Thanks. Yah too true. Too much heat, uh, well, you know. --- ;^)

Yah spray on is nice. My prep work was ok. i.e. the primer looked
better than the top coat!

(though primer is "flat" and much more forgiving)

I look forward to the day I have the 2.0 and his little friends in there!

Neil.

On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 6:54 PM, Scott Daniel - Shazam
<scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
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>
>
>
> That's right, spray can would have been just fine with quality paint and
> good prep.
>
> I heat them in warm water btw, helps a lot in the winter � spray can paint.
> ( just don't over do it � lol !  ask me how I know ! � on the how warm.  You
> just want it warm, not hot. )
>
>
>
> But it'll look just fine when Jaco has a 2.0 inline four in there and all
> the small parts n' stuff.
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>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>  From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> neil N
>  Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 6:46 PM
>  To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>  Subject: Stuff I learned about painting my engine bay (+ pics)
>
>
>
> Hi all.
>
>
>
> Ok. First of all.
>
>
>
> This:
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>
>
> http://www.prevalspraygun.com/automotive.htm
>
>
>
> made sense at the time. Mix the paint, pour it in, do the job. But in
>
> reality, no. It worked ok for about a 1/3 of the bay, but the spray
>
> pattern got smaller as the job went on, and it ran out of propellent
>
> before I got the first coat on. In defense of the product, in
>
> hindsight, I MAY have allowed the air vent hole to clog.
>
> Regardless........
>
>
>
> ...... there I was with this Chi-Chi paint all mixed up that needed to
>
> be used ASAP. So I finished it off the engine bay with a brush. I
>
> sacrificed one of my good Purdy brushes. Here's the pics:
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>
> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/enginebay
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>
>
> It's sort-of ok. Certainly better than it was and should last a while.
>
>
>
> What I used:
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>
>
> Etching primer, Limco (BASF) colour matched paint, reducer, and
>
> "Normal Acrylic Hardener". This stuff cost around $100.
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>
>
> What I learned:
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>
>
> mix only a little at a time. Believe it or not, I used a table spoon.
>
> Next time (ha!) I'll use the measuring "cup" they guy gave me. Given
>
> my situation, the brush saved the day and turned out better than I
>
> thought it would.
>
>
>
> Next time, I'll likely get a spray can of paint mixed up my FLAPS
>
> (Lordco) True it's less paint for the money (~ $40),  but the other
>
> route is spendy, and you really need a proper sprayer for it (duh)
>
> Since I won't be getting a gun/compressor in the near future, the
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> spray can would have been better.
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>
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>
>
> Neil.
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>
>
>
>
> --
>
> Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco"
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> http://web.mac.com/tubaneil
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> http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/
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Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco"

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