Re: Jeff's 48 Custom 8 Victoria Project
Posted by bigmoparjeff On 2013/7/1 23:37:33
The Packard would wait a over a month as I worked on more daily drivers, took care of some tasks that needed my attention, and made my yearly pilgrimage to Chryslers at Carlisle.
Now it was time to get the engine compartment cleaned up and painted. Nothing groundbreaking here, lots of scraping, a thorough power washing, and some paint. It's amazing how rock-hard 60 year old dried up grease that's mixed with sand can get. It was almost like trying to scrape off cured concrete. I removed what I could by hand, and the hot water pressure washer was able to melt off the remains. I used Eastwood's single stage urethane for the color coat. Even though the paint sprayed and covered well, I wouldn't recommend the black for an exterior paint job on a car. It's not a pure black and has the same grayish-brown hue under direct sunlight that you get with black Rustoleum or Krylon spray cans. It would be ok to use their colors for a budget-minded paint job, but just not the black. Also, don't trust the paint chip chart that they supply. For a different project, I ordered what I thought would be a medium metallic red and ended up with a metallic pink car.
July to September 2012. Engine bay cleanup and painting
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Now it was time to get the engine compartment cleaned up and painted. Nothing groundbreaking here, lots of scraping, a thorough power washing, and some paint. It's amazing how rock-hard 60 year old dried up grease that's mixed with sand can get. It was almost like trying to scrape off cured concrete. I removed what I could by hand, and the hot water pressure washer was able to melt off the remains. I used Eastwood's single stage urethane for the color coat. Even though the paint sprayed and covered well, I wouldn't recommend the black for an exterior paint job on a car. It's not a pure black and has the same grayish-brown hue under direct sunlight that you get with black Rustoleum or Krylon spray cans. It would be ok to use their colors for a budget-minded paint job, but just not the black. Also, don't trust the paint chip chart that they supply. For a different project, I ordered what I thought would be a medium metallic red and ended up with a metallic pink car.
July to September 2012. Engine bay cleanup and painting
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