High temp engine paint

I am using high temp Dupli-Color enamel to paint my engine, but I don't see any high temp primer. Is high temp primer or any primer needed prior to paint my engine?

I degreese it with simple green degreeser/cleaner,use brush to remove heavy deposits,rinse with water,airhose dry it,shoot it with 3 cans of the deplicolor hemi orange.

always looks good and last a good while if you dont have oil leaks.

I like to use the rustoleum hemi orange and use a small paint gun with it reduced 4/1 with mineral spirts.( I will post the paint# later)

when the engine is on the stand for painting I spray a can on and wait 15-20 mins then another can,wait 15-20 mins,then last can goes on. i save some of the 3rd can for touch ups as I install it and dress the engine while working my way out from under the hood.

good luck

I agree with SFT on the rustoleum with no primer method. I used it on an engine in my Dart, and 70,000 miles later, none of it peeled off. It did lose a lot of the gloss, but I didn't mind.

I used Plastikote with no primer.

Key is getting as much of the old paint off as possible and DEGREASE DEGREASE DEGREASE!

Still looks almost perfect 5 years later.

Mostly the engine does not get hot enough to bother paint. Many folks have used car paint without problem. Agree prep/cleaning is the key. I did use an etching primer as first coat (Eastwood) with MP spray bomb finish coat. The primer helps adhesion with various aluminum parts. It has held up well.

I like raw un painted aloony-um with my hemi orange.

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Mostly the engine does not get hot enough to bother paint. Many folks have used car paint without problem. Agree prep/cleaning is the key. I did use an etching primer as first coat (Eastwood) with MP spray bomb finish coat. The primer helps adhesion with various aluminum parts. It has held up well.

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I just used regular single-stage car paint on mine and 3 years later no problems at all.