What can I paint other than the valve covers? Mmmmmm Fan? Top of Radiator?
Windsheild Fluid Res.? Random caps/lids of things like rad. power steering,
master cylinder? This is getting fun.
Mmmmmm replace white pinstriping w/ orange.
You've opened up quite a can of worms here.
Robert (orange) Trottmann
rotrottmann@davidson.edu
Davidson, NC
St. Louis, MO in may
DodgeBoyz3 wrote:
> Robert, if you rally like orange(and I do)order a couple of cans of the MP
> "hemi orange". It is great hi-temp paint, but use it very sparingly. Just a
> mist coat to start, let it "tack" off and shoot again until desired coverage
> is achieved. Just remember to take your time with it or you will have curtains
> from hell !!
>
> Another note, a lot of stuff under the hood can be taped off, but some things
> are just too hard for tape. Use aluminum foil. It is a real detailers secret
> !!! Wash the engine cold with a solution of 1 gal water, a squeeze of dish
> soap and about a cup of kerosene. This will remove all the oily stuff and
> leave a good clean surface for the paint to adhere to, let it dry well though
> and use some compressed air if you have it to blow dry the engine compartment.
>
> You will have a really clean and after painting, beautiful engine bay!!!
>
> Gene in Houston
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