Best black paint for air cooled cast iron cylinder / heads

[Ali]

What is anyone using with success?

I'd prefer a rattle can out of laziness, but I can get the gear out (or brush it on) if it comes in a tin.

Not a matt finish, something semi-gloss.

Any techniques I should know about, heat in oven before / after, that sort of thing?

Thanks for any tips.

 

[brightspark]

painted my norton barrels with smooth hamerite. looking good after years of use and is heat proof . i sand blasted before i painted it to give a good key

 

[Ali]

painted my norton barrels with smooth hamerite. looking good after years of use and is heat proof . i sand blasted before i painted it to give a good key

The VHT one

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[lchris21]

Im currently trialling some 2k aerosol mixed up by my local paint shop on my latest engine build, it seems quite robust during the build phase, fingers crossed it will hold up. I hope so it was £19/400ml Ive tried em all, PJ1, Eastwood, VHT, lots, and most recently Simoniz, which did not survive the build phase without marking or rubbing off. Trouble is with most of these high temp paints is the curing directions if find? The old PJ1 stuff used to be the best but they changed the formula a few years back, so now you cannot get it. The modern PJ1 stuff is shizzle. The paints I find are nigh on impossible to achieve true resistance unless you remove absolutely everything that wont melt above 120deg which includes most seals, and completely stripping the cases down and baking in an oven. Sometimes this is not practical. You can tear down a barrel and bake in an oven, and a head most times, but if you want a consistent finish and level of protection then the cases need to be done as well otherwise in my experience the paint cures to a slightly different shade.
My latest painted build...

 

[Robotstar5]

I use Granville cylinder black on my stationary engine silencers, looks nice and doesn't burn off.

 

[Ali]

Im currently trialling some 2k aerosol mixed up by my local paint shop on my latest engine build, it seems quite robust during the build phase, fingers crossed it will hold up. I hope so it was £19/400ml Ive tried em all, PJ1, Eastwood, VHT, lots, and most recently Simoniz, which did not survive the build phase without marking or rubbing off. Trouble is with most of these high temp paints is the curing directions if find? The old PJ1 stuff used to be the best but they changed the formula a few years back, so now you cannot get it. The modern PJ1 stuff is shizzle. The paints I find are nigh on impossible to achieve unless you remove absolutely everything that wont melt above 120deg which includes most seals, and completely stripping the cases down and baking in an oven. Sometimes this is not practical. You can tear down a barrel and bake in an oven, and a head most times, but if you want a consistent finish and level of protection then the cases need to be done as well otherwise in my experience the paint cures to a slightly different shade.
My latest painted build...
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That's pretty.

I've heard the PJ1 is not so bad.

I just want to paint the barrels black to hide the terrible castings, I don't really want to start fiddling with it too much

 

[Greeves246]

Had success with Barbecue paint from B&Q

 

[brightspark]

The VHT one

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Browse through our great range of paints product here. Discover the Hammerite products and add your perfect shade of paint for your home.

www.hammerite.co.uk

or just plain old Hammerite?

hamerite smooth . paint by hand or spray