I know I have seen this covered before but could not find the post. Has anyone used the POR15 engine enamels? How'd they do? I will be doing some motor work soon and while things are out I want to give the motor a fresh look. I would like to brush on if possible since spraying is a hard thing to do around here without getting paint on something else. Any tips on how far down I should strip the old paint off and other considerations before using.

Besides doing a fantastic job on his car, 70_Chevelle also used the POR paint on his new 502 and a couple of other spots. You can see it here (http://www.1970chevelle.net/html/engine.html) on his web page. Have no experience with their engine paint myself but have seen 3 engines done with it and all of them looked great. I plan on using it when I rebuild this summer.

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'70 SS 396
4spd, 4.10's and a smile
TC# 1341
Beaux

Everytime I think about where I want to be I realize its never where I am.

I just finished up and fired up my motor. I used the POR orange enamel on my block and other parts. It came out really nice but it required several coats of paint. I used the black POR-15 on it first and then brushed the orange on. The more coats i put on the deeper the color. If you want any pics just email me. blaster@ao.net Note: I also used the POR-20 on my headers and it peeled in places. I followed the steps to a t! Ieven had them proffesionally sandblasted and never even touched them with my hands due to pssible oil contaimination.At this point , its only the top coat in a few places so hopefully it will be ok. The color really does look good though.

NEver again will I use paint on headers. Ceramic coating is the way to go. POR works great on everything from rusty door guts to engine frames,to motors, just don't get it on your hands http://www.chevelles.com/forum/wink.gif

I'm in the middle of doing my new 502 in the POR-15 Chevy Orange. Since I don't live far from the POR-15 HQ, I've gotten to know some of them and stop in for my supplies.
Their suggestions when I went for the engine paint -
(In my case) degloss the GM enamel by using Scotchbrite pads on the block (took about an hour); Then use Marine Clean (Iused brake cleaner which I found worked just as well) to get any dust,oil or grease off of it; Then paint with several light coats (to avoid runs)letting them dry between applications.
I am finding that the paint is fairly thick so I have been thinning it slightly with their POR Solvent which is making it much easier to apply.

I brush mine on over black and turned out great, too several coats but was worth the effort.
Check this link or in my signature. http://chevl71.homestead.com/files/engine.jpg


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Doug, Chevl71
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doug that looks great and you say you used por15 chevy orange color

I used it on my 396. It can out pretty good, with no problems. The only problem I encountered was that the color is different. I used the chevy orange and I did not do my timing chain cover with it. I sprayed that with spray paint and the difference is obvious. My advise is that you do everything with POR.