Transmission Cleaning and Painting?

[zachsEVO3]

I was just wondering how clean does the transmission need to be before I primer n paint it (aluminum)?

This was one grody trans and this engine degreaser isn't getting everything, and a brillo pad can only go so far into the little nooks n cranny's.

No one in my area has a sandblaster, watter cannon ok?

 

[4G Power]

It doesn't have to be sparking clean. I've used just a parts cleaner and a brush to clean mine off before (when I was too lazy to sandblast) and it came out fine.

 

[Rsawd95dsm]

or buy a dremel and little wire wheels for it to get in those hard to reach areas. takes a whiles but it works. if you dont get all the oil and grease off of it the paint wont stick and it would be a waste.

 

[zachsEVO3]

Thank you for reminding me I found old dremel stuff in my closet and a little wire wheel I just put into my plugin drill and that worked fine.

Brake cleaner for a final clean off also worked great per recommendation.

The wheel got clogged after a while but its nice to know other bits are pretty cheap.

 

[Clutch450]

Get as much dirt, oil, and grime off as you can. Paint surely will not stick to any of that. Then you end up having a spotty paint job and no one wants that

 

[zachsEVO3]

VHT Engine Enamel is the shiznat! Like four full days cleaning the thing, and an hour to apply a couple coats and it was sooo worth it.

My god if I could find my cell I'd take a picture.

Its just so beautiful...

 

[miguelmcv]

WELL, Where are those pics We need to see the product.WTF

 

[zachsEVO3]

Still haven't found my phone charger...after like 5 days...its an old one so i cant just go out and buy another


I decided to aim my old ass macbook pro at it. These grainy pics dont do it justice.

I remembered the old Sport Compact Car feature when they put their spray paint cans in hot water for better atomization/cover and shook it for a long while before bombing their first Sti.

...the last pic is a lil something else I got for myself during a bad day at work. They'll look nice with my cf hood and smoked headlights. These are the blind-every-creature-for-miles 1000's not the glorified foglight 500's.

I tend to buy silly stuff using my cell when I have bad days at work. Last time it was a ski trip to Colorado and a Parliament Funkadelic concert....that was a really bad day.

boom

 

[zachsEVO3]

Some slightly better stuff...my phone still sucks tho.