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fan shroud paint

Post by Oregon72 » Sun Aug 16, 2009 10:39 pm

What have ya'll used for paint on your fan shrouds - Its such a visible part of the engine, and I've spent so much time scrubbing, I want to make sure it looks good - I purchased some Rustoleum Hammered Silver, but I'm just not sure if I should go with some type of shiny aluminum paint. Show pics if you got em'.
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Post by Westy78 » Sun Aug 16, 2009 10:50 pm

How much do you want to spend? You can have all of your tin, fan and shroud powder coated for about $150.

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Post by Bookwus » Mon Aug 17, 2009 1:36 am

Hiya Troy,

I went with a couple of coats of Krylon primer and followed that with a couple of coats of Krylon Satin Black on my tin. Looks just like the factory finish. And it appears to be wearing just great.

But I dunno what you Type 4 guys would use for that aluminum fan shroud. Polish it a bit and clear coat it?

By the way, that powdercoating looks absolutely great Jasan!
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Post by Bleyseng » Mon Aug 17, 2009 5:06 am

Bookwus wrote:Hiya Troy,

I went with a couple of coats of Krylon primer and followed that with a couple of coats of Krylon Satin Black on my tin. Looks just like the factory finish. And it appears to be wearing just great.

But I dunno what you Type 4 guys would use for that aluminum fan shroud. Polish it a bit and clear coat it?

By the way, that powdercoating looks absolutely great Jasan!
Tried the clear coat and powdercoating it works the best!
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Post by hambone » Tue Aug 18, 2009 8:18 am

Rustoleum for me.
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Post by Sluggo » Tue Aug 18, 2009 9:51 am

Por 15 Metal Mask is what I'll be using. Supposed to look like bare metal. We'll see.
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Post by Ritter » Tue Aug 18, 2009 10:10 am

hambone wrote:Rustoleum for me.
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Post by LiveonJG » Tue Aug 18, 2009 10:26 am

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Post by Gypsie » Tue Aug 18, 2009 2:18 pm

LiveonJG wrote:Sandblasted then wire wheeled.

Otherwise, au naturale, just how I like it.

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Post by metric Cwrench » Thu Aug 20, 2009 9:27 am

nice photos, and better looking housings and tin. i've already spent a while cleaning the grime out of mine, still got to prep for painting (dremel should do nicely).

question: is there supposed to be a small hole (drain?) at the base of the fan housing, just to one side of the seam? i hope so, as mine has said hole. it would seem to be a not-so-bad idea to have one there, anyway.

here's what i've got so far:
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Post by Bleyseng » Thu Aug 20, 2009 1:27 pm

yep, there is a hole for the oil to drip out of....

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Post by Gypsie » Thu Aug 20, 2009 11:17 pm

thas one o' them thar powdercoat jobbies, id'nit...Very nice.

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Re: fan shroud paint

Post by Oregon72 » Fri Aug 28, 2009 10:13 am

Oregon72 wrote:What have ya'll used for paint on your fan shrouds - Its such a visible part of the engine, and I've spent so much time scrubbing, I want to make sure it looks good - I purchased some Rustoleum Hammered Silver, but I'm just not sure if I should go with some type of shiny aluminum paint. Show pics if you got em'.
Here is the what Rustoleum Profession Primer with rattlecan Rustoleum Hammered Silver looks like.

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Major improvement from what it looked like before.

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Post by Ritter » Fri Aug 28, 2009 10:46 am

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Post by dtrumbo » Fri Aug 28, 2009 5:30 pm

Nice job, Troy! I'll keep that hammered Rustoleum in mind for if/when I need to do mine. I like how that looks!
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