Sunday, June 08, 2008 - 10:14 pm, by: Jeff Bedsor(Jeff_bedsor)
Make sure you wash the parts thoroughly, sand them with a fine wet and dry. Wipe down with prepsolv wax and grease remover, then spray a coat of plastic primer sand lightly and spray a couple of coats of Acrylic Lacquer on top. Sand with 1200 wet & dry then a coat of clear.
Monday, June 09, 2008 - 10:04 am, by: Andrew Stewart(Daboom)
if you have access to a spray gun, protec acrylic laquer i have found is by far the best paint i have used. i sprayed my friend's front bumper with the nissan R33 factory silver, and you wouldn't know the difference from the new one we sprayed to the 10 year old paint on the car. for an engine bay, with the thinners, you will probably only need 500ml as (don't quote me though) is done as a 1 to 1 ratio. so 1 litre will cover approximately 2 sq metres with 2 coats, and clear, probably only 1 coat will do.
once you have sprayed the colour use 1200 wet and dry to remove any small imperfections and then wipe wax and grease remover over the painted surfaces and then cover it with the clear.
let that sit for 2 days to really harden, and once that is done, use the miguires cut and polish series, (in cream coloured bottles) there is 4 in the series, you won't need the corse cut, only the last two, the medium cut cleaner and the fine cut cleaner to finish it up. then if you want to go really far, clay bar it with the miguires clay bar kit which comes with the clay bar and spray detailer. it will remove any minor imperfections in the paint. then just wax it. should come up a treat.
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