- 1. [Healeys] Painting engine bay (score: 1)
- Author: "Freese, Ken" <Kendall.Freese@Aerojet.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:15:45 -0800
- I have been painting my engine bay with a Preval sprayer. It has a spray head, a cartridge of propellant, and a glass jar for the paint. I seem to be getting a lot of orange peel and an excess amount
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- 2. [Healeys] painting engine bay (score: 1)
- Author: Carroll A Phillips <bjcap@optonline.net>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:28:47 -0500
- Seems to me that your getting what is called fish eye, youve got contaminates in the sheetmetal or paint which cause the paint to move away or not adhere like a drop of oil and water. If your only g
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- 3. Re: [Healeys] painting engine bay (score: 1)
- Author: "WILLIAM B LAWRENCE" <ynotink@msn.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 02:40:23 +0000
- I understand that silicon is very bad for this, so if synthetic brake fluid was used that probably exacerbates the problem. I think there are special materials for removing traces of silicon. Bill La
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- 4. Re: [Healeys] Painting engine bay (score: 1)
- Author: "Elton Schulz" <eschulz@frontiernet.net>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:07:19 -0500
- Ken, have you prepped the area with a solvent to remove any residual oil or brake fluid prior to painting? Elton -- Original Message -- From: "Freese, Ken" <Kendall.Freese@Aerojet.com> To: "Healey Ma
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- 5. Re: [Healeys] painting engine bay (score: 1)
- Author: "Freese, Ken" <Kendall.Freese@Aerojet.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 07:09:40 -0800
- I think you are exactly right. Left over silicone brake fluid is still present. I haven't used the stuff in 15 or 20 years. But I did remove the brake lines for the engine bay paint, so there could
- /html/healeys/2008-01/msg00694.html (7,787 bytes)
- 6. Re: [Healeys] painting engine bay (score: 1)
- Author: BJ8 Healeys <sbyers@ec.rr.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:27:14 -0500
- I have used silicone fluid for 15 years, so have had ample opportunity to get it onto surfaces where it shouldn't be. When I painted my engine bay, I had a hell of a time getting rid of the fisheyes.
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- 7. Re: [Healeys] painting engine bay (score: 1)
- Author: "Leonard Hartnett" <thehartnetts@earthlink.net>
- Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:25:15 -0800
- I have just checked with my son who works for an automotive paint supplier. I am not an expert in this matter but I have, in the (distant) past, used a fisheye additative when painting. If I am readi
- /html/healeys/2008-01/msg00697.html (7,990 bytes)
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