Engine Painting Tip
Hawgflst
Just painted my engine and trans in the frame. Thought I would pass on some
thoughts for those that interested in doing this, rather taking them out of the
bike.
I realize it is prefferable to take them out, but sometimes its not practical.
Reason for the paint? Simple, the stock gray looks like shit. Since I'm not
interested in and cannot afford a billet barge, I'm doing the custominzing
myself. Yes, pics will be posted.
Hmm, seems like I used up one round already. Inn keeper, another round for the
house please.
Now, back to the subject. I decided I needed a flat black motor and trans.
However, I'm not a painter and don't have all the necessary equipment, so I
went with 1200 degree engine paint in the good ole spray can.
Now, to ensure I didn't paint anything I didn't want painted, I spent a good
amount of time taping rocker covers and other large pieces. What this post is
really about is the smaller pieces and the push rod covers (chrome came on the
bike).
I decided the best way to protect these things was engine oil. Goes on easy
enough and wipes right off paint and all when you're done. Now, this doesn't
mean it took care of everything. So there still was a fair amount of detail
work to do to get the paint off the parts I didn't want painted.
Since I build models I decided to try the paint thinner and modeling paint
brush. Took some time, but it works well.
Here's another round just for listening.
Brian
88 FLST
Keep the rubber side down
Jinks
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>I decided the best way to protect these things was engine oil. Goes on easy
>enough and wipes right off paint and all when you're done. Now, this doesn't
>mean it took care of everything. So there still was a fair amount of detail
>work to do to get the paint off the parts I didn't want painted.
>
>Since I build models I decided to try the paint thinner and modeling paint
>brush. Took some time, but it works well.
>
>Here's another round just for listening.
>
>
>Brian
>88 FLST
>Keep the rubber side down
Thanks for the morning cup. If you're going to go that route for
protecting stuff from stray spray, try clean light weight grease. It
won't run off as easily, protect better, & will clean up with a good
degreaser.
Jinks ('86fxrs,'93fxrs-c)
#64
Remember, "No good deed goes unpunished"
.boB
> Inn Keeper, a round for all please.
>
> Just painted my engine and trans in the frame. Thought I would pass on some
> thoughts for those that interested in doing this, rather taking them out of the
> bike.
> I realize it is prefferable to take them out, but sometimes its not practical.
>
> Reason for the paint? Simple, the stock gray looks like shit. Since I'm not
> interested in and cannot afford a billet barge, I'm doing the custominzing
> myself. Yes, pics will be posted.
>
> Hmm, seems like I used up one round already. Inn keeper, another round for the
> house please.
>
> Now, back to the subject. I decided I needed a flat black motor and trans.
> However, I'm not a painter and don't have all the necessary equipment, so I
> went with 1200 degree engine paint in the good ole spray can.
>
> Now, to ensure I didn't paint anything I didn't want painted, I spent a good
> amount of time taping rocker covers and other large pieces. What this post is
> really about is the smaller pieces and the push rod covers (chrome came on the
> bike).
>
> I decided the best way to protect these things was engine oil. Goes on easy
> enough and wipes right off paint and all when you're done. Now, this doesn't
> mean it took care of everything. So there still was a fair amount of detail
> work to do to get the paint off the parts I didn't want painted.
>
> Since I build models I decided to try the paint thinner and modeling paint
> brush. Took some time, but it works well.
>
> Here's another round just for listening.
>
> Brian
> 88 FLST
> Keep the rubber side down
Good tip, thanks. I've also used vasoline for the same reason. It doesn't
run down if you over-apply. But it's harder to remove.
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.boB
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