painting

[captaindonutbikes]

Thanks for all the help so far peeps and getting down to so e christmas building fun.

My freshly blasted cases, being cleaned of all the nasties do they need painting including the cylinder block/head etc. I am loving the clean blasted finish but on the singles site the seem to advise painting them.

your thought please Gents.

And a merry Christmas!
 

[SteveD CB500K0]

They'll oxidise quickly if you don't paint them (or polish them regularly)

One or two of the guys on here have done good jobs with Halfords-type aluminium paint (I used it on my Sprint foothangers and it matched the original alloy nicely)

[Spitfire]

As Steve says they look great now but leave them as is and they will soon oxidise and go crabby.

Cheers

Den

[Seamus]

I used the Halfords Heat resistant stuff for my motor.





Looks OK

[pae]

The Simoniz "5 Wheel Silver" does a fairly good job, covers well, doesn't run, dries quickly and had a lot of manhandling without flaking off.

[SteveD CB500K0]

Does that Simoniz stuff have to be baked?

I baked my footpeg hangers at 250

[clive]

try overnight with the turkey hic

[pae]

Does that Simoniz stuff have to be baked?

No, I didn't bake it.

[captaindonutbikes]

Think i might avoid putting it in with the Turkey 

Simoniz looks good stuff

[Spitfire]

Cooked my cylinder head too much as well and it went yellow, I was working in 0c and the instructions on the can were in 0f. No wonder.
The paint I used was US Automotive paint, used a lot of their stuff on the F1, brake rotors, master cylinders and caliper paint, plus the engine paint. Worked well.
https://www.usautomotive.co.uk/store/scripts/prodList.asp?idcategory=47&curPage=2&sortField=sortorder

Cheers

Den

[Seamus]

Nice job.
Looks like an A65 in the background (or A50)

[captaindonutbikes]

nice finish, altough why you did not use the HOT PINK Engine Enamel i will never know.

[Spitfire]

Yes that's my 1964 A65R, awaiting it's turn to be resurected.




Cheers

Den

[SteveD CB500K0]

All: if you want to type

[Seamus]

One of my old BSA's




1967 Spitfire




Another from another life. 840cc Windle BSA