Capri - Restoration (2) White 1972 1600 XL [15]

Today, I really got into preparing the engine bay for painting. Firstly, I used the small hand sander with 180 wet/dry paper & went over as much as I could. Then I used 120 wet/dry paper & went over everything again. Then again with 240 paper. This took quite a while & I did the same with the underside of the bonnet. Then everything had to be cleaned with degreasing fluid. I had decided that the bottom section around the chassis rails would be black with the rest white. I then used some metal primer to spot paint a few areas & that’s when things went wrong! The primer caused the existing paint to blister. That caused a bit of a panic! I scraped off the blistered areas & then consulted Dr Google & realised my error. I had sprayed lacquer over some enamel that had been previously used. This required a bit of a change of plans. I had decided to paint the engine bay in Winter White which is the Ford colour that the car has been repainted in mid-2003. Rather than risk having to remove all the paint, I decided that I would use gloss white enamel, as in White Knight or Dulux fast drying enamel in spray cans.