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RBCanada

08-19-2005 09:11:04




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I am ready to paint the engine and was wondering if it is primered along with the rest of the frame or is it better to shoot straight enamel right over the bare cast. After looking at some restoring photos (Smiths 8n) it looks like he has left the engine block un-primered before the final enamel coat. Suggestions and past experiences would be appriciated, Thanks in advance.... Ron




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flathead

08-19-2005 12:17:57




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 Re: Engine Block Painting in reply to RBCanada, 08-19-2005 09:11:04  
I shot all my cast iron assembled with PPG MP 170 epoxy primer and then topcoated with PPG Omni Acrylic Enamel. So far its holding up good.

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Dan

08-19-2005 11:32:35




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 Re: Engine Block Painting in reply to RBCanada, 08-19-2005 09:11:04  
On all three of my tractors, I just brushed straight enamel onto the cast, then started the engine up after letting it sit overnight to let the heat "bake" the enamel on. It leaves a nice smooth shiney finish that is pretty tough.

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Dan



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souNdguy

08-19-2005 11:29:13




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 Re: Engine Block Painting in reply to RBCanada, 08-19-2005 09:11:04  
I wire brushed, de-greased, and used brake cleaner to clean the engine on my 2n as well as I could.. then shot primer from tsc, and then used TSC ferguson grey with hardner on my whole 2n.. looks great. hot part of manifold burned to a nice brown patine.. rest of the tractor including engine is like glass. Did the same on my alls G, using persian orange II from TSc.. etc.

Soundguy



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Kev'478N

08-19-2005 10:51:54




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 Re: Engine Block Painting in reply to RBCanada, 08-19-2005 09:11:04  
I used the standard High-Temp with Ceramic Ford Red that can be found at Wal-Mart, Autozone, O'reillys, etc. They also make a high-temp primer to go with it. It seems to hold-up under the conditions that these tractors are subjected to. Also, touch-ups are easy this way, especially since it is readily available. Not restoration quality color, but close. It is about $3.50 to $5.00 per can. Wal-Mart is usually the cheapest. They also have many other colors including black and cast iron.

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N4Noel

08-19-2005 10:41:04




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 Re: Engine Block Painting in reply to RBCanada, 08-19-2005 09:11:04  
Howdy,

I have painted several engines by having them hot-tanked at the machine shop, spraying them down heavy with carb cleaner or brake cleaner(my favorite because it removes any left over paint), letting it dry 10-20 minutes, and then spraying heavy with walmart high temp engine enamel. No primer, and don"t forget to tape-off the important things. I like the ceramic coating idea for the exhaust although I have no expeience with that. I don"t think these tractors will have much trouble due to the low heat range, but I would not prime a block for an automoble unless it was high temp.

Noel

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JohnJ_PA

08-19-2005 10:17:31




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 Re: Engine Block Painting in reply to RBCanada, 08-19-2005 09:11:04  
When I painted my engine, I primered it with Rustoleum primer (brush on) then topcoated it with 3 coats of Rustoleum Sunrise red (brush-on also). I had the head powder-coated with the closest matching red color the shop had. Also had the manifold ceramic coated black (guarenteed not to burn off up to something like 2,600 degrees F). I haven't started the engine yet, so I'm not sure how all this will work out. Fingers still crossed here. -JohnJ

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Mike OH

08-19-2005 09:56:39




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 Re: Engine Block Painting in reply to RBCanada, 08-19-2005 09:11:04  
I don't really know which way is best, but I can tell you what I did, and I was well satisfied with the results. After removing all the old paint from the engine and completely cleaning it I shot it with primer and then several coats of finish paint. I used Rustoleum Sunrise Red out of the spray cans and it did a real nice job. It was quite a bit more expensive using the spray cans on the whole tractor, but it was more convevient seeing as how I painted each section of the tractor as I got to it.

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