Water Elbow Painting

[TRINDA1664]

Hello

Please can I have some advise on painting the cast ali water elbow.

I was going to get it powdercoated but my local podercoaters are on shutdown and im looking to get it back on the car tonight.

So i am looking to use aerosols. I am going to lightly shot blast the surfaces that are being painted.

Do i need to use primer? if so grey or acid etch?
Also will i need to use a high temp paint? or will normal aerosol paint be ok?

Thanks

Dan

[JSandW2]

Dan, vht paint, make surface dull with sandpaper etc, paint....easy, there's tons of vids on youtube, use google! its your friend

[Draven]

As said above make sure you have thoroughly cleaned the services and give them a good rub down with sand paper before prep is by far the most important thing with spraying anything.

[JSandW2]

[quote="Draven"]As said above make sure you have thoroughly cleaned the services and give them a good rub down with sand paper before prep is by far the most important thing with spraying anything.[/quote]

yeah Draven is spot on there, I should have added that as well making sure it's thoroughly cleaned and degreased, spot on

[alanmr2turbo]

you dont need VHT paint for the water elbow. I used ordinary aerosol paint on mine and no problems after a year or so.