engine bay respray pics and advice

[tridimnaw]

hi im after advice on the best way to go about re spraying my engine bay, any pics and all advice would be a hughe help,
whats the best way to clean surfaces down?
whats the best way to get all the paint on?
ect ect,

cheers marc

[nova_saloon]

Sand down the surface to give it a key with about 600 grit then lay on a couple of coats of primer then sand that down with 600 grit to flatten it off then lay down your top coat, always do light coats, and if your doing a lacquer coats then be careful, always make sure it dries thoroughly before each coat! n sand down the last product with 2000 till flat to make shinney shinney after a polish up ofcourse. btw do you know Harry Charnock? or anyone with a nova in tal-y-bont? Dyfed?

and go on this lots of pics of my respray? and use thinners to degrease the panels

http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=118712&page=14 (http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=118712&page=14)
bottom of this page and the next two pages after it!

[tridimnaw]

is it best to sand with a block or would a grinder/drill with flad disk be better? ur pages have been a real help too, cant say i know him but i know a guy who rallys a nova from tal y bont, cheers

[nova_saloon]

Yeh hes a mate of his, i think i know the same guy you do lol i went tal-y-bont not long ago with my nova, if you go through a few pictures you can see i went to elan valley and to the beach north of aberystwyth in my thread there. and even to the castle in aber, i wil be returning soon in a couple of weeks to tal-y-bont, and no a flap disc will be to hard, and for flat areas a block is good went flatting paint, but when keying it to allow the paint to stick better best do it by hand!

[tridimnaw]

ok cool, ill get practicing on my old wings and ill prob be in touch if i need some more advice haha if thats ok!!

[nova_saloon]

that okay, any time

[16v Nova Kev]

my bay was like this.
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg8/16vnovakev/05032011545.jpg

i used a wire wheel on the grinder.

http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg8/16vnovakev/11032011553.jpg

http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg8/16vnovakev/11032011550.jpg

then zink primer.

http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg8/16vnovakev/12032011559.jpg

then about a week later i finnished it in white.

http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg8/16vnovakev/01052011628.jpg
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg8/16vnovakev/01052011629.jpg

[tridimnaw]

whats the benafit of zink primer?

[16v Nova Kev]

em i got it free lol na its supposed to stop the rust

[Lewis.]

it has a similar effect to galvanising. as in sacrificial protection :thumb:

[tridimnaw]

ah ok, so its good for the bits that are prone to rust then, did you do yhr whole engine bay wth the wire wheel?

[16v Nova Kev]

aye every where it fitted then rubbed the rest by hand. im just about to start on my other nova too:D

[tridimnaw]

exellent, any advice on mixing the paint and primer would also be helpful, cheers

[16v Nova Kev]

mixing as in reacting or paint ratios?

[tridimnaw]

ratios i was thinking but, what causes paint to react?

[16v Nova Kev]

ratios it will tell you on the tin(cant comment on all of them) and reactions just happen between different types of paint. just do a test on each other before you start.

[tridimnaw]

thanks for the advice

[16v Nova Kev]

no probs any time.:thumb: