Bubba, the detailing genius
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From: Houston Tx.
Bubba, the detailing genius
Don't you love PO's that detail the engine compartment with a can of black spray paint and even cover those pesky colorful wires on the fire wall and fender well? It looks like a bundle of black spaghetti.
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My engine bay will be restored this winter..........
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Hi,
You mean 2 cans of silver don't make it look like everything's been chrome plated?????
Regards,
Alan
It takes 2 cans because silver doesn't cover very well!
1 can is enough for a bicycle though.
You mean 2 cans of silver don't make it look like everything's been chrome plated?????
Regards,
Alan
It takes 2 cans because silver doesn't cover very well!
1 can is enough for a bicycle though.
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Ahhh...the application of a "Black Bomb". Usually reserved for about 2 days before Bubba sells a car to give it that little extra zip...
I've 'freshened' my engine bay with black. The extra $3 and 20 minutes it takes to wrap everything you DON'T want black (including the wires) in aluminum foil is money/time well spent.
Some folks can't spare either the $3 or the 20 minutes. And it will never cease to amaze me.
I've 'freshened' my engine bay with black. The extra $3 and 20 minutes it takes to wrap everything you DON'T want black (including the wires) in aluminum foil is money/time well spent.
Some folks can't spare either the $3 or the 20 minutes. And it will never cease to amaze me.
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Ahhh...the application of a "Black Bomb". Usually reserved for about 2 days before Bubba sells a car to give it that little extra zip...
I've 'freshened' my engine bay with black. The extra $3 and 20 minutes it takes to wrap everything you DON'T want black (including the wires) in aluminum foil is money/time well spent.
Some folks can't spare either the $3 or the 20 minutes. And it will never cease to amaze me.
I've 'freshened' my engine bay with black. The extra $3 and 20 minutes it takes to wrap everything you DON'T want black (including the wires) in aluminum foil is money/time well spent.
Some folks can't spare either the $3 or the 20 minutes. And it will never cease to amaze me.
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LOL, I was at a local car show many years back with my 82 and the class winner had the complete engine compartment hosed with flat black with out even having cleaned anything.....
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Alan 71...
There's a fella down here in TN with an '81 C3 and ALL of the metal stuff in his engine compartment was painted metallic silver paint....USING A BRUSH!! He is a long-time member of the ACCA group down here, and their club puts on and judges a lot of shows in the mid-TN area. Not surprisingly, this guy gets 1st place at everything he attends where their group is judging....wWith BRUSHED ON METALLIC RUSTOLEUM PAINT in the engine compartment.
Needless to say, I don't enter my '71 in any of the shows they produce and judge.
{So, it's not just BUBBA....}
There's a fella down here in TN with an '81 C3 and ALL of the metal stuff in his engine compartment was painted metallic silver paint....USING A BRUSH!! He is a long-time member of the ACCA group down here, and their club puts on and judges a lot of shows in the mid-TN area. Not surprisingly, this guy gets 1st place at everything he attends where their group is judging....wWith BRUSHED ON METALLIC RUSTOLEUM PAINT in the engine compartment.
Needless to say, I don't enter my '71 in any of the shows they produce and judge.
{So, it's not just BUBBA....}
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I have several wire bundles and connections with the black paint on my 73. For the areas I can get to I am using Goof Off or some other mild paint remover to clean the wires with q-tips and try to restore the area to original.
I never knew why they were painted black, now I do.
kdf
I never knew why they were painted black, now I do.
kdf
