Painting engine bay ahead of exterior repaint Options

[Tdskip]

Good morning, hope it has been a good week so far.

I am going to be dropping the engine on the AZ car (one with the oil blow by) soon and will be finishing repairing all of the prior owner AC line holes with new metal etc. I will also be repairing some minor rust on the batter tray (fortunately then tray “frame” and support are in good shape.

This strikes me as the right time to reapray the engine bay, and was wondering if others have done this and any tips or best practices they have to share.

Obviously same paint color as exterior and same paint family/sourcing as will be used on exterior, but any prep and other tips?

Thanks in advance for the ideas.

[Cairo94507]

I can tell you from experience that when my chassis was blasted, it was then purportedly blown out a couple times by the guy doing the work to remove all of the remaining blasting material. I then transported that chassis across the country, 2,500 miles in the back of a truck. You might think anything still remaining would get shook out during that 4 day drive.....nope. When Kent opened up the chassis to repair it we found a lot of blasting material stuck up in the sail panels and elsewhere. I would try anything else before blasting, which would be a method of last resort. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)