Pdlewis
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| posted on 7/10/06 at 07:16 PM |
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Engine Paint?
Hi,
What sort of paint have people used to paint their engine block?
Cheers
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auzziejim
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| posted on 7/10/06 at 07:26 PM |
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yellow smoothrite for me, just the job
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trextr7monkey
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| posted on 7/10/06 at 08:48 PM |
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We have used Smoothrite, hammerite and now Ronseal metal paint - doesn't have such a heavy smell and B and Q have been selling it off cheap.
All with good results - decent wire brush on drill, plenty of Jizer and a couple of coats - have a look at our pics we must have painted about 8 or 9
engines in last couple of years 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14016102@N00/ (cut and paste this dodgey link)
Our most recent pics are here:
http://s129.photobucket.com/albums/p211/trextr7monkey/
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flak monkey
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| posted on 7/10/06 at 08:56 PM |
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I used Tetrosyl engine paint. Nice stuff, dries in about 5 minutes (even the brush on stuff). Gives a nice finish and available in loads of colours.
IIRC its about £5 a pint at my local vehicle paints place.
Pic:
http://gtslocost.locostsites.co.uk/images/145.jpg
David
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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Sacal
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| posted on 8/10/06 at 11:26 AM |
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PJ1 do a heat dispersant paint for motorcycle engines, thier other paint ive used before is pretty tough stuff...might be worth a look. I'll be
trying it out in the next couple of weeks on my enduro bike engine.....should be a good destructive test
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02GF74
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| posted on 9/10/06 at 10:38 AM |
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the paint companies want to make money out of you by selling hight temp paint.
but if you thhink about it, how hot will hour engine get? it is cooled by the water that should not in theroy go much above 90 degrees - and
that is fine for mamerite and simular.
the secret is through cleaning of the block.
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NS Dev
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| posted on 9/10/06 at 10:56 AM |
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Clean the block well with white spirit and just use a tough paint.
I use grey floor paint, have done 8 engines (I think, maybe more!) over a few years and it resists heat etc fine, but more importantly it also resists
stone chips very well as well!
Looks smart too, can't stand gaudy engine colours!
Retro RWD is the way forward...........automotive fabrication, car restoration, sheetmetal work, engine conversion
retro car restoration and tuning
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