Paint, Sandpaper & A Sunday Morning

[Rob]

Well I was awoken early this morning, which is normally a no go for me on the weekends, so I decided to do something useful(ish) with my time, popped to halfords, bought a sandpaper sponge, a 1" paint brush and a tin of matt black paint....

Engine tidy up time....

As it was...

(Notice the JMS breather in the wrong place)

After a bit of love...

Before engine cover:

Engine cover on:

(Note the breather now better located by cutting down the existing Renault tubing I was using and creating a small adapter)

A quick wh0re

 

[guysy]

Nice improvement :approve:

 

[Bluebeard]

Link to exact paint used! I need to do this on the valver. My bay looks terrible!

Looks Very good you c0ckney picture wh0re.

 

[leeds_182]

Good effort.

 

[Alastair.]

thats looks sweet in matt black

 

[Rob]

Cheers all

It was just halfords matt black VHT paint Danielson, can try find if you need it?

Little tin, £4 or something, then used halfords own sanding sponge type thing and it polished the letters up a treat, properly happy

Overall cost, less than a tenner, time taken 1.5 hours, done.

 

[Rob]

Link to exact paint used! I need to do this on the valver. My bay looks terrible!

Looks Very good you c0ckney picture wh0re.

Click me, Farm Boy

 

[Bluebeard]

I can't help thinking that I'd do the Metal to the left of the plenum and then just remove the engine cover completely??

 

[Bluebeard]

Click me, Farm Boy

Much love. x

 

[Alastair.]

farm boy, lol

 

[Whisker biscuit]

I have a tin of this in the house i used for the calipers, I cant help thinking i wanna use the rest of the tin for this vast improvment

 

[Whisker biscuit]

I actually think the engine cover would suit being done matt black also

 

[Rob]

May loose the engine cover alltogether eventually, but not sure atm, I still have some left to make any changes I fancy, Was considering a luminos green engine cover, lol!

 

[daveski]

Good effort, looks loads cleaner. Cheers for the link to the paint, I'll be giving this a go next weekend if its still sunny.

 

[Rob]

No worries, its massively easy, even easier if you go for a bit of a drive first, as the paint dries very quickly! lol!!!

 

[Austin-182]

Very good mate! I plan on doing mine, easy job? Did u take it of to paint?
Look at the heat proof carpet or wat ever it is at the back of the bay, mine was like that ( looks like sand) i took the dyson to it just today an it looks clean again, ya shud give it a go mate will look loada better with it frehly been painted

 

[Slinkey]

looks freakin sweet considering you did it with a brush lol.. And it looks way better without the engine cover IMO.

 

[Jonny1*2]

did you remove everything to paint Rob? if not you replaced the gaskets didn't you? Looks much better though

 

[pritchard182]

tuns better i tried using matt before i used gloss and found it went treakey for sum reason

 

[adam172]

looks much better mate, but i would leave the cover off tbh

 

[Curley]

Good job, going to do mine this week. As asked above.. did you paint yours with the inlets on?

 

[Curtis!]

Aye leave the cover off, looks nice.

 

[DB.]

Looks soooo much better!

 

[Rob]

Very good mate! I plan on doing mine, easy job? Did u take it of to paint?
Look at the heat proof carpet or wat ever it is at the back of the bay, mine was like that ( looks like sand) i took the dyson to it just today an it looks clean again, ya shud give it a go mate will look loada better with it frehly been painted

Cheers for advise on the carpet, I'll give it a go, I thought it was pretty much ruined, so I'm not sure how far I'll get TBH. LOL!

Yeah I just painted it in situ mate, no problems doing it like that, less hassle and takes so little time.

did you remove everything to paint Rob? if not you replaced the gaskets didn't you? Looks much better though

Removed nothing other than the engine cover mate, just painted it where it was.

Good job, going to do mine this week. As asked above.. did you paint yours with the inlets on?

As above

Aye leave the cover off, looks nice.

looks much better mate, but i would leave the cover off tbh

Yeah I'm thinking about leaving the cover off, although I paid for the engine cover, so I kinda want it on lol!!

Must say though, it does look quite "mean" off.

 

[Curley]

Thanks for the update. Think i'll do mine gloss black

 

[Austin-182]

Brilliant mate defo wana do mine, been thinking a gloss
black! What kind of paint did u use then?
The dyson just took all the crap of strate away, was very surprise how good it was! Did under the actual bonnet as well an that looks great aswell

 

[Austin-182]

Btw, i like the engine cover on, makes it look clean. Maybe do it black to keep it looking mean?
Ive got a black one for when i paint mine

 

[AKFM1]

how did u not get paint everywhere, looks perfect!! was it not difficuly painting between the letters? plus does the paint dry without showing brush stroke marks! looks spot on!!

 

[Camble]

Like this a lot! Huge improvement

 

[Rob]

Brilliant mate defo wana do mine, been thinking a gloss
black! What kind of paint did u use then?
The dyson just took all the crap of strate away, was very surprise how good it was! Did under the actual bonnet as well an that looks great aswell

There's a link to the exact paint I used earlier in the thread, just halfords, VHT matt black paint. I'll give the dyson a go later, lol!

how did u not get paint everywhere, looks perfect!! was it not difficuly painting between the letters? plus does the paint dry without showing brush stroke marks! looks spot on!!

Just used a 1" brush mate, not very difficult at all, as for the letters, I painted the whole thing, then rubbed over it with some fine sand paper on a sanding block, because the letters are raised, the paint removes perfectly leaving a nice shiney silver "RENAULTsport" logo.

If you had more patience and the engine wasn't hot like mine, then you'd have no brush marks at all, I have a few, but its quite a rough and rustik looking thing, so I quite like it as is.

If you wanted to get less brush marks etc, you could use a foam brush, its like a normal paint brush, but instead of brissles, it has a chunk or foam/sponge cut into a triangle. Works very well and leaves no lines.

Like this a lot! Huge improvement

Cheers mate.

 

[Darren85]

I'm getting too jealous of this car now haha.. That looks smart mate! Did you use the polishing kit at all? I think I need go get the red one on asap!

 

[Rob]

I'm getting too jealous of this car now haha.. That looks smart mate! Did you use the polishing kit at all? I think I need go get the red one on asap!

Cheers mate, haven't used the polishing kit yet, only because the halfords "sanding sponge" (which is like a thick washing up cloth thing with sand paper on) has made the letters amazingly shiny!!! lol!

I may just give it back to you tbh, but I'm gonna give it a go on my gear knob first, really wanna make that mint, as the few scratches ruin it

 

[AKFM1]

dont suppose you have a link to the sand papar block? was it rough sandpaper to get the surface smooth or rough? new to this so any help is appreciated

 

[Rob]

I can take a pic of it when I get home, I used a halfords sanding sponge to sand it to start with, being so soft and bendy made it easy to sand it all/get in all the nooks and crannies.

I then painted the whole thing, then just used a standard sanding block, you can use a chunk of wood if you wish as its just a flat surface, this means you can only touch the lettering.

I'll try find you a cheap sanding block link, or at least a halfords one so you know what you're looking for.

 

[Rob]

You can use this, it has a rough outside, so you can actually sand with it until its knackard, then just wrap it in sand paper if you want to carry on using it as a flat edge:

Click me!

 

[AKFM1]

thank you robbos!! does it take long to sand and what finish you meant to have after sanding? smooth or rough so paint can stick? still deciding whether i want gloss or matt black yet lol

 

[Rob]

The sand paper leaves you with a smooth-ish finish, but due to it being sanded, its keyed so the paint sticks, it doesnt matter if it feels totally smooth to touch, I sanded it with what looks to be somewhere around a 500 grit, but its a guess, as its just down as "medium" on the halfords sponge thing.

It took me about 20 mins to sand, if that, its just a case of cleaning any surface dirt off etc, and giving it a quick rub over, its only the engine so not like a panel that needs be perfect.

Whole thing took around 1.5 hours.

 

[MikeB]

Nice work, i just recived my parts bill £70

 

[Rob]

Cheers.

Could be a lot worse Mike, you're lucky you can do so much yourself/at work, whats the actual damage?

I really need to sort out my sticking caliper next, its squealing like a b**ch!

 

[MikeB]

i promise i will do that in the next week or two! thats not the end of the bill yet lol