Painting Heat Shields

[prosman]

hey all, ive currently got both the turbo and exhaust manifold heat shields off of my rb20 and i thought i might as well paint them as they're definitely looking worse for wear. obviously id need to get very heat resistant paint but im curious on how i'd go about doing it. would i need to sand and/or prime the metal before painting? probably gonna go for a matte grey or silver look, adding a bit of bling to my engine bay

also, would the rocker covers require special heat resistant paint or are most paints fine for those temperatures?

cheers all!

prosman

[blinko]

hey all, ive currently got both the turbo and exhaust manifold heat shields off of my rb20 and i thought i might as well paint them as they're definitely looking worse for wear. obviously id need to get very heat resistant paint but im curious on how i'd go about doing it. would i need to sand and/or prime the metal before painting? probably gonna go for a matte grey or silver look, adding a bit of bling to my engine bay

also, would the rocker covers require special heat resistant paint or are most paints fine for those temperatures?

cheers all!

prosman

your best off going heat proof paint on any part of the engine bay.. u dont have to prime the metal but if u do then u wil need less coats to get the final colour u want.

[frogman]

Yeah, prep is the most important part, you should always rub something before you paint it, no matter what it is.

A green scotchbrite pad will do the job.

Then clean with a wax&grease remover (or just some metho will do ok). Wipe it on with 1 rag & off with another.

If they are bare metal, you will need to prime them. I havn't looked in the spray can section for a while, but if you can get a heat proof epoxy etch primer, use that, if not, then just normal epoxy etch. You will only need a thin coat of this, the thicker it is the easier it will chip off, so don't go overboard. Wait for it to tack then go the colour.

Heat proof enamel will be fine. Do a few thin even coats, wait till it has tacked off between coats, don't try to paint it in 1 go! Enamel over spray can travel a bit, so spray out in the backyard away from stuff, & they dont like being sprayed when its too humid or cold, so wait for a nice sunny day.

With spray cans, try to stick with the same brand for everything, that way you won't have any problems with different types of paint reacting with each other.

Normal spray cans should be ok for ya rockers, but if you want them to be the same colour as the shields just use the same can. If you want a gloss finish on them, its a good idea to use a couple coats of clear too.

Edited March 1, 2007 by frogman

[WazR32GTSt]

use a high-temp paint

most of them don't need a primer (read the side of the can), and surely ifyou used a primer it would have to be a special high-temp primer anyway? makign it twice as expensive

just clean it properly first

i'd suggest going black on heat shields, so that even if the paint does begin to discolour you won't even notice! i paintedmy turbo heat shield red once with high temp paint and half of it turned black (burnt i assume), then i rubbed it back and painted it black before i sold it off

[prosman]

cheers for the responses guys, ill prob give it a go with some VHT high temp paint this weekend

[steveo_r33]

Dupli-color Metal CAST FTW

[/2on]

can u show us some pics once its all done i wanna see how much better it looks over standard

thanks