Painting Engine....

[ShiDevil]

Hi

Just pulled the engine from my car and looking to paint it

I will be degreasing and cleaning her best I can to get the surface grime off however I wanted to know the best options for paint, aerosol wise.

1. Heat Resistant Primer
2. Heat Resistant Enamel in Aluminium/Silver
3. Maybe a Heat Resistant Lacquer?

Any links...ideas of brands etc... Prefer people who have done this as I've spent a while surfing the net for options.

Thanks

Steve

[Evoluzione]

It depends what you mean by 'engine' as it consists of many components, all different materials and temperatures.
For the block and head anything within the realms of sensibility will do. You might think you need a special paint, but you don't as it will never see over 100'c and any paint destined for use on metal will cope with that. On old cast iron blocks I just use a coat or two of smooth hammerite. Silver is good as it shows where any oil leaks are coming from.
If the turbo is very close to the block then that's a bit different as it can get a bit hot near there if hard used!

Exhaust manifolds are something else.....

[ShiDevil]

Just Engine Block.

Manifolds are being Zircotec coated

I was hoping for an insight into brands people use too

Looking at VHT at moment...

[227bhp]

ShiDevil said:

Just Engine Block.


I was hoping for an insight into brands people use too

Looking at VHT at moment...

You clearly haven't bothered reading the previous post then...

[ShiDevil]

227bhp said:

You clearly haven't bothered reading the previous post then...

Your clearly just here to troll mate. Just because one person says use anything doesn't mean I'll take that advice as gospel, however knowledgeable they appear. The advice he gave has made me think about options. Im
looking at an aerosol approach and have watched many YouTube clips of people painting engines, priming etc with different paints. I value the advice here..advice not cheap shots. I'm here for a range of views and I'll then work out the common denominator.

Edited by ShiDevil on Saturday 21st November 19:09

[julianm]

This stuff has a good reputation & I`ve used it with decent results.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/POR-15-Engine-Enamel-Che...
There are other colours!
It`s more resistant to heat than a standard type of enamel. Getting the block clean to start with is probably the most imprtant part, so some sort of water soluble degreaser (the `Astonish £1 a shot stuff is very good) followed by hot water & then some standard thinners on bits of old towel should help.
With all the associated parts to mask off for spraying I find using a couple of 1/2" & 1" sash brush (pointed nose) brushes are quicker if the engine is still in there.

[ShiDevil]

Thanks for advice chaps Appreciate the advice

[ssray]

In Germany, the streetfighte boys paint air/oil cooled engines with normal spray paint, seems to work for them and yours will not get as hot as an air cooled bike lump

[v8250]

OP, have used POR-15 engine enamel on many rebuilt engines, it's very good and comes in an array of colours. Primary reason it works so well is the percentage of colour pigment...this gives excellent results. There's no need to prime nor post lacquer, just ensure block is spotlessly clean and paint straight on...lasts for years.

[S0 What]

Hammerite is fine on a cast iron block, used it many many times without issue, if you want a mirror show finish them POR is the stuff.

[PaulKemp]

I've used smoothright, a half used tin of brake calipers enamel and VHT Paint
All worked very well
The key is to clean the surface well and make sure it's a warm day when you piant

[one eyed mick]

In an earlier life I used to strip ,rebuild, and paint air cooled deisels up to 8 litres and used normal paints but the real trick is cleanliness any trace of oil or grease it will fail ,did use self etc primer as some components were alloy but normal plant enamel did the job must have use gallons of it in 5/6 years on 10's of engines