engine paint...?
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Le Mans Master
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From: detroit area
engine paint...?
hopefully i can pull my motor/trans this weekend and clean it up a bit and paint it.... so u think the typical murrays engine paint will be fine?.... also since i have a greenish car and going with cnady green/chrome/black for the engine bay, i was gonna do the block in a grey...maybe..... i don't think i'll be able to find a green to match so other options would be black or?....
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Le Mans Master
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can i get that in a spray can at the painter supply u think?....... i think what i'll do is find the candy of the powder coating and then match that with a paint....... not sure if it'll work...... i don't have the equipment to properly spray the block..... would either have to be a rattle can or brush......
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Le Mans Master
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Originally Posted by onaqwst
can i get that in a spray can at the painter supply u think?....... i think what i'll do is find the candy of the powder coating and then match that with a paint....... not sure if it'll work...... i don't have the equipment to properly spray the block..... would either have to be a rattle can or brush......
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Drifting
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From: Kerrville Texas
You can also get a spray can that you add the paint too then pressurize. They are reuseable and work pretty well got mine at Harbor Freight and I have seen them at Home Depot around $10.
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I odered the engine paint when I did my '65 motor back in Nov and again with the '78 motor last week from Hirsch Automotive.
I was VERY pleased with the paint both times and will most likey order it again for any future motor painting I do.
i'm not sure if it's really any different than your basic hi-temp engine paint from Krylon, Duplicolor, etc but it worked very well, went on nice and dried down great.
On the '65 the motor was still in the car so I ordered a quart and brushed it on. The '78 motor I pulled out of the car so I ordered the paint in the spray cans. Other than the spraying being easier, I was equally happy with the paint in either case.
http://www.hirschauto.com/
I was VERY pleased with the paint both times and will most likey order it again for any future motor painting I do.
i'm not sure if it's really any different than your basic hi-temp engine paint from Krylon, Duplicolor, etc but it worked very well, went on nice and dried down great.
On the '65 the motor was still in the car so I ordered a quart and brushed it on. The '78 motor I pulled out of the car so I ordered the paint in the spray cans. Other than the spraying being easier, I was equally happy with the paint in either case.
http://www.hirschauto.com/
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Le Mans Master
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thanks for the link....looks like i might be able to pull the motor so i'll have to brush it on..... currently my block is blue but want to strip it off...... should i just use some chemical stripper?..... or should i just clean it up and paint over it...... i might be able to sneek in a wire brush and do it that way....... i have some of that orange stripper from home depot but the thing is that my car is in my friends backyard and he has a dog and the last thing i want to do is have some residue for the dog to taste on the ground.......could used cardboard though....hmmmmm........ u think engine degreaser will take it off?....but then again that is what trashed my bay.....forget that..... any suggestions?
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From: Newark DE
if you are pulling the motor you would be better off spraying it reather than brushing it on - it will go on more evenly and you can get into the tight areas better. If you don't pull it than mask the engine bat as best you can and brush it on.
As for stripping the old paint off, I used Aircraft stripper from PepBoys and a lot of Carb cleaner in the spray cans and wire brushes but if you are worried about the dog than I don't know what to best tell you as you don't want the dog to lick up any type of chemical.
Regualr engine degreaser will not strip off the engine paint.
As for stripping the old paint off, I used Aircraft stripper from PepBoys and a lot of Carb cleaner in the spray cans and wire brushes but if you are worried about the dog than I don't know what to best tell you as you don't want the dog to lick up any type of chemical.
Regualr engine degreaser will not strip off the engine paint.
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Drifting
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From: Fairview Heights Illinois, near Saint Louis MO, STL C3 Shark
I painted my brothers engine with the same paint that we painted the outside of his car with. I just doubled the hardner when I mixed it. several years later and the engine was still glossy and looked good. except he never cleaned it, but under the oily dirt, it looked good still. 