Brush paint or spray paint??

[cazxr2]

hi I'm looking for advice weather to brush paint my engine after I've glued it together or to spray paint the parts then flue them together?

Thanks Craig

[davyou5]

hi I'm looking for advice weather to brush paint my engine after I've glued it together or to spray paint the parts then flue them together?

Thanks Craig

Experiment, Me I like to brush paint the engine because of it's size, but then again there have been a couple of instances were I have Sprayed the engine. To me ether way, it will look good. I hope this helps.

Edited December 5, 2010 by davyou5

[crazyjim]

I always brush paint my engines and the transmission gets the same color as the engine. I usually do the front & rear suspensions in the same color as the engine - which usually tied into the interior color.

[cazxr2]

I always brush paint my engines and the transmission gets the same color as the engine. I usually do the front & rear suspensions in the same color as the engine - which usually tied into the interior color.

So do u build them first then paint them up?

[Aaronw]

Unless it is a color I only have in a spraycan (like Detroit Diesel Alpine Green) I will usually brush paint an engine. I'll paint it as I go, so I may assemble the main block then paint that, then add the heads, and other components but what I assemble before painting depends a lot on the individual engine. A stock Ford flat head I'd probably put the heads on before I painted since they are the same color as the block. On an engine with chrome heads I'd probably add them after I painted the block.

The same goes for most parts of a kit, I look at it and decide if it will be easier to paint before or after I attach a part. It is not the same from kit to kit.

[Nick Winter]

I usually assemble all the part that are to be theengine color then paint it, sometimes prime and spray it but most of the time I prime and brush it.

This one I sprayed with primer then brushed.

Edited December 5, 2010 by Nick Winter

[crazyjim]

Block & heads are glued together and then I drill the spark plug holes before brush painting.

[cazxr2]

So brush paint seems the way to go. Thanks

[Jared Roach]

I always glue the parts together that are the same color, and spray my engine, why? Because I find it covers better, and goes on alot smoother, and overall to me looks alot nicer and cleaner. Maybe it's just me, but I like spraying my engine better.

[sjordan2]

Brush or spray, I would always paint the separate parts individually before assembling to look more like the real thing. For example, my Mercedes SS needs an aluminum engine block, which will look more real when sprayed by itself. The cylinder head needs to be low-gloss red. The valve cover needs to be shiny aluminum. It's hard to do all that and stay within the lines to look realistic.

The key to a realistic-looking engine is to use as many different colors and different finishes as the 1:1 version. The more variation, the more realistic it looks.

Edited December 5, 2010 by sjordan2

[diymirage]

i almost always brush mine (also because of the size)

all the parts that need to be the same colour get glued and cleaned up, then painted as a whole

(engine halves and sometimes heads)

then the intake mani is usual aluminum so that gets painted on its own before it gets gleud on