CraigJ
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| posted on 25/4/07 at 08:15 PM |
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Best paint for engine?
Just in to progress of cleaning my zx10 engine and plan on painting it this weekend. Can anyone recomend a paint that will last on the engine and wont
peel off from the heat?
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flak monkey
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| posted on 25/4/07 at 08:16 PM |
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Engine paint 
Available from all good automotive paints suppliers, and probably from halfrauds for twice as much.
David
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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jambojeef
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| posted on 25/4/07 at 08:22 PM |
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I dunno whether you are decided but, I would feel inclined not to paint a bike engine.
How about a good degrease and steam clean?
Being all alloy they come up quite well - I took the cam cover off and sandblasted it which made a bit of a difference too.
Geoff
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CraigJ
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| posted on 25/4/07 at 08:39 PM |
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The engine is a 88 zx10 which is allready painted black but the paint is well worn so i just want to bring it up to date a bit.
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BenB
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| posted on 25/4/07 at 09:10 PM |
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From an aesthetic point of view I couldn't really care about engine colour.....
but- does the paint colour effect the heat transmitted by the engine into the engine bay??? I would have though black would be a good radiator....
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MkIndy7
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| posted on 25/4/07 at 10:20 PM |
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I'd be careful with your Choice,
If it was a Cast Block i'd reccomend Tetrocyl Engine paint it looks Gorgeous!
But it recomends you use a primer for Aliminium (I didn't use any on my gearbox which is Smoothe Ali and it peeels off very easily with spilt
oil/fuel etc.)
We've primed some other Ali Componnets with some Paltikote Metal Protekt primer and then painted them but they look nothing like as good as if
the two shouldn't be mixed/are incompatible.
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02GF74
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| posted on 26/4/07 at 07:37 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by BenB
but- does the paint colour effect the heat transmitted by the engine into the engine bay??? I would have though black would be a good radiator....
yes it does to some extend but the finish has a more significant effect; i.e. matt is far better than gloss.
so if you want optimum, then go for matt black - now you are wondering why engine makers don't do that, probably becasue it deosn't look
so nice and matt finish being quite a rough surface picks up dirt very quickly.
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ScotJebus
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| posted on 26/4/07 at 05:32 PM |
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aye the matt look probs dont loook gd underbonnet and all the filth that a normal bike or car would get on it and not cleaned would look rank fast,
but guess on a locost ya more likly to clean it. if you find matt black paint sutiable for it them go for it every little bit helps!
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