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mickfulton
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PostPosted: 16:19 - 25 May 2012    Post subject: is my engine okay to paint now ??? Reply with quote
I am stripping paint from an engine using nitromors, wire brush and wet dry sand paper and think I have stripped it enough. However, there are some areas that are a little tarnished. This is shifting a little bit with autosol metal polish. Do I need to completely remove the tarnished areas before painting. I want a decent job done and time is a luxury I have ( but no money to spend on professionals unfortunately.)
The pictures are what I hope to begin painting on, is it okay ? Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,

Mick
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shippy
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PostPosted: 20:10 - 25 May 2012    Post subject: Re: is my engine okay to paint now ??? Reply with quote
mickfulton wrote:
I am stripping paint from an engine using nitromors, wire brush and wet dry sand paper and think I have stripped it enough. However, there are some areas that are a little tarnished. This is shifting a little bit with autosol metal polish. Do I need to completely remove the tarnished areas before painting. I want a decent job done and time is a luxury I have ( but no money to spend on professionals unfortunately.)
The pictures are what I hope to begin painting on, is it okay ? Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,

Mick


Pretty much looks good to go.

Make sure you do a few light layers of metal primer first.

Remember its better to do many light coats that one heavy one Thumbs Up
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andym
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PostPosted: 21:17 - 25 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
the second picture looks like it has some deep scratches in it. you might need to put several layers of primer and keep sanding it down to make it smooth again... but then I've only brush painted my engine
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Ariel Badger
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PostPosted: 21:50 - 25 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
You will need to use an etching primer JFGI
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mickfulton
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PostPosted: 00:11 - 26 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks so far guys......why etching primer or indeed why not ? I can only find cock n. balls videos on this topic. I'm a man of science so any chance of a decent tutorial link with lots of info as im in the dark here =D
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karthead
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PostPosted: 05:11 - 26 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
mickfulton wrote:
I can o my find cock n.

What was that? you cant find your cock? i think you just might have a worse problem on your hands than painting your engine... Wink
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Nick_Giles
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PostPosted: 10:27 - 26 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
mickfulton wrote:
why etching primer or indeed why not ?



Aluminium needs etching primer to make a strong bond between it and the final paint.

If you don't there is a high chance all your hard work will have been wasted as your new paint layers will quickly flake off.


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