Engine Paint

[Ian Loveday]

The finish is starting to fail on the underside of the engine I plan to get the old coating of and repaint it. Has anyone got any particular paint to recomend as don't want to be repainting every 3 months.

 

[newman7096]

The finish is starting to fail on the underside of the engine I plan to get the old coating of and repaint it. Has anyone got any particular paint to recomend as don't want to be repainting every 3 months.

Smootherite Silver perfect

 

[Ian Loveday]

Smoothrite was my first thought, does it cope with the heat ok?

 

[Wizard]

According to several peeps who recommended it to me for my F650, the heat isn't an issue as it's rated to c. 300C. I remember checking, and it was, but I never did use it.

 

[ELIMINATOR]

I touched in a couple of stone chips on the barrels, they're still OK.

 

[blues n twos]

I have used it on the inner fins of the cylinders and it stays on ok, it just seems harder to keep clean.

If your really fussy then I would find a laquer that can take the heat and then it will be easier to keep clean.

Jon

 

[Shurv]

I've used a Yamaha matt engine paint in an aerosol. Squirt it into the lid, then use a brush to get it where u want it on the fins.Lovely jubbly.

 

[Ian Loveday]

Thanks Y'all . I'll go with the smoothrite hopefully it will stop the spread of the loose paint. At the moment its only in the out of sight areas