<VV> Paint Strategies/Pre Paint Wash/Prep

[HallGrenn at aol.com]

This may also save you some money.  On one convertible of mine that  was 
being painted, the shop owner allowed me to wash the whole engine  compartment 
out in the parking lot using a car wash solution.  I washed and  rinsed it 
several times (in addition to powerwashing the undercarriage  first).  
Because I saved him some prep time and (and showed my commitment  to the car) he 
gave me a break on the cost and did a beautiful job as  well.  He seemed to 
respect the car more too.
 
Bob Hall
Group Corvair
Corvanatics
CORSA
 
In a message dated 7/26/2010 8:37:29 AM Eastern Daylight Time,  
corvairduval at cox.net writes:

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