We've finally had some warmer weather lately so I took advantage of it and painted my engine compartment. I did a lot of painting several years ago and even got paid for some of it. Here's what I learned yesterday:

- Whatever painting skills I once had are gone. Worst paint I've ever done.
- Remove all wiring if you can. I have a ton of MS-related wiring that would be very difficult to remove so I bagged it and suspended it from the ceiling. Having that crap in my way made it very difficult to get good angles in the various seams and creases.
-That cheapo Harbor Freight paint gun they entice you with on the aisle end caps is probably the worst paint gun ever manufactured. I have a very expensive HVLP that I should have taken the time to fix.
- Lighting is critical. Don't shoot unless you can see what you're doing.

The upside is that I never intended this to be any sort of concourse car, and regardless of how crappy I think it looks now, the end result looks a hell of a lot better than 3 decades of filth and rust.

Will post a picture this evening.

edit: phone pics are unusable, will need to use the real camera. Coming back to it after 24 hours, it's not as bad as I might make it sounds. Did find a couple of nasty drips that will need to be sanded off though.