I've been using some of these on some engine parts, thought i'd throw up a review.
For starters a little background....i can't paint a car but i can throw down with a spray can like a champ and i've used pretty much every brand on the market, so you can take my review to heart
Anyways, first impression is that it sprays nice and smooth, no sputtering or clogging that you get with cheap paint, and it lays down pretty nice. I did notice that coverage isn't so great and even though the cans are a good size, one can doesn't cover much area. I just did some valve covers and it took 1 1/2 cans, which typically only takes about one whole can.
The big hype with this paint is that it's supposed to be serious as far as holding up to heat...you're supposed to be able to really paint your headers and they hold up. Now, i don't know about that but as far as valve covers and stuff like that, it seems adequate. I did bake them in the oven and followed the directions on the can....one thing to note is that if you use your home oven, make sure the windows are open because it stinks a bit, and make sure your oven is CLEAN because the final heat phase is 600 degrees...most ovens only go to 550, but that's hot enough to turn any food in your oven to ash, which will float up and settle in your paint..which is what happened to me. I wouldn't worry too much about it hurting your food either...i've baked a bunch of paints in my oven and never have had any lingering smells or anything like that.
As for how well it holds up, i did my snorkel breather a couple months go. I didn't get to bake that because 1) it wouldn't fit in the oven, and 2) it has a plasic piece rivetted on that i didn't want to melt. However, it's holding up awesome so far...no pealing or anything like that. I typically use some kind of primer, but on these valve covers i just sprayed it on bare (they had been bead blasted and had a very fine texture which i think will give good enough adhesion).
It comes in a bunch of colors, but all i've found is flat black, silver, red and clear at Meijer in Eastgate, but i'm pretty sure the parts stores carry it to. So overall i'd say it's a solid 8 out of 10 as far as spray paints go. It seems to be pretty tough and it spray nice, but for $8.50 a can it should give better coverage than it does so that keeps it from getting a better rating. It does seem to be better than the Dupli Color high heat paints so that's a good thing.
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Originally Posted by Blackballed
