Anyone done this, whats best to use paint out of a tin, or rattle cans, any tips and pictures would be great.
phil
Anyone done this, whats best to use paint out of a tin, or rattle cans, any tips and pictures would be great.
phil
I degreased mine using brake cleaner ,then I scotched the ally ,then painted using a sliver hycote paint in a Rattle can ,can post pics later if u wnt ,mak sure u use loads of degreaser in all tight parts of the castingOriginally Posted by philg
vht paint is best from what i have read.
Its had a refurb, so has been cleaned pretty well, i have just went over it again with gunk.
pics would be great mate
No need for expensive VHT, doesn't get hot enough.
If you want it to last get POR-15 from Frosts.
1. Clean with carb spray and an airline. Otherwise a good de-grase foam and brish.
2. Prepare with Frost metal ready.
3. Paint with Frost POR-15.
It will last a lot longer than a rattle can and look tasty.
Pics available in the rebuild albums on my profile m8.
pressure washed and degreased the gearbox then grey primered the gearbox and end casing then using wheel trim silver from halfords painted the gearbox and used gloss black for the end casing
Cheers Alister, i have the metal ready already from my restoration, is it just their standard por silver paint i need or do they do a high temp or engine enamel, whats best?1. Clean with carb spray and an airline. Otherwise a good de-grase foam and brish.
2. Prepare with Frost metal ready.
3. Paint with Frost POR-15.
It will last a lot longer than a rattle can and look tasty.
Pics available in the rebuild albums on my profile m8.
Im guessing its fine to use on the head to?
I've used standard paint on cylinder heads before with no problem, no need for VHT there or on the gearbox imo.
I just used some Hammerite Smooth-Rite out of the rattle-can & it still looks ok!
I just used some Hammerite Smooth-Rite out of the rattle-can & it still looks ok!
it be alrite with hammerite old iron old iron...
VHT wont react nor does it need primaJust for the record
I used hammerite on mine, the paint outlasted the internals of the gearbox
just regular paint for me, lacqer on top to stop it staining
That looks good, what did you use?
phil
I done a carb with VHT paint. It looked great untill I realised carb cleaner takes it offVHT wont react nor does it need prima
pressure washer, carb cleaner and normal spray paint.
Finished, thanks for the input guys, good degrease, jet wash, wire brush, metal ready then vht painted.
Looks sweet.
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