hey guys. i just bought some cheap wallmart black spray paint. i was thinking of painting my firewalls. then ibought some ford blue engine paint.anything i need to cover on the block or pull off. im just trying to make it presentable. thanks!

 

are you using the $1 cans? I would have at least bought krylon semi-flat black. I painted mine about 2 years ago and still looks new,..justa little dusty

 

yes its the krylon. i also have the enamel engine blue paint. i was thinking of doing this in a full day or two. but james sent me this.

http://forums.vintage-mustang.com/showtopic.php?tid/1469413/tp/1/

do i need to go to that extreme? what all do i need to pull to repaint the firewalls. battery ext...

 

Just remeber to mask "everything" off because overspray will just cause you more work and will look sloppy if not cleaned up. Masking is the most time consuming part of this project. The whole project took me almost a full day.

 

i dont need to disconnect anything then? just mask it all off. i dont want to mess something up taking it off. im new to this stuff.

 

I didnt take anything off except the battery and masked EVERYTHING else I didnt want paint on. I guess it all depends on how proffessional you want your job to come out. For a daily driver just do what I did. For a show car, I would take everthing off and use some good paint.
- Ohh and remember to clean your engine bay really well. I used simple green and cleaned it twice.

 

you might also want to sand a little. Just scuff up your old paint so your new coat has something to grab on.
-scuff
-clean really good
-mask
-paint

 

i have engine degreeser. should i get out there and use that again? last time i just sprayed it on. i didnt scrub.

 

should i go buy some better paint? i just looked and its not krylon i think its the cheaper kind. oh well i have time. ill just clean it really good and paint the motor. what all needs to be painted and not on the motor? what shouldnt get paint on it?

 

yes go out there and start scrubin(block and engine bay) and yes, if I were you I would go buy so krylon semi-flat black.