Painting the fuse cover.

Glen e · 01-11-2016, 10:37 PM

I have a River city garnet engine cover, this project compliments the piece and is easy. Lupe's cover and the fuse lid are more than enuf color for the engine bay, no other underhood mods planned.

This is a great way to learn how to paint small items on the car. The vendor is automotivetouchup.com. Their clearcoat is the best that I've used , easy and the most forgiving. Their valves on their cans are also one notch up, they spray wide and even.

So here we go. Alcohol,wash the piece. Then 2 coats of rustolem primer,* 10 minutes apart- just dust it...this part is under no stress , so adhesion promotor is not needed, this primer works fine.

2 coats of base color,* again 10 minutes apart-

Wait 30 minutes, then three coats of clear 10 min apart, fairly heavy so you can polish it.

Will wait 24 hours before polishing...more installed pics tomm....

Tr6 · 01-11-2016, 11:07 PM

Amazing work as usual!

cartem2 · 01-12-2016, 02:01 AM

Can't wait to see it installed.

Glen e · 01-12-2016, 09:03 AM

FAILED MOD: Duplicolor color applied diff than paint color cap.......not the same at Lupe's Garnet..., will repaint when automotivetouchup gets the Genuine OEM GM color in aerosol:

drivingagain · 01-12-2016, 01:26 PM

Yeah that happens sometimes when the paint dries. Good attempt though Glen. It will just give you some thing to do in the near future! lol

Glen e · 01-12-2016, 01:40 PM

found it, it's the same color as a 2014 caddy color....WA 132X "Caught Red Handed Metallic"

SSport16 · 01-12-2016, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Glen e

found it, it's the same color as a 2014 caddy color....WA 132X "Caught Red Handed Metallic"

Or Red Obsession on the Cadillacs too.

Tr6 · 01-12-2016, 04:10 PM

That sucks :/

You are right Glen, I just picked up a touch up pen for mine.
CODE G7E WA 132X is what the code is.

PS: weirdest touch up pen I have ever seen, reminds me of some alien probing device on 1 star alien movie.

PSS: Here is the pic;

Glen e · 01-12-2016, 04:13 PM

Lol...yeah, i got the same pen too, kinda weird.

note: dont ever use the brush applicator, use a toothpick and drizzle it into the scratch.

Tr6 · 01-12-2016, 04:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Glen e

Lol...yeah, i got the same pen too, kinda weird.

note: dont ever use the brush applicator, use a toothpick and drizzle it into the scratch.

Great call, a lot of people don't know that and end up scratching it more lol.

SSport16 · 01-12-2016, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Tr6

Great call, a lot of people don't know that and end up scratching it more lol.

And you get brush strokes! Where did you pick that up, I have a chip on my front wheel well that I had upon delivery? I really should have the dealer do it.

Tr6 · 01-12-2016, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by SSport16

And you get brush strokes! Where did you pick that up, I have a chip on my front wheel well that I had upon delivery? I really should have the dealer do it.

Any parts dept can order it, it is genuine OEM part. Price wise, I have NO idea. It was a 1 of the things I got for free from the dealership that messed up my paint.

Glen e · 01-22-2016, 08:41 AM

Color corrected thanks to automotivetouchup aerosol paint. The color is a two can basecoat:
Lousy flash iphone pic, but now perfect match for the engine cover

cartem2 · 01-22-2016, 01:37 PM

Looging good Glen, matches very well

01-11-2016, 10:37 PM	#1
Glen e Retired from Car mfrs.... Drives: 2LT RS/HR-V Join Date: May 2013 Location: /Fort Lauderdale Posts: 10,048	Painting the fuse cover. I have a River city garnet engine cover, this project compliments the piece and is easy. Lupe's cover and the fuse lid are more than enuf color for the engine bay, no other underhood mods planned. This is a great way to learn how to paint small items on the car. The vendor is automotivetouchup.com. Their clearcoat is the best that I've used , easy and the most forgiving. Their valves on their cans are also one notch up, they spray wide and even. So here we go. Alcohol,wash the piece. Then 2 coats of rustolem primer,* 10 minutes apart- just dust it...this part is under no stress , so adhesion promotor is not needed, this primer works fine. 2 coats of base color,* again 10 minutes apart- Wait 30 minutes, then three coats of clear 10 min apart, fairly heavy so you can polish it. Will wait 24 hours before polishing...more installed pics tomm.... __________________ Glen CLICK HERE for detailing a new car: detailing for non detailers CLICK HERE for how to rinseless CLICK HERE for EASY wheel sealant Last edited by Glen e; 01-11-2016 at 11:36 PM.

