I bought some Summit brand single stage paint, a quart of Forest Moss Green, hardner, and reducer. I painted a motor I'm building for a Buddy. I primed the motor with an etching primer in a spray can from the parts store a few days ago. The paint covered great, has a lot of metallic, flowed out nice. This is single stage, so no clear. This is how it came out of the gun. It looks really good in the sun. They have a nice selection of colors. They have a two stage paint too.
I have been using their paint products (mostly primers/sealers) work well, half price of local paint suppliers and free shipping!
Mikey like! That's a nice green. I used Summit single stage on Ol' Furd for the reason dak rat says. Half the cost, free shipping. Some of their paint can't be shipped to California though. Mostly sealers and some primers. The California legal stuff just costs more. I just used a couple of their stock colors to keep cost low and make touch ups easier. Good thing too. Ol' Furd got smacked in the right rear quarter a couple months back. The insurance payout more than covered what it cost me to fix it, PLUS what it cost me to do the entire paint job. It ain't gonna win no "best paint" awards. But for a daily driven truck, it's just fine!
Looks real good , nice heavy metalic Single stage rules ! https://www.summitracing.com/search/part-type/paint/product-line/summit-racing-single-stage-paints .
Excuse my ignorance here… paint for body panels can be used on motors as well with no issues with heat?
Can’t show it here but my sons dirt super stock (poor man’s late model) has a Chevron Blue aluminum sheet metal sides and all the rest painted with Summit single stage blue that’s a real close match. I wouldn’t have a problem shooting, color sanding, and polishing their paint one bit.
Engines don't get that hot. A black car sitting in the sun will get so hot you can't touch it. The engine in my off topic truck is off the shelf spray cans from Lowes. The first motor for that truck was painted 10 years ago, and still looked good when I pulled it to replace it. We would use candies and pearls on motors with no problems. Engine enamel isn't heat paint, just regular paint labeled as engine paint.
Two part catalyzed automotive paint is quite durable and stands up well to engine heat. For that reason, it's preferred.
Very good finish for single stage metalic. Back in the day if we'd have gotten such quality from single stage we'd be over the moon, we only used it if the customer was an originality greak. But a lot has changed in 30 years, I suppose with modern chemistry a lot more is achievable... Wish I were in the US, I'd have used them too.
As correctly stated here, automotive paint holds up great to the temperature an engine gets. I vaguely remember reading the Technical Data Sheets for the HOK I sprayed on my engine and it was good to like 300+ degrees. And the beauty of a real paint is it just cleans up easy when the engine gets a little dirty. This green here looks great, especially for a single stage. I love the color and it looks like it will hold up real well.
Chrome parts are arriving today and tomorrow. Then put it on the engine run stand and fire it up. Should be a healthy small block. Unfortunately it not going in a HAMB friendly vehicle.
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