Engine bay Paint

So i am taking the engine out to sort a fuel leak and plan on giving the engine bay a quick spruce up.


My van is not a show van, its for camping so not really into having it all shiny just to cover up a few bits of surface rust and to be better than the black sticky stuff that's there.


So what should i use and any tips

 

Dont use hammerite dude it chips really easily and isnt the best of paints


Wilkinsons do there own brand aerosol enamels for avout £5 for a decent sized can and its good stuff for the money

Id go for white as it hides more faults and will help you too see in the engine bay better when doing maintinance
Dont forget to etch prime any bare metal areas dude

 

Go get a tin of rustoluem mate cheap and when it's thinned down it can easily be rolled on I did mine this way it just take longer to dry than most paints

 

my engine bay was also done with rustoleum

 

rustoleum

 

Just ordered a couple of litres for mine

 

I've started mine using a POR15 base which has been a nightmare and needed about 12hours of flatting before using a bit of etch to cover uncovered metal...

I'm only half way through, but this is to be followed with high build primer, proper paint, colour flatting and polish... not a show bus, but a useful inconspicuous area to practice painting!!

I brushed the POR15 and it settled a bit, pooled in places and so on. I guess the same may happen with Rustoleum, even rolled, so I suppose it depends on the finish you're looking for

 

All I did Was sand the bay down and paint over any bare metal with etch primer then use rustoluem . 1 coat of that then flatted back areas with runs or muck in the paint etc and gave it another coat .
Plus most of that was done with a brush and it was strait out of the tin

 

rustoluem seen this in b&q in a spray can

 

Treat the metal like you would for a sill or door with suitable primers and make it shine and don't paint it black. Engine bays never look good black.

 

POR15

 

you can also use 2k air dry , doesnt have to be activated just brushed rolled or sprayed on owen nw

 

You wont go far wrong with rustoleum matty dude

 

I love epoxy mastic

.......but the engine bay will look nicer in body colour - either celly, 2K, rustoleum etc

 

Must say I've painted my front beam with 2k black strait out the tin with no hardener and it worked a treat not very smooth compared to the rustoluem