very impressed with vht caliper paint on engines

I have painted 2 motors now with vht caliper paint its good for 900 degrees. It sprays on really nice. I just finished the heads jugs and l/s cover on my rd. After i painted the side cover i baked it with a hair dryer. I have been doing some reading at other forums people were saying to even make it more chemical resistant give it a coat of wax. I did not think it had enough gloss for me so i waxed it several times each time it got more shiny till i got the right amount of shine. I did not sand it or anything it looks like black chrome (sorry about the pic it was under shop lights last night) the pics do it no justice here are before and after pics

 

NICE job! Looks good!!!

skillet

 

Look's nice Cutlass. On another note, have you seen the powder coat paint and paint guns that JCWhitney's selling? The gun system is 99.00 and the paint varies from 8.00 to 20.00. After painting, you just put the parts in your oven at home( as long as the wife isn't home). :lol:

 

good job cutlass, ive been painting bits and pieces on my RD with caliper paint as well,once i cook it at 200c in the oven its a good looking durable finish,

 

I have thought about powder coating but you can't bake it in your household oven Well you can but never cook in it again. The fumes are also really bad. I have a spare oven but your parts need to hang up to do it right. And the oven has to be exact temp or it will not come out good. I did homework on it when i was thinking of polishing aluminum to make extra bucks i thought about it. The oven if your going to do any sizeable parts would be big bucks .
Thanks for the comments guys i just wish i could take the bike outside and take a pic it really looks like black chrome. I will take pics soon when it comes off the lift. Still have to install the jets intake crossover and clean and polish the front forks and everything on the whole front end plus install the chambers.

 

I've used it on calipers, rotors and my rear hub. It's holding up reasonably well, although I have had a couple of chips right back to bare metal on the rotor and rear axle spacer from taking a rock or other road debris. Of course it's much easier to fix than powder coating would be.

I've had really good luck with Duplicolor "high-heat" (NOT VHT) Engine Enamel. I've used both gloss and "low-gloss" black as well as gloss red on valve covers and it's tough as nails once completely cured.

One note:

I discovered that if you poke around a bit you might find an industrial powder-coater who also takes in piecework; their prices are often MUCH lower than the garage industry powder-coater guys. I've paid as little as $9 to get parts done that I had been quoted $30 on elsewhere.

RD's looking good, cutlass...

 

You nailed it Fitz, the 'chip factor'

 

Not only a great job but great timing for me as well.

I just scored an '83 GL1100 and was debating which way
to go on the motor and frame.

I'm getting a can of the vht caliper and the duplicolor
that bigifitz mentioned and compare the two.

I shot the wheels with the duplicolor matt black engine paint
about 1 1/2 years ago with pretty good results.

 

Not only a great job but great timing for me as well.

I just scored an '83 GL1100 and was debating which way
to go on the motor and frame.

I'm getting a can of the vht caliper and the duplicolor
that bigifitz mentioned and compare the two.

I shot the wheels with the duplicolor matt black engine paint
about 1 1/2 years ago with pretty good results.

 

The key to the Duplicolor engine enamel is thin, wet coats, carefully following the 'time between coats' recommendation on the can. The other important factor (for any and all painted parts) is fully curing before handling.

Tip for testing whether paint has fully cured yet: Your nose. Jam your nose right on the part and have a whiff. If there is a faint smell of paint, it's still "outgassing" and not fully cured. Once fully cured, it won't smell. Depending on the part, how heavily the paint was applied, the relative humidity when painted, the alignment of the planets and the position of the tide, it can take sometimes as as long as 3~4 weeks for painted parts to fully cure. Oven baking helps, but if it still smells like paint, it ain't hard yet.