Re: engine paint question
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02/06/17 11:18 PM
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RapidRobert
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I ain't a painter per se but when I do (at the amateur level that I do) I finish my cleaning by drowning the surfaces with brake kleen to get em surgically clean cuz as we know prep is 90% of the game. Others will chime in
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Re: engine paint question
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02/06/17 11:48 PM
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Neil
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Get a Preval sprayer from your local hardware store and you can use automotive grade primers and paints. http://www.preval.com/If you do use rattle cans beware of possible color variations from one can to the next. It's all too easy to end up with a cylinder head, intake, etc that won't quite match the rest of the engine based on where you were at when you switched to a new can of paint. The Mopar Performance Hemi orange cans I bought many years ago were all over the place.
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Re: engine paint question
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02/07/17 12:34 AM
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Chris2581
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Plasti Kote makes the best orange engine color for Mopar.
Nautilus Racing- We use Superformance gaskets and Turbo Action converters/products.
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Re: engine paint question
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02/07/17 05:59 PM
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I like the eastwoods engine paint with hardener added. A cheap harbor freight paint gun and $50 in paint/hardener and you have a nice finish that immune to solvents/stains from fuel leaks, coolant leaks, oil leaks, etc.
Can't vouch for originality. I wasn't around when these were new, and every car you see at a show looks slightly different. You'd likely need to do a side by side of a good quality survivor to tell
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Re: engine paint question
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02/07/17 06:01 PM
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John_Kunkel
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EK2 body paint (without the metallic) is real close to the Maxwedge engine color Race Hemi Orange. I've never used primer and it stays stuck if the parts are surgically clean.
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Re: engine paint question
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02/07/17 09:15 PM
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RapidRobert
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decades ago I remember the "race hemi" MP rattle cans looked like a very close to the normal Chrysler orange and the "street hemi" cans were a pukey yellow/orange tinted paint that looked horrible. I think I am remembering the "names" correctly but I definitely remember that the one that was supposed to be "correct" was not & the other one that was supposed to be for the other app was actually very good (to my untrained eye) for the "regular" orange I was after.
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Re: engine paint question
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02/08/17 01:54 AM
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Rattle can paint quality has gone to crap over the years and it wont hold a shine well for over a year now IMHO. Real auto paint is the only way to go if you want a shine that will last.
How long does one of those Preval canisters last? Could you paint and engine with 1, 2 3 or 4?
Take care, Rick 68 Coronet R/T 440 & 68 Charger 528 Hemi,and 5 Challengers! 6 cyl, 318, 360, 383, 451
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Re: engine paint question
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02/08/17 02:34 AM
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I've heard good on Preval over the years & the price ($16) is dirt cheap. the only thing I could see going wrong is improper surface prep/contamination in your mixing steps/moisture in the hose. EDIT I Googled it & it has its own pressurized cans of propellent so that elims the air hose potential issue
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Re: engine paint question
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02/09/17 12:09 AM
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RapidRobert
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I may have to get my daughter to help me out there lol I went back to my grade/high school in Kansas where I grew up & the 1st grade school rooms had computers (for the students not the teacher). EDIT here's how high tech I am
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