Going to go the POR route for painting my engine. Should I buy the POR engine painting kit or just get the POR15 and engine enamel seperate? If I just buy the paint, what color POR (black or silver) is recommended for the Chevy Orange. I have read where the sponge type brush is good applying the POR, any thought? Also, how many coats would you recommended?

Thanks,
MM

The kit has a metal conditioner for better adhesion to CLEAN cast iron & metal, plus gloves, brusg, etc. Is the engine you're painting a fresh one, or a running one in the car?

Preparation is key to the outcome.

1 Clean & De-grease thoroughly (the hardest part of this project)
2 Metal prep
3 Wipe down with Wax & grease remover solvent
4 Paint

This will be a running (very clean though) GM crate engine that already has a black finish on the block, heads, etc...

MM

OK, forget the kit & metal prep as long as you are trusting the paint that's already been applied. Just wipe it down with lots of lacquer thinner, then a prep-sol cleaner that will remove all wax & GREASE (in your case). Use clean rags and don't cross contaminate. Remember, you're cleaning and removing, not spreading it around.;)

POR 15 engine paint self-levels and flows out as it dries and ends up looking like you dipped the engine in hot plastic. So you can use a $1 brush. In fact you'll need 3 or 4 of them. Buy a 2 inch, and a couple of 1 inchers and a couple of throw-away artist type brushes. It'll take at least 2 coats to cover the engine. Then there will be some touch-up on the edges of bolt heads for uniformity.

I did my engine and a few months later ended up having to rebuild it. The machine shop couldn't believe how tough that paint was. I was there when the heads and block came out of the hot wash tank. The paint was hardly phased by the hot wash tank that stripped other engine blocks and heads. I still put one coat on to freshen it up but the base coat was still tight to the metal base.

One last thing, the POR 15 orange may not be a true chevy orange. It's different from other "chevy orange" paints I have and have used. Maybe they were off and this is the actual Chevy Orange.

Good stuff. Very durable. The only one problem is that the orange is a little different than all others. So, everything needs to be done at once.

Anyone got any photos of an engine painted with POR Chevy orange?

Use acetone if you dont have their solvent. Thinners, etc will leave you with a bubbled finish, good luck getting that off. Brakeclean works in a pinch, too.

Just a thought... If you are concerned about the correct Chevy orange color, you could topcoat the POR with a spray can of your choice. But the trick is to do so while the POR is still tacky. Once dry, you would think your engine was powder coated, as the topcoat will be super durable! If you wait until the POR is dry, then the topcoat can and will scratch easily.

I am sure you will get many opinions on what is actually correct chevy orange... My vote is for Plasti-Kote 200 Chevrolet Orange...