Lots of great info here! Anybody use POR15? I used it on my small block in a street truck and on machines at work with great success. And it held up well to even in a trough full of cutting fluid. (Crankshaft grinding)

Thanks Deep, that's Boomer35 Cig " Shake-N-Bake " , it's the sistership to mine he lives in Jax. Florida. I think one of the previous owner to him lived in the NE... The last time I was at Raystown was in 1988, probably changed a lot since then. I had a 24' Checkmate Enforcer, with TRS drive 468 chevy bigblock and NOS injection hope to have mine finished this year, I have been working on it for, well it will be 3 year's in May, it time to see if she's going to float... I would like to come to that poker run up there this year...Joe

What's the paint used to paint Cummins for marine apps? That seems to hold up well w/O yellowing.

I always like the HOK because of the airbrushing I did. But I would only use the colors, and KK concentrates, always used PPG primers and clears. Like someone said, you can add pearl powered to any clear, or even the base for a less dramatic effect.

I assume most know that Valspar has owned HOK for a while now.

If you guy's are looking to add a little zing to your paint, like I did. check out, http://www.paintwithpearl.com/ they have all the flake, candy pearl's, ghost pearl's and so on, that you add to your own paint, and its cheap. A package of pearl is like $10. I myself used their deep purple micro flake. I first primed the motor with PPG Epoxy primer (2-3 coats) then PPG Glossy Black Base (2-3 coats) then hung the deep purple micro flake in 2-3 coats of PPG Clear Mid coat and finally Cleared it with PPG. The Micro flake is NOT old school flake like on a bass boat, its only .004 and it looks the best shot over black base.
you can go their facebook and check out some pic's my purple motor is there. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=1&theater that picture is when it was done all in the boat, but you can't really see the effect, here is when I first painted it and not really put together but you can see more effect.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=3&theater
Happy Painting

Thanks for that captain.

Sooooooooo anyone else besides me still have a "flake" gun?

Oh I forgot to mention, no special tips or guns required to spray any of the additives. I shot some of it out of a small touch up gun.

I did not know that... What year did they buy them out? I was in a custom paint class out in Laramie WY at wyo-tech in 2001 when Jon was putting on a show. Like I said he came off like a real jack ass. I don't know if he noticed the mixing room the size of most body shops on the back of the building.... But they had almost every brand of paint available. They did huge spray outs of all the brands so students could see the difference and from what I have seen if you can get the color you want out of a different brand than HOC your gonna save a lot of $$ and get the same quality. A good painter or paint shop can get you almost any color you need from any brand. A Good painter can spray any brand and make it look great with a little time behind the brand you choose but most have one they use most often and prefer. I would tell the guy shooting your parts what you want and let him pick the brand he wants.

A engine builder told me not to use POR15 on a motor.

1997.

I agree everyone gets used to a brand, my reason for using them had more to do with the ability to get small (8-12oz) of there KK's and some other colors for use in airbrushing. If I can find a small place to rent I plan on doing some work again, and at that point will look into what's out there. I do see a lot of guys using water base,,,,,, don't know if I care for that.

HoK primers and clears suck.