DIY engine painting..help!

[Spitfire]

That's not very nice, our oven was brand new when I did mine, there was a smell while it was "cooking" but no smell long term, I also did the barrels and oil filter housing.

Cheers

Dennis

[Valentinik]

That's not very nice, our oven was brand new when I did mine, there was a smell while it was "cooking" but no smell long term, I also did the barrels and oil filter housing.

Cheers

Dennis

I'l wait untill she goes out and see how it turns out. I can deal with sleeping on the sofa for a night or two.

Thanks
Mike

[boilermaker1]

simoniz engine enamel paint 220C 90 Minutes

[wolfheze]

Fan oven 190c   

[ST1100]

...I can deal with sleeping on the sofa for a night or two.

That's the spirit! 

[royhall]

That's not very nice, our oven was brand new when I did mine, there was a smell while it was "cooking" but no smell long term, I also did the barrels and oil filter housing.

Cheers

Dennis

I'l wait untill she goes out and see how it turns out. I can deal with sleeping on the sofa for a night or two.

Thanks
Mike

I got away with the oven thing by waiting till she went out. Unfortunately she came back whilst I had the cases in the parts washer (sorry Dishwasher). O man.

[mike the bike]

Can't fault a dishwasher for cleaning parts and that's coming from a dishwasher engineer.   A washing machine is great for cleaning emulsion from paint rollers, although just use a couple of rinse cycles or the hot water will set the paint.

[Rozabikes Tim]

Most hotels have a purpose made parts washer.....a bidet!

Sorry about that!

[gtmdriver]

I painted the engine cases on my Moto Guzzi but the engine was completely stripped at the time.

I used

1. Jizer to de-grease
2. Clarkes alloy cleaner to remove oxidation
3. Hot dishwasher cycle
4. POR 15 metal ready to etch the surfaces.
5. POR 15 engine enamel thinned with white spirit to spraying consistency.

Before



After



This was  around 6 years ago and the paint is still on.