BillyBob Posted February 10 Report Share Posted February 10 Motor in car. What is best way (spray or brush) and best paint to paint motor? intake & exhaust manifold removed heads off Looking for experience. Thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avanti1963! Posted February 10 Report Share Posted February 10 (edited) Spray can with high temperature engine paint after everything is assembled. Edited February 10 by Avanti1963! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBob Posted February 10 Author Report Share Posted February 10 Thanks - I'll check it out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Allen Posted February 10 Report Share Posted February 10 (edited) 9 hours ago, BillyBob said: Motor in car. What is best way (spray or brush) and best paint to paint motor? intake & exhaust manifold removed heads off Looking for experience. Thanks!! Either way will work, spray painting itself would be a lot faster but the prep work would take a long time because I would think you would have to do a lot of masking to prevent overspray on other areas under the hood. On the other hand I have done engines while in the car using high temperature ceramic engine paint and a foam brush, I felt that type of paint applied with a foam brush adhered better than the spray paint and you won't get paint runs as you might, using a spray can in a confined area, so close to what you're trying to spray, but as I said it's a matter of preference,,, Edited February 10 by Rick Allen Additions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanda62 Posted February 11 Report Share Posted February 11 While I did not paint in the car, I have used POR-15 with a brush and been very happy with the results. My 53 Dodge truck flathead engine looks great after 6 years using POR-15. My Avanti engine came out real nice and will hopefully look as good in 6 years as my truck. Good luck and hope you find something that works for you. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark L Posted February 19 Report Share Posted February 19 I agree with the comment about thorough masking when using spray paint. Years ago a previous owner spray painted parts of my engine (Ford 289 blue, of all colors 😩). They didn't do a good job with the masking, so there is overspray in various places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBob Posted April 5 Author Report Share Posted April 5 Thanks to all! Now scraping grease & old paint and prepping for foam brush application... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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