01-11-2016, 11:07 PM	#2
Tr6 The Dogfather Drives: #1 off the line for a customer. '16 Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Andover, KS Posts: 2,621	Amazing work as usual! __________________ 2SS, Garnet Red with Adrenalin red, NPP, MRC M6 coupe #33 off the line #1 order for Customer. Build thread HERE! Story of my delivery HERE!

01-12-2016, 02:01 AM	#3
cartem2 Drives: Nightfall Gray 2LT RS Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 638 View My Garage	Can't wait to see it installed. __________________ My Build Journal, Review, and Photos: Here

01-12-2016, 09:03 AM	#4
Glen e Retired from Car mfrs.... Drives: 2LT RS/HR-V Join Date: May 2013 Location: /Fort Lauderdale Posts: 10,048	FAILED MOD: Duplicolor color applied diff than paint color cap.......not the same at Lupe's Garnet..., will repaint when automotivetouchup gets the Genuine OEM GM color in aerosol: __________________ Glen CLICK HERE for detailing a new car: detailing for non detailers CLICK HERE for how to rinseless CLICK HERE for EASY wheel sealant Last edited by Glen e; 01-12-2016 at 02:58 PM.

01-12-2016, 01:40 PM	#6
Glen e Retired from Car mfrs.... Drives: 2LT RS/HR-V Join Date: May 2013 Location: /Fort Lauderdale Posts: 10,048	found it, it's the same color as a 2014 caddy color....WA 132X "Caught Red Handed Metallic" __________________ Glen CLICK HERE for detailing a new car: detailing for non detailers CLICK HERE for how to rinseless CLICK HERE for EASY wheel sealant

01-12-2016, 01:26 PM	#5
drivingagain Drives: 2015 Tiger XCX,2016 Camaro 1SS,LBZ! Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Palm Coast, FL Posts: 1,311	Yeah that happens sometimes when the paint dries. Good attempt though Glen. It will just give you some thing to do in the near future! lol

01-12-2016, 04:10 PM	#8
Tr6 The Dogfather Drives: #1 off the line for a customer. '16 Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Andover, KS Posts: 2,621	That sucks :/ You are right Glen, I just picked up a touch up pen for mine. CODE G7E WA 132X is what the code is. PS: weirdest touch up pen I have ever seen, reminds me of some alien probing device on 1 star alien movie. PSS: Here is the pic; __________________ 2SS, Garnet Red with Adrenalin red, NPP, MRC M6 coupe #33 off the line #1 order for Customer. Build thread HERE! Story of my delivery HERE! Last edited by Tr6; 01-12-2016 at 04:47 PM.

01-12-2016, 04:13 PM	#9
Glen e Retired from Car mfrs.... Drives: 2LT RS/HR-V Join Date: May 2013 Location: /Fort Lauderdale Posts: 10,048	Lol...yeah, i got the same pen too, kinda weird. note: dont ever use the brush applicator, use a toothpick and drizzle it into the scratch. __________________ Glen CLICK HERE for detailing a new car: detailing for non detailers CLICK HERE for how to rinseless CLICK HERE for EASY wheel sealant

01-22-2016, 08:41 AM	#13
Glen e Retired from Car mfrs.... Drives: 2LT RS/HR-V Join Date: May 2013 Location: /Fort Lauderdale Posts: 10,048	Color corrected thanks to automotivetouchup aerosol paint. The color is a two can basecoat: Lousy flash iphone pic, but now perfect match for the engine cover __________________ Glen CLICK HERE for detailing a new car: detailing for non detailers CLICK HERE for how to rinseless CLICK HERE for EASY wheel sealant

01-22-2016, 01:37 PM	#14
cartem2 Drives: Nightfall Gray 2LT RS Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 638 View My Garage	Looging good Glen, matches very well __________________ My Build Journal, Review, and Photos: Here

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