<VV> Paint Strategies

[Frank DuVal]

If you can leave the drivetrain out for painting the whole car, it is 
easier. But there is a small risk of damaging the paint when 
reinstalling the parts. Just go slow and be careful.

If the engine is in the car for ANY painting, it requires a whole cover 
up. Overspray goes everywhere!

I paint the lids and doors off the car for the best paint jobs. 
Metallics are a little tricky doing this due top the "flop" effect of 
how the aluminum flakes fall and settle. Solid colors easier.

If you have to move the car to a paint booth without a drivetrain, this 
is more difficult, but can be done.

If the engine compartment is slightly dirty, it could make the rest of 
the paint job dirty when the paint gun blows dirt out of a hidden area. 
Same for under the car. Wash, wash, blow, wash. Repeat. So for this 
painting the engine compartment separately (with or without engine) and 
then masking the whole compartment has merit.

So I guess all methods work, and all methods have flaws or chances of error.

Frank DuVal


Byron Comp wrote:

>OK, I'll try again.  I posed a question the middle of last week about my 
>painting strategy for my '64 Monza Vert., but the question seems to have gotten 
>overlooked in everyone's haste to weigh in on what is obviously a long-standing 
>feud between advocates of electric vs. mechanical fuel pumps.
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>What I'd like some input on is this:  I've got my '64 vert totally stripped 
>down, drivetrain rebuilt and sitting on the floor, glass all removed etc.  I'm 
>changing the overall color scheme from Tuxedo Black to Diamond White and I want 
>the interior of the engine bay to be the same as the exterior.  My thought is to 
>paint the engine room first, install the drivetrain, then paint the rest of the 
>car.  That eliminates a detailed coverup of the engine as well as the inability 
>to paint that whole area as well as w/o the engine in the way.  But I don't want 
>to paint the whole car and then run the risk of a nasty gouge or scrape on a 
>fender etc. while putting the drivetrain back in place.
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>Anybody done it either way and have some sage advice?  Thanks for your input.
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>Byron Comp
>'64 Monza Vert.
>Gainesville, FL
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