Engine paint color match
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Squid
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Engine paint color match
I have several areas on my engine cases and covers that Degreaser peeled the paint off. Anyone found a match that is readily available to the first generation crank case and covers?
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Superstock
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I searched for months, bought every rattle can that looked close and never found paint that matched either the engine block, cylinders, or covers. Quick tip though don't use alkaline based cleaners. They tend to get into any little pit in powdercoat and oxidize the aluminum below the growing oxidation then pushes the powder coat off the surface... I finally picked a color I like and next week will have all my covers blasted and re-powdered...
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I searched for months, bought every rattle can that looked close and never found paint that matched either the engine block, cylinders, or covers. Quick tip though don't use alkaline based cleaners. They tend to get into any little pit in powdercoat and oxidize the aluminum below the growing oxidation then pushes the powder coat off the surface... I finally picked a color I like and next week will have all my covers blasted and re-powdered...
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Damn you Honda! Lol!
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Well I simply went to a paint factors shop ( Paint matching experts in Colchester from Gramic Supplies ) 5 minutes up the road with a '97 engine casing and 10 minutes later left with a matching rattle can. It's not rocket science.
Sorry you think the groundwork I did was useless
Sorry you think the groundwork I did was useless
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[QUOTE=Wicky;397416]Well I simply went to a paint factors shop ( Paint matching experts in Colchester from Gramic Supplies ) 5 minutes up the road with a '97 engine casing and 10 minutes later left with a matching rattle can. It's not rocket science.
Sorry you think the groundwork I did was useless[/
Wicky, let me apologize if I peed on your sneakers, my back is severely out of whack this week and everything I do and say is colored by the grumpy, pissed off individual I become when it is acting up... That said, I don't think the groundwork was useless at all, but info was missing from the original thread of where and how you obtained the paint. Also I'm worlds away from your source and I have not found anyone in New England that custom loads rattle cans. Best you can get is a pint of unreduced paint to then mix with reducer and load into a aerosol charge glass bottle spray bombs or touch up gun. I did not have a spare engine block or casing to take down to a auto parts supplier to try for a match either. I applaude your resourcefulness sir! Peace!
Sorry you think the groundwork I did was useless
[/Wicky, let me apologize if I peed on your sneakers, my back is severely out of whack this week and everything I do and say is colored by the grumpy, pissed off individual I become when it is acting up... That said, I don't think the groundwork was useless at all, but info was missing from the original thread of where and how you obtained the paint. Also I'm worlds away from your source and I have not found anyone in New England that custom loads rattle cans. Best you can get is a pint of unreduced paint to then mix with reducer and load into a aerosol charge glass bottle spray bombs or touch up gun. I did not have a spare engine block or casing to take down to a auto parts supplier to try for a match either. I applaude your resourcefulness sir! Peace!
Last edited by Fastguy59; Jul 14, 2016 at 05:11 PM.
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