I understand that silicon is very bad for this, so if synthetic brake fluid
was used that probably exacerbates the problem. I think there are special
materials for removing traces of silicon.
Bill Lawrence
>From: Carroll A Phillips <bjcap@optonline.net>
>To: healey list <healeys@autox.team.net>
>Subject: [Healeys] painting engine bay
>Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:28:47 -0500
>
>Ken,
>
>Seems to me that your getting what is called fish eye, youve got
>contaminates in the sheetmetal or paint which cause the paint to move away
>or not adhere like a drop of oil and water.
>If your only getting this in areas where brake fluid was leaking and the
>rest of the engine bay is laying down fine thats your problem, get down to
>last layer that wasnt affected or bare metal and clean and sand real good
>with a wax and grease remover such as PPG DX 330 or equivalent.I like to
>use
>PPG DP epoxy as my primer .
>
>Carroll Phillips Top Down Restorations
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