93Coupe.com » smoothing engine bay http://93coupe.com 93Coupe.com - My 93 Coyote 5.0 Boss 302 Mustang Coupe build. Thu, 19 Jun 2014 01:54:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 Smoothing Engine Bay – Base and Clear http://93coupe.com/smoothing-engine-bay-base-and-clear/ http://93coupe.com/smoothing-engine-bay-base-and-clear/#comments Wed, 20 Apr 2011 02:55:08 +0000 http://93coupe.com/?p=282 Finally done with the engine bay.  It has been the project that goes forever.  Just when you think you’re done, there’s another step. My last step was epoxy primer but […]

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]]> Finally done with the engine bay.  It has been the project that goes forever.  Just when you think you’re done, there’s another step.

My last step was epoxy primer but it left a little orange peel and required sanding.  Here are some pictures of the progression of sanding the epoxy in preparation for base color.

Then I wet sanded with 600.

Final Paint – The pictures came out yellowish and dark

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]]> Ok, when I repurchased the car, the previous owner had started the long project of smoothing the engine bay.  In doing so, he also removed the A/C from the car, filling those holes in as well (a big no-no back here in Florida!).

Here’s how the car was when I got it back:

A lot of the bare metal was left exposed from the previous project and it had sat long enough for that metal to start rusting.  Also, the USC “All-Metal” filler would crack anywhere that I tried to work on it – so most of it had to come out.

I ended up using the “Perfect Paint Job” instructions from Southern Polyuerethanes.  It basically goes like this:

Do your metal work
Epoxy Primer (SPI)
Filler (Evercoat Rage Gold)
2K Primer (SPI)
Epoxy Sealer (SPI)
Base
Clear (SPI)

I’m doing the final blocking on the 2K Primer now and hope to base and clear this weekend.  Here are some more current pictures:

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