03-12-2024, 10:20 PM | #1 |
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Engine paint
Are there any opinions on which paint is more correct. I really like the Engine Enamel, the can with green lettering. I've decided to use this as I think it looks more "rich". Just wondering on the general consensus of what everyone else thinks about the two colors of green. Thanks in advance!
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03-13-2024, 12:38 AM | #2 |
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Re: Engine paint
It is my understanding that Ford used to dump the left over paint from dipping other parts into the paint for the engine thus there was a wide range of light or darkness to the green. I always had better luck painting with a brush instead of a spray can.
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03-13-2024, 06:15 AM | #3 |
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Re: Engine paint
I prefer the brush on paint.
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03-13-2024, 09:38 AM | #4 |
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Re: Engine paint
I have seen original NOS Model "A" parts in a light green to a dark green, so ditto Charlie Stevens comment in Post #2. In my opinion, leftover enamels were mixed by Ford. I also notice that Ford Engine Green varies in color between current parts dealers, and between brush-on and aerosol paints.
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Re: Engine paint
I use the Bill Hirsch Ford Green brush-on engine paint that used to be available from the usual Model A suppliers, but is also available directly from Bill Hirsch Paints. Goes on easy, seems to hold up well, but it is quite dark and (at least the brush-on) very glossy. Since I have so many enginey-things painted this color now I'm likely to stick with it, but my preference would be for something a bit lighter and less glossy if I was starting over. Starting from a bare metal casting I find that one coat, plus some touchup of holidays a day later, is usually necessary to get full coverage. Looks about like the picture Wick posted above.
If you decide upon a color, make sure you can get it in the future for touch-ups or replacement parts (like that water pump you know you'll need sometime).
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03-13-2024, 10:53 AM | #6 |
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03-13-2024, 11:30 AM | #7 |
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Re: Engine paint
It would be great if somebody with a current RAL catalogue could come up with a RAL number he/she thinks is closest to 'the original colour' if that ever existed...
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03-13-2024, 01:05 PM | #8 |
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Re: Engine paint
Clean whatever you are painting with the engine enamel well. A final wipe with acetone or lacquer thinner.
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03-13-2024, 07:13 PM | #9 |
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I use Brakleen as my final rinse, works just as well as acetone but is a little easier on the skin.
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03-13-2024, 10:19 PM | #10 |
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Re: Engine paint
To paint the entire engine, flywheel housing, bell housing and misc parts I find it takes a bit over two cans to get it all done.
I use one of the three cans of paint to do the final coat on each part and the other two for the base coats. By using the one can for the final coat it assures that all parts will match perfectly. The can that is used for the final coat goes with the engine so the owner can use it for touch ups.
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A second side of this is, -the only place Ford Engine Green was used would have been at the Rouge plant in Dearborn since that is where the castings were made and those pieces painted. So what happened to the 'waste Black paint' from all of the other Branches? Too costly to ship back to Rouge, -and the costs to purify and distill tp render it useful in blending with the Yellow and Blue paint should be enough to say this would not have been done. I have not seen the M-Specs for Ford Engine Green paint, but I also suspect it called for virgin materials. My guess as to what happened to the waste Black paint was it was incinerated and used in generating fuel for the steam generators at each Branch. |
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03-14-2024, 06:12 AM | #12 |
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Re: Engine paint
Brent’s explanation(s) make perfect sense.
The location and logistics involved in moving paint would preclude economic transport. Albeit, EPA and hazmat was not alive and kicking! |
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