Grey (or silver, black or white) is a neutral colour that goes with anything. Unfortunately it looks like undercoat.
Rob P ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Firman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 5:31 PM Subject: RE: paint prep > Yeah i thought about that too, but i still thought it would be better black > because i know if i spend the money getting it sprayed like the rest of the > car then i will only scratch it or chip it or something when i go installing > my engine and other bits and pieces.. Also the colour of the car is a very > dark green, so it wouldn't be too crash hot in that colour either.. > What alternate colour would be better than black but wouldn't look stupid > with a green body?? maybe silver... i dunno! any suggestions? > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lach > Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 6:59 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: paint prep > > > 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]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
