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How do you get into the nooks and crannies of specifically the hood?  I'm getting ready to prep/paint one now and want to prevent rust the best I can

I scraped with a small flat scraper as best I could, then pushed a piece of sandpaper around with my finger. Not perfect but okay.

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I will try and sand the primer a bit too to make it look nicer. Best you can do really.

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11 hours ago, ramsesosirus said:

How do you get into the nooks and crannies of specifically the hood?  I'm getting ready to prep/paint one now and want to prevent rust the best I can

Also you can rotate your fan pattern down to a small round dot and turn down the paint volume. If you dont reduce the volume alot you will have sags and runs. Keep a piece of cardboard close by for testing spray patterns and volume. That makes it easier to shoot down inside the holes to get it further inside the structure. Before I did any of that I used Eastwoods internal frame spray cans with the long tubes to help coat the insides of the structure on the hood and many other places on the car.

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16 hours ago, Patcon said:

Also you can rotate your fan pattern down to a small round dot and turn down the paint volume. If you dont reduce the volume alot you will have sags and runs. Keep a piece of cardboard close by for testing spray patterns and volume. That makes it easier to shoot down inside the holes to get it further inside the structure. Before I did any of that I used Eastwoods internal frame spray cans with the long tubes to help coat the insides of the structure on the hood and many other places on the car.

Thanks, I've really only spray painted.  There's a shop in town that will put "real" 99% VOC car paint in a spray can for you, and it ends up looking really good.  Another option might be to sand the loose rust (if any) and use the POR-15 brush on system with a small brush.  I used that stuff on my last car and it actually worked great and stopped the rust from spreading.  I think it's similar to some Eastwood products;  the tubes on the spray can is a great idea as well

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The spray bomb cans are better than regular spray paint, but no where near the same as being able to spray from HVLP guns for consistency and quality. POR will do too, but the under hood area will be highly visible when the hood is open, so I am going for a proper colour finish in that area.

 

EDIT: If your car is black or very dark green, you may be able to get away with more....mine will be too light to hide POR

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1 hour ago, wheee! said:

The spray bomb cans are better than regular spray paint, but no where near the same as being able to spray from HVLP guns for consistency and quality. POR will do too, but the under hood area will be highly visible when the hood is open, so I am going for a proper colour finish in that area.

 

EDIT: If your car is black or very dark green, you may be able to get away with more....mine will be too light to hide POR

It is possible to paint over POR-15, just as an FYI.  It's not supposed to be exposed to UV rays.  

Is your car not going to be green , like in the signature?

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38 minutes ago, ramsesosirus said:

It is possible to paint over POR-15, just as an FYI.  It's not supposed to be exposed to UV rays.  

Is your car not going to be green , like in the signature?

You can paint over POR but there is a process to follow or it doesn't adhere.

And yes, the signature paint is what I have on so far. More to come soon! PPG E2335 British Racing Green

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1 hour ago, wheee! said:

You can paint over POR but there is a process to follow or it doesn't adhere.

And yes, the signature paint is what I have on so far. More to come soon! PPG E2335 British Racing Green

Yes, you're correct about the POR process, have to use special primer etc...  it's more for frames and stuff...

Nice, dark green is my favorite color on the S30s ( I might be a little biased...)

You doing a metallic flake paint, 2 stage or 1?  

I've spray painted 2 junker cars flat black in my life... takes 15 cans to do an S10 truck... and man were my fingers tired... (all of them)...

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52 minutes ago, ramsesosirus said:

Very nice... you going with an air dam, bumpers?  chromed bumpers?  240z bumper?  280 bumpers? What grill?  Sorry, too many pages to read thru them all

BRE style Air Dam, Stainless Steel Harrington bumpers (no rubber strips) stock grill. I know the thread has become long.... but there is some good stuff in there!

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