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When I restored my 78 MGB about 2 years ago I went to the extreme on the painting of the suspension and engine. I had just bought a large bead blast cabinet and had a HVLP paint gun as well as a well designed metal pipe system for my compressor in the shop. I have been working on and restoring cars for fun since I was 15 years old, working on the 66 Mustang which I still own 28 years later, and had done a better job each time. For the Roadsters engine and suspension it would be PPG 2 stage epoxy primer with PPG Acrylic Urthane as the topcoat for its good looks and rock hard duribility. When finished they looked very shiney and smooth, almost hated to drive the car.
After the mechanicals it was time to send the car to the painter with the interior stripped but the engine still in it. I thought we had a understanding about keeping the engine bay and suspension clean while doing the paint and bodywork. Well we will just say that when you sand a car down to bare metal you get lots of paint dust which likes to get everwhere and when you prime and wet sand multible times it does not get any better. The outside paint job that I got was outstanding, but the work that i had previously done was in sad shape. I tried to clean the engine in the car using a clay bar but it was hard to do with all the stuff installed on the block, hard on the back.
Last week while on vacation I pulled the motor to install a 5-speed conversion, get the head flowed and sent off my Peco header to Jet-Hott to get coated. Now I could get to the engine, transmission and engine bay to do some work. First tried a Adams clay bar on the block with DS as lube but it wanted to drag across the slightly rough surface so I went to the fridge to check what was in the arsonal. Desided to try some PBs Professional Polish and it did an outstanding job removing the old dead paint that had attached itsself to my formally very shiney block. Could not stop there and got out the SSR1 and went over it again by hand then 2 coats of EX-P over 2 days followed by a Adams Butterwax topper and it lookes as good or better than when it was first painted. Cannot beleave the job the PBs PP did taking the dullness from the overspray away. I have attached a few pictures taken while the motor was out.
Sorry for the long post, Paul
After the mechanicals it was time to send the car to the painter with the interior stripped but the engine still in it. I thought we had a understanding about keeping the engine bay and suspension clean while doing the paint and bodywork. Well we will just say that when you sand a car down to bare metal you get lots of paint dust which likes to get everwhere and when you prime and wet sand multible times it does not get any better. The outside paint job that I got was outstanding, but the work that i had previously done was in sad shape. I tried to clean the engine in the car using a clay bar but it was hard to do with all the stuff installed on the block, hard on the back.
Last week while on vacation I pulled the motor to install a 5-speed conversion, get the head flowed and sent off my Peco header to Jet-Hott to get coated. Now I could get to the engine, transmission and engine bay to do some work. First tried a Adams clay bar on the block with DS as lube but it wanted to drag across the slightly rough surface so I went to the fridge to check what was in the arsonal. Desided to try some PBs Professional Polish and it did an outstanding job removing the old dead paint that had attached itsself to my formally very shiney block. Could not stop there and got out the SSR1 and went over it again by hand then 2 coats of EX-P over 2 days followed by a Adams Butterwax topper and it lookes as good or better than when it was first painted. Cannot beleave the job the PBs PP did taking the dullness from the overspray away. I have attached a few pictures taken while the motor was out.
Sorry for the long post, Paul
