Jeff, thanks for such a full reply!!. Your painted engine looks gorgeous!!!
Fri night, yesterday and today were spent preparing for, then removing the engine. It's now removed from the car, suspended in mid-air on a hoist. Taking a break right now from scrubbing, getting it ready to paint. (BTW, I found out a hoist won't fit in a Volvo sedan, had to have it delivered. It's a long weekend here, so I have today and tomorrow to get done whatever can be done, then the hoist goes back). I note that you painted both blocks black. Paul T had one (Punkin maybe) where it looks like he painted it red, then changed to black. On reflection (punny) a gloss black is probably best. Small oil leaks (perish the thought, pshaw, on a British car?!) won't be quite so noticeable, and it is original. The idea of the hammered finish paint for the rocker cover is very appealing! I love that stuff, even used it to paint all of the floor heating registers in the house. (Husband points you know, and gained more points for the Spit collection along the lines of "Wouldn't have known about this paint but for the Spit lists". Jeff, your links on rust removal are fascinating. Going off now to buy black engine paint, and some sodium carbonate. May get some kind of clear coat as well, just in case. Many, many, thanks Nick Moseley -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of zeke762000 Sent: July 31, 2005 5:26 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [spitfire-enthusiast] Re: Info and thoughts on engine and rocker cover colours --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Nick Moseley" Hi Nick, I painted the engines to my 76 and 80 a gloss black. The valve color on the 76 was painted the same bright red to match the car. The valve cover on the 80 had a lot of rust and when cleaned up, had some pitting. I used Rustoleum Hammered Finish in Silver(Aluminum) for that one. The Hammered Finish hides the pitting. It works well on other parts. Anything silver on my 76 is painted with it. As far as my alternators, I just wire brushed them as best I could. My 76 has stayed clean but I only drive it in nice weather. I have some pics on my site at http://jterrio.home.comcast.net of both projects. For rust removal, I sand blasted everything on my 76 that would fit in a cabinet and wire wheeled the large pieces. I have since incorporated a few new teniques. For small items and hardware, I marinate them over over night in a cup of undiluted CLR available at most hardware of dept stores. I have also been experimenting with Electrolytic Rust removal. I did this with the alternator/airpump brackets on my 80 and it worked well. There is a link on my site that describes it pretty well an has links to other sites. I plan to have a page with my setup and results but it is not ready yet. I will say that I substituted PH+ for swimming pools in place of the Washing Soda because I couldn't find it. Pool stores are everywhere. I hope this helps. Jeff in NH Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/spitfire-enthusiast/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ *** http://www.team.net/the-local *** Your messages not reaching the list? Check out http://www.team.net/posting.html *** unsubscribe/change address requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or try *** http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool *** http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo *** Archives at http://www.team.net/archive *** Edit your replies!
