Engine painting

[eLindemann]

Alright guys, hear me out because I know I'll get chewed up for not going straight for powdercoating.

Has anybody tried BBQ/Grill paint? It's a helluva lot cheaper than getting powdercoat done and apparently it can withstand very high heat. But I'm not even going to try it if no one else has.

I have no intention of getting my entire engine painted, maybe I'd paint small bits and shine up the rest of the engine with a good buff.

 

[RAYJAY]

regular paint works fine all of mine is done this way, if it chips or get looking bad I will just repaint it ....

 

[mattsho1993]

did you try engine paint high heat? google it lots of colors i use it!!!

 

[eLindemann]

Hadn't done any real searching on engine paint. I just saw high heat grill paint at the hardware store while I was there today and thought about my engine.

And rayjay, that engine looks nice. I was thinking something similar, incorporating dark blue/black.

 

[RAYJAY]

the above picture is done with duplicolor wheel paint and the blue is truck touch up paint

 

[Rubix]

X2 on Duplicolor wheel paint, that's what I've used. I won't whore up your thread with pics unless you want me to

 

[eLindemann]

X2 on Duplicolor wheel paint, that's what I've used. I won't whore up your thread with pics unless you want me to

To tell the truth, I'm really thinking about going ahead and doing it. But I would love a good engine paint pic-whore posting.
I remembered there being such a thread on here a few months back, but it seems to be gone now.

 

[Jh8990]

X2 on Duplicolor wheel paint, that's what I've used. I won't whore up your thread with pics unless you want me to

I wanna see them.

 

[eLindemann]

I took mattsho's advice and looked up high heat and came up with Duplicolor engine paint that's supposed to hold up at temps up to 500 degrees.

Now my question is, is there a reason to choose wheel paint over engine paint? Does wheel paint hold up better over time or something?

 

[Rubix]

People have said the wheel paint doesn't chip as easily and it's also rated at high temps since wheels can get very hot from hard braking.

Anyway, here's the best (to date) picture I have of mine. The silver is engine paint, gray is wheel, I didn't use any clearcoat. I don't think the silver is as shiny as it used to be, I wish I had clearcoated it. I've used wheel paint on a ton of bike parts too, I like the stuff.



I just finally a few days ago (over a year later) got around to filling in the lettering silver too - looks GOOD I'll dig up some more later, until then here's these...


http://www.shoforum.com/showthread.php?t=66820 ****
http://www.supermotors.net/getfile/601083/fullsize/img_0063.jpg (not exactly paint, but what good is such a discussion without this )
http://www.shoforum.com/showthread.php?t=90203
http://www.shoforum.com/showthread.php?t=106385
http://www.shoforum.com/showthread.php?t=52348

 

[eLindemann]

Wheel paint it is then. Thanks a lot, guys.
And nice engine, Rubix. I think that's how it should have looked coming off the line.

 

[Kirsch95MTX]

Yeah that is a good looking motor, so nice its been my desktop for the last 2 months.

 

[93rev2sev]

The grill paint is something I would not hesitate to use on the exhaust manifolds or even the front heat shield. Who wants a rust colored manifold...or a beat up looking heat shield? Flat black would look MUCH better, IMO.

 

[glxrustang]

I've used ceramic grill paint on exhaust pipes as well it will last but don't expect a nice finish. It's very tough to scratch off however.

 

[Racer X]

The Duplicolor wheel paint is the route I went, however be forewarned...

...the Duplicolor wheel paint clearcoat will yellow after a period of time in the heat of the engine bay.

An alternative would be the VHT high temp clearcoat. I'm re-doing my intake now with the hightemp clearcoat, I'll advise everyone on how it goes over time.

 

[UnseenSHO]

I used Rustoleum Engine Enamel and my engine still looks good almost a year later.

http://www.rustoleum.com/CBGProduct.asp?pid=372

 

[zach44102]

truck van and suv paint. and remember its all in the prep work!

 

[Rubix]

...the Duplicolor wheel paint clearcoat will yellow after a period of time in the heat of the engine bay.

That's why I didn't clearcoat. I'm curious to hear how that VHT clear turns out Hamal

 

[zach44102]

i used general purpose clear from autozone. nice and shiny and no yellowing

 

[eLindemann]

I've started paint. Crossover pipe is now a medium-gloss black.
I went with the grill paint as a base coat, providing 1000 degrees of protection and roughing up the surface a bit for two coats of black engine paint. It looks damn good in my opinion. I think I'll do the same to the rest of the intake manifold, then I'll hit the butterflies and fuel rail with Ford blue. I'd like to also pick up some blue spark plug cables from SHOsource.com, but that's not currently in my mod budget.

And I think the rest of it that is visible I'll just scrub down really well