Glyptal Engine Paint

[pjtoledo]

google glyptal for its initial industrial uses. widely used in industrial electrical apparatus.

 

[Dirtman]

The glyptal stuff is more of a rubber dip than an actual paint. It dries into a super tough rubber, be pretty hard to get that stuff to chip or peel. When I painted with it, it was a pain to clean up the spots were it accidentally got onto sealing surfaces cause a razor blade could barely cut through the stuff.

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

Tons of good info on this stuff so far, thank you guys. Still not sure what I'm going to do. Curious if I should at least do the surfaces around the valve train to promote drain back. I've noticed a lot of pooling in the top ends of these.

 

[1990RangerinSK]

Wouldn't painting a 2.9 be like putting lipstick on a pig?

 

[Snoranger]

Wouldn't painting a 2.9 be like putting lipstick on a pig?

HOW DARE YOU!! You do not EVER compare a 2.9L to a pig.
Pigs give us bacon and ham...
A 2.9l just gives us slow acceleration and underwhelming performance.

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

A machine shop has possibly irreversibly ****ed up my build. I'm trying to salvage what I can.

 

[sgtsandman]

Never heard of it until now. There is just something about applying a coating on a used engine, no matter how clean.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

A machine shop has possibly irreversibly ****ed up my build. I'm trying to salvage what I can.

That sucks.

 

[Dirtman]

I want to paint my engine blue and white, these usually requires high heat enamels and they work great. I was hoping however to prevent it from ever picking up road grease, or at least that it could be easily wiped off. I've heard of glyptal, but that only comes in red. Are there other paints that have this property?

It's for the inside of the engine not the outside...

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

Glyptal - inside

Motor coater - outside

This is motor coater:

 

[sheep herder]

Glyptal - inside

Motor coater - outside

This is motor coater:

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Why is it yellow? Have you been peeing on that one too?

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

Why is it yellow? Have you been peeing on that one too?

Traditional color for performance built Cologne engines.

 

[Dirtman]

Is that so it disguises the fire?

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

Is that so it disguises the fire?

Easy to diagnose leaks.

 

[PetroleumJunkie412]

@Jim Oaks middle finger reaction button.... please....