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Posted by: scott thacher Jan 28 2005, 02:06 AM

pulled the suby motor today and i will be wire wheeling the whole engine bay to mostly bare metal. i have a 5 gallon kit ( i can do smaller batches ) of a 2 part epoxy paint/primer that uses powdered zinc as a filler ( 70 % by volumn ), i dont need to mix that much zinc in it, as the directions say. this paint system costs whole sale 400 bucks a 5 gallon kit, and is speced for the primer coat on water towers here in maryland, it is rolled on due to thickness ( zinc filler ).

i wonder how well it would work in the engine bay, the company who left it behind ( opps IPB Image ) said the stuff is basicly solvent resistant. the label after all of the legal stuff, says cleanup before cure is paint thinner or acetone. no clean up after cure. i saw these guy blasting it with coal ash, trying to remove it where they spilled it and it did not work very well.

basicly i figure its epoxy based with a high zinc %, so it should be good in an engine bay. also i dont have any por 15 around, and it says top coat can be any thing, but they used vynle on the water tower. i will use rattle can, not sure of color yet, car is black but i dont want a black hole again.any suggestion for engine bay color.

basicly looking for thoughts on using this paint, and for color ideas

tia

Posted by: Dr Evil Jan 28 2005, 02:11 AM

Hopefully Don Traver will post a pic of his, its beautiful and not black.

Posted by: SpecialK Jan 28 2005, 03:08 AM

What color is the zinc primer?

I'd go with something light.......maybe silver?

Don't me to go O.T. on you here, but with a swap like you doing (V8's would be included), do you suppose that the airflow through the engine compartment would be reversed (maybe even improved) due to the lack of engine tin, and a natural low pressure area above the engine grill?

Posted by: scott thacher Jan 28 2005, 03:14 AM

primer is battle ship gray

Posted by: SpecialK Jan 28 2005, 03:26 AM

You might just see how it looks gray, you may like it (anything goes with black).

If you do decide to go with a topcoat of color, does the primer directions say anything about topcoating while the primer is still tacky for better adhesion, or waiting "x" amount of days prior to a topcoat? Sometimes that two part epoxy paint is pretty glossy which may inhibit the adhesion of certain topcoats.

(hmmm....must be some kind of record for the number of times the word "topcoat" was used in two sentences) IPB Image