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Posted by: partwerks May 24 2021, 08:28 PM

What is the best way to go about painting under the bucket, that the headlight sits in?
Hard to get access to.

Posted by: IronHillRestorations May 24 2021, 08:48 PM

Remove the headlight assembly. Be sure to mark everything before you take it off as well as pulling the fuses for the motors

Posted by: partwerks May 24 2021, 08:58 PM

I'm talking about the cavity clear down at the bottom, under the bucket.

Posted by: 914e May 24 2021, 09:12 PM

Not a great spray gun but the paint pot that swivels it helps a lot in the hard to get to spaces. It does ok.

https://www.harborfreight.com/adjustable-detail-spray-gun-92126.html

I sprayed that area very well with

https://www.eastwood.com/eastwood-internal-frame-coating-14oz-aerosol.html

Posted by: partwerks May 24 2021, 09:23 PM

Bad part is I can't get my paws in far enough for a paint gun.

I do happen to have some eastwood's on hand.

Wonder what the factory did with that area?

Posted by: 914e May 24 2021, 09:43 PM

I sprayed it as well as I could with single stage paint. If look in with a flash light it is not perfect. Still better than when the rats or mice lived in there.

Posted by: IronHillRestorations May 25 2021, 06:11 AM

1” foam brush taped to a piece of welding rod. You can bend the rod to get in the hard to reach spots