Engine painting

[rocket70]

Has anyone painted their engine with it still in the car?

I fancy doing mine, so any pointers/recommendations please.

Will probably use the POR15 from Frost.

[Dave999]

i guess you could

depends how much you are willing to take off
you'd need to remove everything and spend a lot of time masking
obviously the sump will be a problem as there is the K frame in the way

unless you decide to brush paint it, that could be an option, in which case masking off the engine bay and wiring might not be necessary.

the original will have been an assembled block with inlet and exhaust manifolds on it and i think was done out of the car. Will have been sprayed so that the first inch or so of exhaust manifold got overspray. i don't get the impression that this process was a precision application of paint

clean block and 3 light coats of VHT seems to work, all i've ever done.. you could of course follow their instructions which suggests primer first..

i will recommend VHTs black wrinkle paint for the rocker covers

on a sunny day spray the covers
then leave them in the sun to get hot. works well.

Dave

[rocket70]

Thanks Dave.

Mine is a mixture of various shades of orange and some black parts.

Was looking on a few other forums and brushing seems to get good results.

I’ll degrease, scotchbrite as much as I can and then get to work with a brush.

I’ll wait until the temp comes up though.


I don’t think it will look any worse than it does now.

[Captain Chaos]

I’ve done a fair bit on mine in situ,as Dave says lots of masking and various things removed.

I used VHT in orange and black,with regular satin black for non heat affected parts.

What I did find useful was body shop masking film in a roll,great for those tight spaces.

Brushing in some areas is inescapable,and heat to prevent reactions and runs is essential.

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Polish that Ali don’t forget

[Dave999]

keep in mind that when you brush paint it
when wet it can look really quite rubbish..you need decent coverage so that the paint can do its flow to smooth out, but not so much it runs
its easy to make it look all clody and clagged up
wait till its dry and it will look very much better.
do around the awkward bits with a small brush first then fill in the expanses before the edges dry, saves you flicking paint everywhere off the edge of the bigger brush

i was appalled at my effort last time i brush painted one....2 days later Oooooh not as bad as I thought
and once you bolt everything back on, draws the eyes away from a multitude of sins, you are congratulating yourself on a job well done

Dave