What Is The Best Orange Engine Paint?
Melting Slicks
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From: Olmsted Falls, Ohio
Re: What Is The Best Orange Engine Paint? (Corvette ED)
I see you also posted about POR15 - no experience with that.
I use DUPLI-COLOR Engine Enamel Chevrolet Orange #DE1620. Have used this on my Camaro (complete engine) and was still looking good after 3 years when I sold the car. I use it on the Corvette. Works great. BUT like all paints you need a good clean surface and then a good primer otherwise even the most expensive paint will not stay..... I usually bead blast, wipe down with a degreaser (or lacquer thinner), use an etching primer, and then paint.
I use DUPLI-COLOR Engine Enamel Chevrolet Orange #DE1620. Have used this on my Camaro (complete engine) and was still looking good after 3 years when I sold the car. I use it on the Corvette. Works great. BUT like all paints you need a good clean surface and then a good primer otherwise even the most expensive paint will not stay..... I usually bead blast, wipe down with a degreaser (or lacquer thinner), use an etching primer, and then paint.
Racer
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From: Carlsbad CA
Re: What Is The Best Orange Engine Paint? (Corvette ED)
Great to see someone asked this. I just had my original intake manifold blasted, and I've heard that the only way to keep the paint from chipping/peeling/burning at the heat riser is to powder coat it or use 1200 degree paint. Unfortunately, I don't want to spend the money to powder coat it, and I can only find up to 500 degree paint in chevy orange-- the 1200 degree stuff is in a different color orange (I'll probably use it anyway).
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Re: What Is The Best Orange Engine Paint? (gq82)
I myself like the PPG deltron range but if you want to go the spraycan route I suggest plast-kote. I have used VHT too but found their chevy orange a bit dull
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Re: What Is The Best Orange Engine Paint? (Mr D.)
Do you have the paint code for the PPG chevy orange? I looked but I think I have tossed the can I had mixed up (chevy orange isn't a color they do everyday here) and I forgot to write the paint code down
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Team Owner
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From: Huntsville AL
Re: What Is The Best Orange Engine Paint? (Twin_Turbo)
PPG Delstar Chevy Engine Orange, DAR #60524 H Mixing Formula (1 qt, cummulative): DMR 400 4.0 units DMR 405 160.0 units DMR 464 660 units DXR 495 680 units DMR 499 1250 units Mix the paint 8:6:1 Delstar/DTR601 Reducer/DXR80 Catalyst and shoot it with a paint gun. If you have a new engine back from the machine shop and it’s bare metal, prime the entire engine, block, heads, etc. with PPG DP40LF Epoxy Primer mixed 2:1 with DP402LF Catalyst.
Here is the link
https://www.corvetteforum.com/techti...=110&TopicID=4
Here is the link
https://www.corvetteforum.com/techti...=110&TopicID=4
Melting Slicks
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Re: What Is The Best Orange Engine Paint? (Twin_Turbo)
Lars has a tech paper on this subject with the PPG formula for Chevy Orange.
Take a look in the tech articles.
Ya beat me to it Mr. D!! That's it.
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Take a look in the tech articles.
Ya beat me to it Mr. D!! That's it.
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Tech Contributor
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From: At my Bar drinking and wrenching in Lafayette Colorado
Re: What Is The Best Orange Engine Paint? (Twin_Turbo)
If you e-mail me, I'll send you the complete paper with the mixing formulas for the engine paint along with a bunch of other formulas and paint colors I've come up with over the years:
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From: At my Bar drinking and wrenching in Lafayette Colorado
Re: What Is The Best Orange Engine Paint? (Twin_Turbo)
Can you guys get PPG products over there? I can probably get a cross reference over to Standox if that helps you...
