Automotive paints with high heat
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Hello guy, just got a quick question.
How hot of a temperature can automotive 2k paints withstand?(Sikkens is what im using if that matter)
The reason i’m asking is I want to paint some engine components under the hood but I am not sure how much heat paint can withstand.
I also don’t really want to use high heat spraybomb because they dont look or flow as good as good 2k paints.
Thanks!
Ask your rep.
I have used 2k on engine blocks quite abit and it does hold up pretty well. Eventually it seemed to flake around the spark plug area of the head. It has always been 1 coat of etch primer and a single stage gloss never used base clear on one.
I have had great luck with single stage enamels on engine blocks and pieces. But have also herd people having luck with solvent base clear. I got a feeling water wouldn’t work
[img]http://dna-paints.com.au/specialpaints/candycolorz/images/gallery-img1lg.jpg[/img]
I painted this Brembo alloy brake caliper (along with the other 3) back in December 2009. The calipers were fitted to my 500hp WRX STi that was driven HARD every day so the calipers got plenty hot, although it didn’t go to the race track with these particular calipers. What I can tell you is that they looked as good as the day I painted them when I sold the car back in late 2012, and having just seen the car a few weeks ago, they look no different today.
The process was:
Full cleaning and sanding 240grit dry
2 x coats of PPG D831 Universel Etch Primer
2 coats of PPG D839 ‘Prima’ wet on wet primer (W.O.W.)
3-4 coats of Deltron GRS D953 Coarse Lenticular Aluminium basecoat
4 light coats of DNA paints orange candy
2 x coats of PPG D8020 HS clear
Oven bake 30 mins at 65 deg C and let sit for 2-3 days
Sanded back with 500 grit dry
Logo masked off and STI sprayed on with 4 light coats of PPG Deltron GRS basecoat
3 x coats of PPG D8020 HS clear
Oven bake 30 mins at 65 deg C
Install and enjoy!So, even with all those coats, they still handled perfectly. I’ve done many other calipers (albeit with stickers for the lettering) and I have never had a customer return one because of paint/coating failure.
[quote=”Paintwerks” post=34913][img]http://dna-paints.com.au/specialpaints/candycolorz/images/gallery-img1lg.jpg[/img]
I painted this Brembo alloy brake caliper (along with the other 3) back in December 2009. The calipers were fitted to my 500hp WRX STi that was driven HARD every day so the calipers got plenty hot, although it didn’t go to the race track with these particular calipers. What I can tell you is that they looked as good as the day I painted them when I sold the car back in late 2012, and having just seen the car a few weeks ago, they look no different today.
The process was:
Full cleaning and sanding 240grit dry
2 x coats of PPG D831 Universel Etch Primer
2 coats of PPG D839 ‘Prima’ wet on wet primer (W.O.W.)
3-4 coats of Deltron GRS D953 Coarse Lenticular Aluminium basecoat
4 light coats of DNA paints orange candy
2 x coats of PPG D8020 HS clear
Oven bake 30 mins at 65 deg C and let sit for 2-3 days
Sanded back with 500 grit dry
Logo masked off and STI sprayed on with 4 light coats of PPG Deltron GRS basecoat
3 x coats of PPG D8020 HS clear
Oven bake 30 mins at 65 deg C
Install and enjoy!So, even with all those coats, they still handled perfectly. I’ve done many other calipers (albeit with stickers for the lettering) and I have never had a customer return one because of paint/coating failure.[/quote]
Nice! :cheers Thats some work you put into a set of calipers end result looks class thou :rock :clappy
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