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Just finished rebuilding my cylinder head and want to paint it to make it
look nice as l dont like the rust look (cast iron head)

My question is as cylinder heads get quite hot im thinking there must be
a special paint, has anybody any idea ?

Hi Tryanything,

Would this be any use? The engine enamel.

Paint

Or this make?

Hycote

Thanks Louise looks like thats the jobby

Maybe the red me thinks

Have a look on the frosts website.

Perhaps something like a heat proof enamel, like caliper/drum pait if you want a fancy colour.


http://www.frost.co.uk/productList.asp? ... t=Painting

Cheers Hitch

TA I have used Simoniz Sperex in the past (in my days of GT Cortina's) with excellent results. As far as I know it withstands the highest temperature.

Peter C

all high temp paints will do the trick or you could powder coat?

if the block justifies it you could polish it with some autosol? lots of hard work and elbow grease required but you can get a near mirror finish on it.

OooW it dont arf look pretty

And like the silly fool that l am (yes) l had to go further so l polished the
camshaft cover, what a slog that was, looks nice though

Yes Raf the block would look nice polished but no thanks

What colour did you end up painting it then?

Nice bright red

I'm not a petrol head but that is lovvvely!! Good job!

What kind of vehicle is it from?

Ford 1.8 diesel isnt it?

not even a turbo?

Its from my escort van that the cambelt went on last year

Looks good now but will look poop when it goes back iunder the bonnet

Are you going to steam clean what's left under the bonnet, so it all looks pristine?