Q can you paint engine candy

[davepreston]

right a mate showed me a pic of a project but i forsaw a major obstical which i know one of you geeks could give a full answer to

right i know you can paint an engine ,"special" heat resistant paint is used
but it only seems to come in matt colours
is it possible to have a candy paint (think tam sv red) on a engine and still use the engine ( for the smart ar5es) without it just melting ,cracking, turning to sh1te

i await your full intelligant responces, followed by the simple laymans answer most likely on page 7

cheers big ears

[Tom_the_great]

Yes in a word :)

cannot remember the company name but they use high temp paint and use house of colour paint which is all sorts of funky !

[TamSV]

The side covers on mine are painted with Hammerite and have been no problem.

I touched up the block on my previous curvy with a rattle can with normal automotive paint and it was fine too so I'd certainly give it a go on a water cooled engine.

I think I'd stick to high temp paint on an air-cooled lump though.

[speedyandypandy]

http://image.lowridermagazine.com/f/tech/10072911++w758+st0/0805_lrmp_02_z+engine_paint_prep+engine_ready_and_ done.jpg
more here http://www.lowridermagazine.com/tech/0805_lrmp_tech_project_engine_paint_prep/viewall.html
also some nice colour here http://www.eastwood.com/underhood-engine/engine-paints.html and http://www.vhtpaint.com/products/enginemetallic/
Now remember to post pics mate, lurvvv pics, good on ya

[andrewsmith]

There was a curvy flagged one here for sale with painted heads and Cylinders.
Dont think it was a pearl candy, but whatever the paint colour is it'll need to be a high temp formula

[davepreston]

http://forums.sv650.org/picture.php?albumid=593&pictureid=5658

this red

[dizzyblonde]

Answer me this.

If you put a car painted in candy red out in the baking sun, where temperatures can exceed that of your engine, for instance the desert.....would it melt, crack and fall off?

No, because its formulated to withstand such. So in answer to your question. It is possible to paint a motorcycle engine in car paint, provided it is done correctly. Not necessarily high temp paint either.


I asked in a paintshop once ;)

[Dave-the-rave]

Funnily enough I was just reading about this on another forum...

http://viragotechforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=34523