I'm rebuilding the 500 for my trike and I'm looking for high quality paint options for it. what have you guys used, good or bad
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I'm rebuilding the 500 for my trike and I'm looking for high quality paint options for it. what have you guys used, good or bad
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For my 250R's liquid cooled engine, I like Dupli-Color high performance wheel coating. It's readily available, has good color options, is easy to use, and holds up nicely to heat & the occasional pre-mix spill. The heat resistance aspect may vary on an air-cooled engine though. It says it withstands intermittent temps up to 250F.
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Just sprayed the scrap 110 engine with the engine paint that advance auto sells. Says it's good to 500 degrees. The cases were thoroughly cleaned before assembly, and cleaned again with good flammable brake cleaner before spraying. We will see.
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I was hoping for some professional paint materials
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Duplicolor and VHT are “professional” quality paints in a can. The trick to getting “professional” results is to prep your surfaces properly and apply and treat the primer and paint correctly. It takes me less than an hour to paint an engine, but I probably spend 20 to 60 hours prepping them depending on what I’m starting with. That’s what makes the difference for a hobby painter.Originally Posted by Minter fab
There are engines out there with incredible paint jobs using heat baked enamels and powder coating, but if your planning on DIY that could get complicated unless you have the right equipment and some experience. Yeager Performance can do PC for you.
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I would recommend pc. If you are trying to do a spray job prep the area really well and I either use duplicolor or pj1 fast black and bake the part.
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I have painted multiple cars in my day. Prep is King I get that, but I'm sorry to say to Dupli-Color and vht you can buy in aat AutoZone are not professional products. I agree you can get good-looking results with a
yaegerb
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Sooooooo, what are you wanting to do? Actually take the whole engine apart or spray it as it sits. If you want to spray it as it sits your options are limited as you should know being you’ve done multiple cars.
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Even though Dupli-Color is a spraycan product, it holds up really well. If powdercoated, or a quality paint & "professional" application process is used, we're still talking about painting an engine. Engine cases are subjected to rubbing & scuffing from your boots, which will have those areas looking a little worn, in short order, regardless of how good the paint or process was. For that reason, a spraycan's ability to easily touch up those areas, makes a whole lot of sense to me. PJ1 case paint is another good product as well, and I've used it in the past, but it's not as easy to find for me, but I think Dupli-Color has a better choice of colors.
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I have one particular well used engine that was painted on a milk crate over 10 years ago with Duplicolor. It’s worn where my boot rubs and has stone chips on the front and underside, but you’d never know it wasn’t the oem finish. Lots of gas spilt on it as well. As far as I can tell, the only difference between engine paint in a can, and the one Honda used back in the day is that it was heat baked, something you can come close to yourself with a heat gun if you’re careful.
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that engine looks good
I have one particular well used engine that was painted on a milk crate over 10 years ago with Duplicolor. It’s worn where my boot rubs and has stone chips on the front and underside, but you’d never know it wasn’t the oem finish. Lots of gas spilt on it as well. As far as I can tell, the only difference between engine paint in a can, and the one Honda used back in the day is that it was heat baked, something you can come close to yourself with a heat gun if you’re careful.
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Modesty aside, ALL my engines look goodSeriously, if you can paint a car, you can knock it out of the park with any name brand engine paint and a heat gun, but if you want a concourse job send it to Yeager for PC.
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Dupli-Color Silver on the bottom end & Dupli-Color Graphite on the cylinder. That Graphite color is very close to Honda's "dark shot silver" that was used on 1986-87 250R's.
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Regular automotive paint with hardener has worked well for me.
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"modesty aside" Ha hahahaha, I think I like this dude! I am following this thread as per my paint jobs haven't been the best. Also, almost enough time has past since I warned the wife. I may now be okay when the roller shows up. hahaha. Hey in this post, what is that KTM motor at top? Orange one?Modesty aside,
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