Painting Engine Tin

1961bluebug · Post by **1961bluebug** » Sat Jul 05, 2003 4:54 am

alle engine tin sandblasted and powdercoated-you can´t beat that:D

jmillheiser · Post by **jmillheiser** » Sun Jul 06, 2003 12:18 am

thats pretty slick.

BTW is that the scat linkage on those kads?

1961bluebug · Post by **1961bluebug** » Sun Jul 06, 2003 4:41 am

Hi, you are right, I purchased a Scat linkage from A.J. Simms for my Kads. I haven´t run the engine yet, but the linkage feels great and was pretty easy to set up. I can take some more pics of the installation if you want. Let me know on [email protected].

Jan

nthang · Post by **nthang** » Sun Jul 13, 2003 12:28 pm

To give you an idea on cost of the sandblast and powder coat, I recently had all tin on my Thing done for $175. Its the way to go if you have the money.

lorddoom · Post by **lorddoom** » Tue Jul 15, 2003 3:34 pm

I didn't find it too hard to get the paint off my tin, actually I found out accidently that carb cleaner I was using tended to disolve the paint real well.

BrianVW · Post by **BrianVW** » Wed Jul 16, 2003 12:53 pm

All I did for my tin is I took my sander to it just to smooth it out and then painted it with Plasti-kote Engine Enamel I picked up from the auto parts store and it looks great! I put on a few coats and now its nice and smooth and I can easily wipe dirt and grime off of it.

bottomend · Post by **bottomend** » Wed Jul 23, 2003 8:31 pm

update; I finally gave up and took the stuff to be sand blasted. I went through every concievable process to get this paint off.; scraping, sanding, wire brush on a drill, stripping, STRIPPING AGAIN(!) and hydrocloric acid.... sand blasting was the only alternative. The stuff looks terrific and only cost $70. That includes the fan and the fan housing. Next up primer and paint. Do I have to use somekind of "high heat" primer? Is there such a thing?

VWGirl · Post by **VWGirl** » Thu Jul 24, 2003 4:38 am

you should be able to buy high temp primer at a FLAPS.... i know they have it at Autozone... maybe walmart even has it?

JC-ATL · Post by **JC-ATL** » Thu Jul 24, 2003 5:54 am

bottomend wrote:Do I have to use somekind of "high heat" primer? Is there such a thing?

There is such a thing, but you don't need it. If your tin is getting hot enough to bubble regular paint, you have bigger problems than just ugly tin.

bottomend · Post by **bottomend** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 9:01 am

I was advised not to use a primer soooooo, I went to the store and bought 1300* high heat rustolium and started painting. The only potential problum I see thus far is that the paint is very rough/dull/matte. It looks like it might collect dirt very easy. When I tore the engine down I was amazed at how much crud had gotten caught in and around the cylinders. The number one cylinder was almost completely covered and I doubt it was recieving even 25% of it's cooling.

The origenal VW paint was very shiny and smooth. I think I will try to duplicate that surface in order to allow dirt to slide over the surface and not collect. In my case the problem was pretty much centered around the engine seal getting sucked into the fan and then clogging every thing. Make sure you replace that seal when it starts to look worn out.

Should I use a gloss clear coat on top of the black paint I've just applied? Will this smooth the surface?

Kubel Nick · Post by **Kubel Nick** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 10:17 am

High heat paint is not glossy paint, that's why you got the matte finish. You can clear coat it if you want. I used regular (not high heat) spray paint in my old car's engine w/o any problems at all.

You could've used etching primer. After sandblasting some primers may have a ahrder time to grab onto the metal, etching primer is made for extra adhesive properties.

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