<VV> paint problems

[Marc Sheridan]

Kirk,

I'm no paint expert, but from my experience painting engine sheet metal, you 
have to get rid of the oil that has been on them for about 40 years. Dawn 
detergent is the best detergent I know of to cut oil and grease, but even 
Dawn isn't enough to prep for paint. What I use is Easy Off oven cleaner. 
You have to get the original stuff (yellow cap) that stinks to do the job. 
Not only will it get rid of the ancient oil, it will take paint off too, so 
you can put away the sand blaster.

Hope this helps.

Marc Sheridan

>I am painting the shrouds on my 66, I sandblasted the
> pieces, cleaned them with soap, rinsed them and dried
> them, prepped them with Eastwood paint prep and
> painted them with Duplicolor high temp paint (black).
> Here's the problem, the paint is cloudy in some areas
> and in others it is, for lack of a better description,
> sandy.  In some areas I can brush the paint off, it
> comes off in small sand like bits!  I painted them on
> an evening when the temperature was around 75 degrees
> and humidity was low.  Any ideas on what I  did wrong,
> FYI I thought maybe it was the paint so I bought a new
> can and sprayed another part and it did the same
> thing!
>
> I've got to get these painted ASAP or I'm going to
> miss the  Great Plains Corvair Round-Up here in
> Wichita, KS  at the end of this month!
>
> YES I know I should of powder coated them, but darn it
> I'm so broke I can't pay attention!
>
> Kirk Eck