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Old Oct 29, 2004 | 11:39 PM
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engine paint ?'s

well i had my valve covers blasted and primed, have to paint them, and the plenum, and the runners... problem is, i don't really like the colors of "engine enamels" i see, so wondered how well some of that other stuff would hold up. ?

didn't really want to do this in the first place, but the runners got messed up by someone else, and covers had corrosion on them, so might as well make it all match.

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Old Oct 29, 2004 | 11:46 PM
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Re: engine paint ?'s

Originally posted by thunderstick
well i had my valve covers blasted and primed, have to paint them, and the plenum, and the runners... problem is, i don't really like the colors of "engine enamels" i see, so wondered how well some of that other stuff would hold up. ?

didn't really want to do this in the first place, but the runners got messed up by someone else, and covers had corrosion on them, so might as well make it all match.

KAM
what other stuff do you mean ????
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Old Oct 30, 2004 | 01:53 AM
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gotta get a high heat enamel, pretty much gotta use the stuff you can find for engines
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Old Oct 30, 2004 | 07:28 AM
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Re: Re: engine paint ?'s

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what other stuff do you mean ????
i meant the other paints, like metalcast and whut-not. i don't want to paint and have to remove everything to repaint again...

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Old Oct 30, 2004 | 08:58 AM
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if you put down epoxy primer first you can paint them with any automotive paint like dupont,PPG, standox, sikkens(sp),etc. then you can use what ever color you want
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Old Oct 31, 2004 | 12:28 PM
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The Metalkast will work, it has a high-heat tolerance. Probably couldnt use it on the block or heads, but it works great on the runners and valve covers.

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