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painting tin ware
bigbruvabob - December 29th, 2003 at 10:50 AM

Can some body tell me if its ok to paint your tin ware with high temp paint ie body tech or vht, in particular the tin surrounding the cylinders and heads. the body tech paint is rated to 260c but im not sure if painting the outside of the tin will effect the cooling . They look pretty ratty at the moment and want to freshen them up before installing new motor. they obviously come painted black but not sure if it is a heat proof paint or not. i think it prob is in order to stand temp but dont want to do anything that will inhibit cooling. cheers david:tree

baybuscamperkid - December 29th, 2003 at 10:53 AM

an extra coat of paint will add a little to insulation of tinware, so may even improve cooling?

Baja Wes - December 29th, 2003 at 10:54 AM

Paint it any colour you want, or even chrome plate it, it will not do anything to the cooling (unless your temp guage reads decimal places of degrees).

A decent normal paint will work fine, and so will heat proof paint. I found killrust worked fairly well for me and didn't flake or fade. The heat proof stuff always seemed to fade after a couple or years.

bigbruvabob - December 29th, 2003 at 10:58 AM

cheers guys chevy orange for me, match the tin ware to the big new fat racing stripe down the middle of my bug, that is if the paint shop ever finishes it.

vw54 - December 29th, 2003 at 11:11 AM

My tinware is colour match to the car which is Orange, no problems with it at all.

cray - December 29th, 2003 at 03:37 PM

:cool::thumb

http://www.crayonline.com/beetle/engine01.jpg

robnjo - December 29th, 2003 at 03:58 PM

that looks good cray:thumb:thumb

cray - December 29th, 2003 at 04:11 PM

cheers mate :)

manxed69 - December 29th, 2003 at 05:52 PM

Beware, some high temp paints need to be subjected to heat to cure. Some of the tin ware may not get hot enough on its own.

:alien

vw54 - December 29th, 2003 at 08:44 PM

If your timware is getting hot and burnt then theres something wrong with your engine.

Astro Boy - December 29th, 2003 at 09:18 PM

dont make the same mistake that i did. prepare your surface or you will go to all that trouble and it will peel. i.e. it is usuall covered in oil and will need to really get it all off.

70AutoStik - January 6th, 2004 at 01:07 AM

To summarise: Paint it any colour you like, use a decent paint. Some paints may deteriorate over time due to temps over 100C (and up to 200C at some points,) but any good paint should cope. Paints designed for exhaust systems generally won't cure at normal operating temps (including the muffler on on many systems - beware.)

blompod - January 6th, 2004 at 11:02 PM

My Tin ware is Yellow, powder coated