Michael wrote: I have se questions about your paint choice.
1 Have you used this before?
2 How does it hold up to coolant?
3 Did you use the recommended hardner?
4 Did you go down to bare metal?
5 If not what prep did you do?
6 Cost of the paint and amount used
Thank you
1) Never used this type of paint before. But based on research and recommendation I chose to try it.
2) Not sure, but seems like it will be fine.
3) No hardener (Air dry and is rock hard after a couple days, but could add a hardener)
4) Bare metal where I could which was most of it (This paint is a direct to metal product. does fine on old paint also as long as it is clean and not loose)
5) Cleaned with simple green, then acetone, then sanded, then acetone, then paint. (Not been able to chip it with finger nails and no chips when I dropped a hammer on it. Grease and oil wipe right of with no issue.)
6) $80/gal and I purchased (2) gallon. Wasted 1/2 of first gallon as I did not use if fast enough and the lid was cracked. If everything was prepped then 2-3 gals would do the whole machine easy.
I applied with a brush and a fine roller. I will probably spray the enclosure, but then again may just roll it as the paint levels great.
