How do i deal with the vents on the cowl under the windshield?

exxexxell · 03-01-2009

I am repainting my 66, and it dawned on me....how am I goin to clean out let alone paint under the vents that are on the cowl? its white in there now....

MIL1ION · 03-01-2009

I clean the cowl with a thin but long air nozzle.

The bodyshops also have an attachment for painting ....that goes between the vents to paint that area.

'65 Dream · 03-01-2009

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Originally Posted by MIL1ION

I clean the cowl with a thin but long air nozzle.

The bodyshops also have an attachment for painting ....that goes between the vents to paint that area.

an attachment? that is neat!! unluckily for me, i have to repair my cowl.....sigh....

exxexxell · 03-04-2009

I found a hole on either side of the cowl when I took the fenders off, so I can clean out with a smaller hose on my shop vac...but I am still a little sketchy about spraying in there!!!

1965stang · 03-05-2009

I had that very same question a while back. I checked out tons of different mustangs at different shows I went to seeing how it was done. In the end, the consensus was this - most were still bare metal as they came from the factory, so any paint in there was overspray from doing the rest of the car and spraying over the vent. OR if the person had repaired the cowl and there was an opportunity that the inside was exposed during the repair, they painted in there at that point in time. It comes down to how far you want to take it.

Ivy66GT · 03-30-2009

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Originally Posted by 1965stang

In the end, the consensus was this - most were still bare metal as they came from the factory, so any paint in there was overspray from doing the rest of the car and spraying over the vent...

That most of the paint in there was overspray doesn't surprise me. But there has to be SOME decent paint in there or its gonna rust.

Does anyone have a picture of one of these long snouts on a spray gun?

MIL1ION · 03-30-2009

These days one can just buy a gravity fed airbrush and use that.

Ivy66GT · 03-31-2009

Won't the hose connection on the bottom of most (all?) airbrushes interfere with getting the nozzle close enough to the cowl slits? Even a small nozzle has to be very close to those slits or most of the paint will never make it down inside.