1.18.21 FIREWALL PAINTING ADVICE

JUST FOUND THIS ADVICE FOR PAINTING A FIREWALL ON THE 67-72Chevytrucks PAGE.

SHARING IT WITH OTHER SO THAT A CAN REFERENCE T EASILY MYSELF. 

My day job is providing technical coatings advice to my industry so I like to help here too when I can. Rustoleum Industrial Coatings (factory trained) is one of the coatings that I deal with on a daily basis (along with other brands not relevant to this topic).

The firewall needs only to be clean of grease and oil, scuffed with a scotch brite pad, wiped off with an old rag (since you don't have an air compressor to blow it off) then a tac rag before priming and painting. A tac rag can be purchased almost anywhere paint is sold. It is a sticky rag that will pick up any remaining dust or dead bugs without leaving a residue. No 120 grit or 800 grit used at any stage.

Leave the acid to the drug dealers and the soap and water in the kitchen.

It's really this easy. Don't worry about epoxy primer unless you have removed all the paint and now have bare steel. If you have removed all the paint and now in fact do have bare steel, then you can buy a can of Spray Max epoxy primer. It is activated with a hardener inside the can when you are about to use it. It would have enough to prime your firewall. Hopefully, you still have all the old paint on it still...

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