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Sesman:
Acid dip, media blast (extreme caution, meticulous prep and repeated, scrupulous cleaning), acetone wash, 20deg ambient temp, preheat the paint by standing can in 50deg water, warm the parts, mist coat followed by two successive Coates at 10min intervals, allow to dry in 20deg or above ambient for 24 hours then bake at 200deg c for 60 mins (place parts in cold oven and leave in as it cools). I’m sure there will be supporters of other equally successful methods.

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
In an unheated garage or room this late in the year is not the best time to paint as I'm sure you know - not helped by the humidity either imho.

I've just been painting my steering yoke on the 500 - I used what is effectively a heat lamp - a pair of 500W tungsten lamps on a tripod to heat up my Spray Booth - a large cardboard box.
Left under the lamps after painting for 30 minutes then moved the bits into the house for more drying.

Final drying was done by putting the bits on top of the radiator for 48 hours.

FWIW your cases look pretty good to me in terms of finish.

PS My can of paint was kept in the house so was at around 75 F before I started.

juitz:
Thanks guys. I'll try the mist coat approach as well. I did end up warming the can in warm water, as I found that cold was very runny and had a couple of droplets form. Warm parts and paint was much better.

I also used a heat gun to help dry the paint a bit before curing it in (ahem) my BBQ. Warmed it up nice and let the parts cure at around 180degC for a over an hour.

Laverdaroo:
A la Allan Millyard


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juitz:
Anyone know where I could get the transmission oil pipe connected to the filter 15154-374-000

Only place I can find that has it is honda4parts.nl but they have a minimum purchase of £135 ☹️

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