ENGINE PAINT

Hi, I posted this in the PAINT-BODYWORK FORUM but had no answers, maybe anyone can help me with this one:

ENGINE PAINT - 2006/01/06 10:47
My newly acquired Gpz550 engine has its flat black paint gone in many places. Which is the best paint to restore it to that original flat tone?

Many thanks in advance.

are you sure it was flat back?i allways thought they were more of a semi-gloss not really shiny,but not flat.maybe try some spraypaint from a m.c shop!goodluck,happy wrenching!

i once had an xs1100 yamaha that did this. i cleaned it up and used the flat black hi temp exhaust paint on it and it worked great. i rode it for about a year and sold it.

Thanx guys for your advice. Sorry, I think I was using the word "flat" in a wrong way. I mean semi glossy, not shiny but not thaaaaat flat:)

I´ll try to get a decent hi temp paint spray can, they stand up as much as 600 degrees (centigrades) as the packs state. I don´t think that my poor engine ever reaches that much heat, do you?

Anyway, I´ll keep you posted about my results, maybe can upload a few pics too.

Cheers.

Have you considered PJ1 paint ?

I've never used it myself, but I have heard about it...

If I remember correctly, Smithgpz used it on his twin's engine - here's the picture in the gallery...

I have used grill paint on my exhaust, and dupont high temp paint on the engine with no probs.

I have used the 1200 degree ceramic engine spray paint I found down at the local auto parts chain store. They had a semigloss black that matched nicely.

Now for the really intense, JC Whitney sells some brush on stuff w/ stainless in it, IIRC, that I have heard works awesome as a base. My exhaust may get this treatment in the spring, the 1200 degree is not fairing so well there. Even with sandblasting as a starting point.

try wiping down the engine with armor-all once in a while,it keeps the paint from drying out so fast

In all my experiences with high temperature paints, they look great when you apply them, but they have always got dull after the heat gets to them, and I mean ugly dull. If you weren't going to a completly original look, I would suggest having your motor powder coated

wireman wrote:

try wiping down the engine with armor-all once in a while,it keeps the paint from drying out so fast

Once you do get it painted, the armor-all trick works. I spray my entire clean engine down liberally with original Armor-all, let it drip-dry (the white liquid goes to clear as it dries). Then I wax the engine covers. It looks good (semi-gloss effect) for about a week or until its time to clean the scooter again. In fact, Armor-all will keep all those parts (metal and plastic) that tend to gray with age, nice and black. Now, if it would only work on my hair...:dry:

Please try to explain me what Armoll-all is, does or it's made of. I don't know the product cause it does not exist in Argentina. I checked the web site, and found an amazing varieties of the product. Please try to be more specific about its composition or propertesw, thanks.

IT WAS ORIGIONALLY MADE TO TO PROTECT VINYL/LEATHER/RUBBER AND THAT KIND OF FROM DRYING OUT,I STARTED USING IT 20 YEARS AGO ON ENGINE PARTS I FIGURED IT WOULD PROTECT PAINT FROM DRYING OUT IVE ALLWAYS HAD GOOD LUCK WITH IT!GOODLUCK,HAPPY WRENCHING!