Originally Posted by Young Performance (Post 4047079)

I have used Imron. The problem that I found is that it's a little too hard and some want to crack eventually. The other issue is that you don't have the benefit of clear. You can use it if you want. but it doesn't require it. The newer high solid clears will give you a ton more protection than a single stage Imron.

The key is using good products. If you use an acid etch primer, be sure to remove ALL paint first. If not, you will be sorry. The acid will eat into the remaining paint and lift it. Once it lifts, it all comes off. Acid etch primer is awesome....you just have to use it correctly. You can also use an epoxy primer is you aren't going to strip them. You don't have to strip them if they are in good shape. You can just scuff them and shoot. Blend in any chips so they don't show though, if it has any.

I put on a bunch of material. I'll shoot 2-3 coats of primer, 3 coats of color, and 3 coats of clear. Good materials are expensive though. On average, I'll spend at least 200-300 per engine in materials only. I shoot a lot of House of Kolor, which runs about $120 a quart. I recently shot some Sikkens that was over $200/quart, along with a pearl base maker that was almost $300/quart. I had over $1000 in materials alone. I was matching a color from TAOD and wanted to stick with the same stuff.

Give me a shout I can help. I'm certainly no paint expert, but I've painted a few engines. Most body shop supply stores are more than willing to help. That's where I learned a lot of what I know about paints.
Eddie

Originally Posted by MILD THUNDER (Post 4048129)

Lots of good info on this thread, thanks guys! BTW, this is the engine that got me horny about doing this

Originally Posted by tcwcar (Post 4048364)

Thunder always used BC/CC on all the motors I painted, restored classic cars, custom cars, boats...used HOC, DuPont, PPG, even Nason, never had a problem....here's a few I painted [ATTACH=CONFIG]515300[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]515301[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]515302[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]515303[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]515304[/ATTACH]