HAND PAINTING THE ENGINE

[The smudger]

OK, been thinking about how to tidy up the engine on the GS and the only really sensible option would be to hand paint it.

Anyone else done this? What paint and how did it come up?

Any help appreciated. I thought i had read something on here a while back so i did a search for 'HAND PAINTING ENGINE', nothing?

Cheers,

 

[Nice 'n' Fat]

You're really bored aren't you

 

[The smudger]

You guessed?

Back Wednesday mate, cant wait to be honest. Signed off till then and company cant accept me back before, H&S gone mad......

 

[Malcvtr]

Some guy on a custom forum did a pretty thorough job on a Honda-4:

http://www.customfighters.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44453

 

[Malcvtr]

And was this the thread you were looking for:

http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?t=294868&highlight=Engine+painting

 

[The smudger]

WOW, looked good Malc, Spurred me on!

Although i didn't plan to remove the engine, I think if i did i'd go the whole hog and have it done professionally.

I can however get the bike to a state where most of the engine is exposed, then do something like this.

Thanks

 

[Humbug]

I did one last year without stripping off too much.

It's somewhere in THIS thread. There's some good links there too.

 

[Malcvtr]

I look forward to seeing the pics mate

 

[(RIP) drillam]

I an 800 engine in the frame with a cheap airbrush. With a wee bit of masking off you can get into all the wee nooks and cranny's quite well.

 

[Stewart H]

I sprayed my 1100 motor last year, Hammerite smooth, a combination of partial dismantling and careful masking tape use, it looks a lot better but is still not totally finished

 

[Bendy toy]

This is for alloy wheels but should equally apply to a bike engine

http://www.imoc.co.uk/forums/kb.php?mode=article&k=95

I used Hammerite on a bike frame. The finish looked great but the frame front tubes was soon covered in stone chips and rusty. The stuff is way too brittle and a nightmare to strip off again.

 

[Bigyin]

Hammerite Smooth would be the paint of choice from threads so far

http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?t=309366&highlight=engine+paint

although there is a volkswagen paint that is a good match

http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?t=294868&highlight=engine+paint

and back to Hammerite smooth

http://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php?t=259170&highlight=engine+paint