Q can you paint engine candy - SV650.org

24-08-12, 11:37 AM

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 · 24-08-12, 11:52 AM

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 · 24-08-12, 12:41 PM

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.

24-08-12, 01:03 PM

more here http://www.lowridermagazine.com/tech...p/viewall.html
also some nice colour here http://www.eastwood.com/underhood-en...ne-paints.html and http://www.vhtpaint.com/products/enginemetallic/
Now remember to post pics mate, lurvvv pics, good on ya

andrewsmith · 24-08-12, 01:32 PM

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

24-08-12, 01:41 PM

this red

dizzyblonde · 24-08-12, 02:21 PM

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 · 24-08-12, 02:35 PM

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

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

24-08-12, 11:37 AM	#1
davepreston Guest Posts: n/a	Q can you paint engine candy 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

24-08-12, 11:52 AM	#2
Tom_the_great Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 286	Re: Q can you paint engine candy 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 ! __________________ Tom! Cleaned more then ridden ! SV650S 10 Plate Pointy!!, Black Tinted Screen!, Evotech Tail Tidy!, OEM Rear Hugger!, R&G Crash Bungs!, Delkevic Exhuast! Current Mileage = 3000 (Ish)

24-08-12, 12:41 PM	#3
TamSV Member Mega Poster Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Troon, Ayrshire Posts: 1,812	Re: Q can you paint engine candy 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.

24-08-12, 01:03 PM	#4
speedyandypandy Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Q can you paint engine candy more here http://www.lowridermagazine.com/tech...p/viewall.html also some nice colour here http://www.eastwood.com/underhood-en...ne-paints.html and http://www.vhtpaint.com/products/enginemetallic/ Now remember to post pics mate, lurvvv pics, good on ya

24-08-12, 01:32 PM	#5
andrewsmith Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Just south of salad dodging country Posts: 7,750	Re: Q can you paint engine candy 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 __________________ RIP Reeder 20/07/1988 - 21/03/2012. Always missed squire!!! Every year we meet old friends, gain some new ones, lose old ones and you always remember them all. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi

24-08-12, 01:41 PM	#6
davepreston Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Q can you paint engine candy this red

24-08-12, 02:21 PM	#7
dizzyblonde Da Cake Boss Mega Poster Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a flying Horse Posts: 9,992	Re: Q can you paint engine candy 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 __________________ Suzy, yellow 2001 SVS. Kitty, V-Raptor 1000, ZZR1400<<its my bike now Pegasus! Hovis 13.8.75-3.10.09 Reeder 20.7.88-21.3.12 Last edited by dizzyblonde; 24-08-12 at 02:24 PM.

24-08-12, 02:35 PM	#8
Dave-the-rave Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: London Posts: 167	Re: Q can you paint engine candy Funnily enough I was just reading about this on another forum... http://viragotechforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=34523 __________________ SV650N K1

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