engine paint

pulling the engine and tranny out of my 57 f100. I'm thinking of using eastwoods cermaic engine paint. My question is has anyone used this product? And if so did you use a primer prior to paint? Eastwood's website didn't show any primer with this stuff.

Thanks,

 

I don't see anything on the website about it requiring primer so my guess it is intended to be applied over bare metal.

It should work ok if you use it on freshly hot tanked or otherwise stripped bare blocks, heads and tin before you go to assemble the engine. I'm not sure that I would use it on a painted engine that I had just cleaned up and wanted to repaint though.

 

Well i haqvent used that particular type of paint but i have painted alot of motors i pressure wash first with a good degreaser then use a red scotch brite pade and scuff it really good then i wipe it down with laquer thinner and blow it off with high air pressure and use a good self-etching primer then paint and never had any problems with the paint coming off and they have lasted a long time! Good luck! Its all in the prep work!

 

I used it on my yet to be fired up 283. So far I am pleased with the result.

Bought a quart and it took about a pint to shoot the block and pan. Paint was $50. I also bought hardener, prep, and thinner. Delivered it was $99. Looks like the price has come down a bit since I bought mine.

As noted, there is no mention of a primer in the web site ad. Video shows direct to metal with no primer. So that is what I did

I also ground off the casting flash and went over the block with a small fiber pad in my angle grinder. The pad softens the casting bumps and gives the surface some tooth. This does not take much time and makes a big difference in appearance.

 

POR-15 engine paint is hard to beat... a pint will do three engines with a brush...shines like Obama's ass...

 

Another nod for POR-15. Brush it on or spray it, either way it looks awesome and a kit does lots of motors with a great shine and coverage. Kit has everything you need.
My motor I took to with a small grinder and file and leveled out all the casting seams I could get to, then roloc/scotch brite wheel to the rest. POR made it look like I smoothed the whole thing out.

 

Like 574ord says, regular paint is all you need. I like old-time automotive synthetic enamel over automotive primer. Rustoleum is very good. Black stove paint is a surprisingly good material at a very friendly price and no primer needed.

 

As an engine machinist I have had the very best results using Plasti Coat not only in coverage but in durability. Whenever we had to boil a block that had been coated with Plasti Coat it always left a lot of base coat on the parts after being boiled. My preference over Seymour or any other engine enamels.

 

I went the POR route too,I used the engine paint and the header paint.
Like krooser said a pint goes a long way!




I've never seen Obamas ass though, so I can't compare the shine!

Not sure you'll want to use the Chevy orange in your Ford though,there are other colours available.

 

I've used POR and the Eastwood ceramic. Really can't tell much difference.

 

I've never seen the need for special hi temp paint on my engines. The only SBC that gave me any problems after a few years was the one that I used primer on. That was over 30 years ago and I think I just used too much primer. I've used the old acrylic enamel with a hardener, spray bombs and base coat clear coat. The paint discolored on my Stude engine because of the exhaust ports extending beyond the head but a SBC doesn't have that problem.

I've never tried the special paints but I don't believe that they will hold up on the exhaust ports on the Pontiac's, Oldsmobile's and Studebaker's or they would be selling it as header paint. To me it's a badge of honor that the truck gets driven and is not a show queen. The rest of the engine is doing just fine.

 

I used Alvin High temp on my newest build. It's base coat / clear coat spray paint. It came out real nice. I'll try to get some pictures on here soon. I'm happy with the results so far. Check it out at the website below.

http://www.hightempenginepaint.com/

 

i like imron it is really durable and holds up well to heat , centari is also very good never had any come off i spray a light coat of sel etching primer then the catalized automotive paint , have a 66 mustang that looks new and engine was painted in 97

 

another vote for POR-15 went on easy with a brush ,shines like new money.........dave