LeBare metal question?

[86lxttop]

Filling in holes, grinding down and sanding my entire engine bay to bare metal. Is there a product I can spray on the bare metal so surface rust doesn't form?? Once it's completely done I'm going to prime and paint my engine bay, then move onto the body. Let me know, thanks.

[86lxttop]

[Baba Ganoush]

I grab a can of etch primer to hit small areas at a time.

[95DRGT]

Por15

[dcs13]

Use SPI Epoxy on bare metal. If you want to keep the flash rust until your ready, spray it with WD40. You just gotta make sure you clean all of it off. For the SPI , they have a specific cleaner to use. Avoid the self etch stuff, it causes problems with a lot of top coats and you can't put filler over it.

http://www.gearheaddiva.com/5397/epoxy-vs-self-etching-primer-for-painting-bare-metal/

[KBScobravert]

You bought the Canton oil pan from me, didn't you?

[Rick Modena]

lol at the WD40, don't do that.

They have rattle can (aresol can) etching primer, once you get down to metal the rusting process starts, so before you apply it, scotchbrite/re-sand the panels before applying the etching primer...

[War Machine]

self etching primer

[bonnie&clyde]

Why do u wanna take it all down to bare metal

[bonnie&clyde]

U don't have to strip it all to paint it

[86lxttop]

Use SPI Epoxy on bare metal. If you want to keep the flash rust until your ready, spray it with WD40. You just gotta make sure you clean all of it off. For the SPI , they have a specific cleaner to use. Avoid the self etch stuff, it causes problems with a lot of top coats and you can't put filler over it.
http://www.gearheaddiva.com/5397/epo...ng-bare-metal/

I just want to make sure surface rust doesn't show before a gather the materials to prime it. I DO plan on putting body filler down and smoothing it out and I've read to not use etching primer if planning to use body filler.

You bought the Canton oil pan from me, didn't you?

Yes I did buy the pan from you!

Why do u wanna take it all down to bare metal

There is a lot of over spray and flakey paint everywhere currently, I just welded up the holes in the engine bay and ground down all the welds so there will be bare metal regardless. I just need something on there in the mean time until it's time to apply the SPI epoxy, which is what I'll probably use.

[86lxttop]

Currently looking to invest in a good paint gun. I've read a ton of good things about the iwata lph400. I have a couple cheap hf guns right now that I might just attempt to use for applying primer...idk. Unless someone knows a decently priced gun for applying primer?

[dcs13]

Use the HF purple gun to shoot your epoxy.Tons of "real" paint guys use it.
Go lurk over at the SPI forum. Some real pro's in there and Barry the owner is an incredible wealth of knowledge .

http://www.spiuserforum.com/forum

I'm not a pro, but I love the SPI. Just finished shooting the entire floorpan on my 55 with it.
And Rick, I stripped some wheel wells a few months back. They're hosed down with WD40 until I'm ready to deal with them. No rust issues, but they will get a killer bath before coating. probably powder on those though.

[86lxttop]

Use the HF purple gun to shoot your epoxy.Tons of "real" paint guys use it.
Go lurk over at the SPI forum. Some real pro's in there and Barry the owner is an incredible wealth of knowledge .

http://www.spiuserforum.com/forum

I'm not a pro, but I love the SPI. Just finished shooting the entire floorpan on my 55 with it.
And Rick, I stripped some wheel wells a few months back. They're hosed down with WD40 until I'm ready to deal with them. No rust issues, but they will get a killer bath before coating. probably powder on those though.

Shit, I think I might have bought the purple gun already lol awesome!! Thanks for all the insight. I stayed up until 5am last night reading about SPI and everyone's success with it! Can't wait to try it! Would it be possible to grab a can of etch and lightly spray everything for now and then go over it later once I'm ready to add filler and epoxy primer? Also, do I use filler before the primer or after? I've seen a lot of cars with body filler they applied in areas and next to those areas are bare metal?

[86lxttop]

"Go over it" as in I'll be standing the etch away to apply filler and epoxy primer. Sorry, that didn't come out right and sounds very unclear.