PAint for an engine

[GJUK]

Hello

 

I have my engine out now (edit well the guys that are doing my car for me have taken it out lol)

 

 

And I want to make it look 'nice' before it goes back in to the freshly painted car.

 

Any advice would be most welcome

 

Thanks

 

Jon

[Fiesta Steve]

Clean it, and when you think its clean, clean it again

 

You need to give the paint a fighting chance

[GJUK]

Clean it, and when you think its clean, clean it again

 

You need to give the paint a fighting chance

 

Thanks Steve, any advice on what cleaner to use please? I was thinking engine degreaser or similar? Like Gunk?

[Fiesta Steve]

Clean it, and when you think its clean, clean it again

 

You need to give the paint a fighting chance

 

Thanks Steve, any advice on what cleaner to use please? I was thinking engine degreaser or similar? Like Gunk?

 

Personally I steam clean them inside and out but if the engines complete like that then Gunk or similar will probably be fine

[kevmk2]

I find petrol a cheap way of cleaning bits up. And i usually paint my engines with smoothrite

[GJUK]

Thank you both.

[Nettles]

Look on ebay and check out "Engine Enamel" paint. It comes in most colours and is brush on.

It's sold in small tins but don't let that put you off because the stuff covers very well and a small tin is plenty enough to paint a complete engine.

I used it to paint the old side-valve engine from my wifes old 100e and I was well pleased with the end result, plus I even had enough left to paint the gearbox as well.

 

 

[evil knievel]

I painted mine with halfords own very high temperature paint cans are small but cover well.

 

I have painted the sump, rocker cover, engine, cam cover and other things all on 2 cans...

 

engine degreaser is definitely needed. in a big spray can with a long small hose cap thingy (technical terms!) if you can, makes it easier to get into the really dirty places!

[caprinerd]

any spirit based liquid will work far the cleaning but as steve has said clean it and then clean it again and when your done and its really clean do it agian as for the paint i find the high temp rattle can are ok but any good enamal paint will cover and look good

[baz105e]

just painted the engine for the anglia... cleaned everything with petrol numerous times then went over it all with celly thinners on rag then got hammerite (smooth) and mixed it 50/50 with thinners and hit all the parts through the spray gun,. looks much nicer than brush painting imo