I have searched the site and have found very little about who makes a decent engine paint. Lots of stuff about color, but not much about supplier/brand.

I have spray equipment, so I don't need rattle cans.

So where do I buy a qt. of dark red engine paint? What brands are good and which are garbage?

John

 

I painted my 272 over the weekend with Eastwood's engine paint and activator. It hardens like a rock and was even harder after getting cured with a warm engine. Nice bright color too. Take a look: http://www.eastwood.com/engine-paint-kit-26971.html

 

If you have automotive spray painting equipment, good quality automotive paint will work on engines. I've done lots of them over the years, with enamel, urethane, even base/clear.

 

I second the Eastwood. Lays out smooth and has been very durable through 8,000 miles.

 

I like the POR-15 engine paint.

 

Aervoe engine enamel is the best Engine Enamel :: Paints and Coatings :: Industrial, Maintenance, and Construction Chemical Products :: Aervoe Industries Inc.. It is not a common name for most DIYers because it is a commercial product used by professional engine builders. I have been using it for so long I actually forgot where I heard about it but after seeing it on the shelf of two very reputable engine builders I knew that it must be good. This paint sprays on smooth and dries to a high sheen. Colors include both Ford blues and many others. You usually have to buy it in a case of 6 but lately I have been seeing it sold individually.

 

I am another supporter of the two part Eastwood engine paint.

 

I use aervoe rattle cans also, buy it online because more available colors and the search is gone, very hard to find in the stores don't know why. You would be hard pressed to tell the difference from a spray set up application. I have used this on the exhaust and engines with lasting success. My blown Hemi has the black and that motor reaches a temp of 200 constant, no sign of discoloration. I f you need to touch up or anything just grab the can and go

 

Try Bill Hirsch restoration products, the paint is aviation grade and is really good stuff.

 

I too will vote for the Eastwood Engine Paint. I just painted my 51 Flathead the "Flathead Red" which looks amazing. I sprayed the 2K paint and thinned it about 15% with a generic thinner. It has an amazing shine and seems pretty hard. I haven't run the engine yet, so I can't say whether it cures any more with the engine heat.


I will also add that I had to touch up a few areas with a brush because I had already started hanging the engine components, and that looks great too.

 

Not to hijack a thread, but Aervoe makes an engine paint?? Is it in a rattle can? Is it a 2K paint? The Aervoe plant is just down the road from my house and I had no idea. We used to buy their "tree marking paint" by the pallet load in the mining industry. Who would have thought that tree marking paint shows up so well on rocks.


Pretty amazing what we learn on FTE (that isn't truck related)

 

I am about to purchase the eastwood aerospray 2K HT ceramic gloss red engine paint for my rebuilt. Its a 1950 226, has anyone used this color or is this even close to the original color red?

 

I think it makes a pretty close match.

Here's their engine red paint pic from Eastwood's site.


This is my oil pan painted Ford Red.


This is someone else's engine.

 

I used Eastwood paint and I'm very happy with the results

 

I use the POR engine paints, it goes on thick and lays out beautifully flat, can't get much easier to use.