Honda-SOHC
Other Stuff => Misc / Open => Topic started by: Trigger on January 23, 2015, 05:47:23 PM
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Many people have asked me if the engine paint i use is a close match to Honda original.
The engine is painted with SIMVHT31C and the hub has just come out of the vapor blaster. I think it is as close as it gets.
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How do you get it to shine like that, do you lacquer it as well ?
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How do you get it to shine like that, do you lacquer it as well ?
No lacquer. The paint has been cured on the engine and the hub is bare alloy.
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I think it must vary from model to model Graham. Your hub looks like the finish I did on my 400/4 hubs in 1986 but on the '69 350K1 the hubs are almost pristine factory finish and look like quite a high polish then satin clear coated on top. I am told the Eastwood Diamond Clear stuff is the lacquer to use after chromate etch with some Alodine product to make it adhere properly. Vic World also talked once about some kind of chromate etch too on Honda alloy that's cleared.
Still researching it myself. Think the hub centres are vapour blast type finish, again clear coated.
Ash
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How do you get it to shine like that, do you lacquer it as well ?
No lacquer. The paint has been cured on the engine and the hub is bare alloy.
So is it a paint or enamel ?
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Who cares ;)Looks the dogs and that's want counts to the individual Trig
Cheers
Bitsa
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How do you get it to shine like that, do you lacquer it as well ?
No lacquer. The paint has been cured on the engine and the hub is bare alloy.
So is it a paint or enamel ?
The hub is bare alloy and the engine is VHT paint ;)
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That sounds like the old band frequencies of the 70s Trig ;)
Cheers
Bitsa
VHF if you dont understand
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How do you get it to shine like that, do you lacquer it as well ?
No lacquer. The paint has been cured on the engine and the hub is bare alloy.
So is it a paint or enamel ?
Ok, I understand that on the engine it's paint and not enamel and it's not lacquered but where does the slight sheen come from ?. I have used VHT paint in the past and I have never got much of a sheen and definately not a shine and I found it a sod to keep clean as dirt seems to get into the surface of it. I suppose you never have that problem Graham ? ::) ::) ::)
The hub is bare alloy and the engine is VHT paint ;)
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Julie, it is just a satin finish ;)
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Trig
Just say a nylon finish in our dreams gonna get some shite now but who the hell cares ;)
Bitsa
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Julie, it is just a satin finish ;)
Yes, satin is the word I would use