painting the engine

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  1. jhossrock

    jhossrock Member

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    i have been painting parts under the hood. air cleaner etc. every part i take off after i get them down to bare metal i primer then paint. my question is
    the block has about 90% paint an only a few rusted spots do i have to primer the whole motor or just clean up the spots and primer them.
     
    jhossrock, Aug 13, 2004
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    Mavaholic Growing older but not up!

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    I've never used primer on an engine. I always use that rattle can engine paint from Plasticoat and never had a problem.
     
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  3. dmhines

    dmhines Dixie Maverick Boy

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    I agree ... I did primer my valve covers first ... but nothing else. The paint actually chips fairly easy on the valve covers now so I probably shouldn't have primered them either ...
     
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    I agree. no primer on engines.
     
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    Mercurycruizers David (Coop) Cooper

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    What they said. Don't primer the engine.
     
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    I use por15 primer works good than por15 paint.
     
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    Jean Doll Maverick Restoration Tech

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    We never primered an engine either. Just degreased it as good as possible and sprayed it with rattle-can engine paint. Now the valve covers and aircleaner cover we stripped and primered and then used the rattle-can paint on them too. But we also clear-coated them with urathane clear and they have never chipped or peeled.
     
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