What brands have you guys used and had good luck with?

 

I am going with Ford Gray on the block and heads.

 

I used Dupli-Color Engine Enamel color "New Ford Gray" in the spray can for my valve cover. I have little experience, but was quite pleased. It was very forgiving and did not "run" when over-applied. It has stood up well so far, and I believe matches the Ford Gray color quite well.

 

I have to vote for Duplicolor engine enamel as well. I've used it a lot and it's held up very well.

 

Eastwoods ceramic engine paint. NOTHING better. Goes on nice and smooth, has good build and stays shiny and doesn't go flat in a year or less like rattle can paint

 

I have been making the switch to VHT engine paints. I painted the water pump on my 292 Ford Red along with the thermostat housing and the bypass tube. That was done back in Feburary/March of this year and has been heat cycled numerous times. Still looks like the day I installed it.


I also used VHT rollbar/chassis paint on my brake booster on my F150 still looks great two years later. I also painted my valve covers on my F150 with VHT`s Ford Blue and they still look great as well.


I personally like the Duplicolor engine enamels but I love VHTs engine paints even more since I found out about them.

 

I painted my valve covers, front of the engine and timing cover, air filter assembly. All of it still shines like the day I sprayed it. It's all had gas and oil on it and it's never spotted from it. For spray paint that Duplicolor engine enamel paint is good. I also have a 3HP B&S lawnmower engine that I run the tar out of and it gets very hot and the paint still shines nice and glossy black.

 

I used Eastwood Ceramic engine paint Old Ford Blue. sprayed the engine with self etching primer then hit it with the ceramic paint.

 

I would be curious how well the primer holds up to the heat of the engine. If it holds up good I do know the use of primer gives a way better finished result.


Would have to see how that one does I might do that on my 332.

 

Eastwood doesnt have the Ford Gray. SO I am going to have to go with Duplicolor or VHT.

 

I can't speak on Duplicolor but I have used VHT engine enamel in several applications. It holds up extremely well and makes cleaning up the engine bay a breeze. The VHT Ford blue is sexy.

 

You painted the lifters?????

 

And pushrods.

 

Those aren't staying in there.. I wanted to paint the valley so I put temporary lifters and pushrods in to protect the lifter bores. The valve covers are painted separately and they are just laying on there. I put the pushrods in to hold the lifters from falling out when i flipped the engine over to paint it.

 

I know it's an old thread, but I'm curious if you have an idea as to how well that paint held up? 26 years ago I had access through work at a nuke plant to a paint product that I was told was oil resistant, and used it in a 302 just like you did here, and also on the heads under the valve covers. It worked for at least ten years, when I pulled the GT40 intake manifold and sold it with the original EFI, and was happy to see a clean intake valley. I don't know why you painted your engine valley, but I did it to aid in oil drain back and minimize sludge build up, which it did. I've been unable to find anything advertised as oil resistant, and always wondered whether regular engine paints would hold up.