Looking to see who has the best 69 hemi orange engine paint. Do they make any that will hold up on exhaust manifolds like the factory did them in the over spray?
Either go with Frank's paint as mentioned, or if you have access to Dupont Centari Acrylic Enamel, have a batch of EV2 Hemi Orange mixed, just tell the mixer to NOT add the metallic paste, do use the Enamel gloss hardner, your spray technique will determine how much gloss you want the engine to have, generally I spray them so they are glossed to the max with very minimal orange peel, the heat from engine operation will slowly age the paint hue/sheen so that it has that slight sheen to it, yet a smooth surface for easy cleaning down the road, I find trying to spray the engine "dry" to emulate the factory sheen, results in a "dry" paint surface that traps grease/oil/etc making it harder to clean, prevent stains...
FYI, I've never had any issues using Dupont Centari for engine painting, it will burn off the main body of the exhaust manifolds, but the rest of the engine should have no issues if PREPPED PROPERLY....Frank's paint, depending on your application/coverage on the exhaust manifolds may leave the manifolds with a "yellowish flat patina" that won't burn off
mike