over it, is this true?? How far > should i sand it > back?? it was taken back to bare metal before the > current paint job so i > am assuming i wont have to go that far.. maybe just > roughen it up a bit > and get rid of all the gloss?? > > Also, what grade sandpaper should i use? keeping in > micd i don't want to > spend days preparing it for paint... > > Any help or advice would be great, > Thanks heaps, > Mark > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > Send (un)subscribe requests to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send > submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No > unauthorised > redistribution of this email > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- > OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- > Send (un)subscribe requests to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > No unauthorised redistribution of this email > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm > http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- http://mobile.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Mobile - Check & compose your email via SMS on your Telstra or Vodafone mobile. --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
