hehe, i went into the car to sand a little rust off to prepare it for paint and ended up sanding the whole driver floor panel. anyway,i want to have it painted professionally on the outside so that it has the professional shine and because i dont quite have the ability to do it, but as for the engine bay and interior, i'd like to paint that myself. now should I just use flat black or is the engine bay a certain type of black? what about the inside of the fender and the underside of the car?

thanks in advance guys.

 

Someone told me that the engine compartment can be shot with Rusteluem(sp) semi flat black. I heard it is sold at Walmarts...I can't verify that cause I don't do Walmarts... But if anyone else knows who sells that brand and color....LMK..

 

After you get the floor pan clean, use a rust encapsulator such as POR 15 and seam seal before painting it Red Oxide. Also paint underneath the car with the same red oxide. Now, as far as the engine bay, either use Krylon semi-flat black, or Eastwood's Under Hood Black. The Eastwood is a bit more expensive, but gives better coverage and looks better IMO.

 

thanks a lot guys. i'm going out today to get my compressor and air ratchet and sandpaper galore. i'll try and grab some Krylon since i know we have that around here. heck i have rustoleum and krylon in my garage plus a million others but i wanted to make sure i had the right one first. once again, thanks.

 

P.S. i dont have a rotisserie? to get to the underside of the car, nor the room to have it, should I just jack it up or should i just let the pros worry about it?

 

You can do it yourself with 6 jack stands. Be sure to wear some eye protection goggles, and be ready for some sore muscles. Especially your neck muscles.

 

I used semi flat black and did the underside myself. As for POR for the the floor pans there is Central GA mustangs here that takes Undercoating to the floor pans. The guys theory is that it protects them and isulates them against sound. It was the first I heard of it.

 

cool, my last question is this: i couldnt find red-oxide around me. some stores have it as a base paint but don't sell it. anyone know a place to order it?

 

well, the engine bay is almost done first pic is a before, 2nd is after but not quite done. it got dark and i couldnt really see what i had missed without the light and only in the camera could i see it. so in the morning i'll finish painting that.

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P.S. i used heat resistant flat black since we all know it can get hot as heck in there. and no not heat resistant as in stays cool but it can take up to 1200 degree temperatures instead of the normal 200. i wanted to be careful and it only costed like 70cents difference

 

Heat resistive paint is for B-B-Q’s and it will fade to an off dark gray over time. The heat in the engine bay will not affect any semi-flat such as the Krylon semi-flat black, or Eastwood's Black. You may want to rethink the flat-black paint.[sm=smiley24.gif]

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