This video will cover all the steps in painting your engine. Step 1 drain all fluids.
Painting The Engine
Painting an engine block. Painting an engine is not a casual diy projectit is one of the harder things for a gearhead to safely and cleanly do. Paint your engine during a rebuild or before a car show to give it a fresh look. When you are rebuilding an engine youll probably want to paint the engine block. Since the engine block is surrounded by ports valves and components that need to remain unpainted you have to tape and cover all of the little pieces sticking out of the engine. Fill the hopper on your media blaster with media. Attach your media blaster to your air compressor and turn on.
Using quality materials and doing the job right will yield excellent results. From there you can use our 2k ceramic engine paints to give the best durability. Start by removing the battery cables just to add some precaution to your. Attach media blaster and turn on compressor. One coat is usually sufficient to seal up a block but multiple coats can be used to help fill imperfections and smooth out the surface of the block for an ultra slick look. Use a soda media to clean paint from your engine.
It serves a few purposes including being clean and attractive in appearance protecting from corrosion and rust. Clean old loose paint from the engine surface step 1. These paints have the same quality paint and finish as out of a paint gun. Prior to starting this work its wise to have the engine looked at by a mechanic if youve been. Im using eastwood 2k ceramic engine paint and amercoat. Part 4 of 4.
Gallery of Painting An Engine Block
