Mark Burns
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I'm about ready to assemble my 0-360-A1D and I'm having trouble deciding on a paint color. Any suggestions? Photos?
Thanks,
Mark
Thanks,
Mark
Mark Burns said:I'm about ready to assemble my 0-360-A1D and I'm having trouble deciding on a paint color. Any suggestions? Photos?
Thanks,
Mark
Mark Burns said:I'm about ready to assemble my 0-360-A1D and I'm having trouble deciding on a paint color. Any suggestions? Photos?
Thanks,
Mark
Bob Brown said:Paint it a light color so you can easily see oil weeps and cracks in castings. Also, with the cowl on, when you shine your little flashlight in there, the light won't be eaten by the dark colors...it'll bounce around a little. JMHO
Mark Burns said:.....won't be pink however.
hydroguy2 said:Darn good Easter color plus you are building a NoseRoller.
just kidding as I duck & run for cover
Harvey said:If you want to impress most people, paint and chrome away.
If you want to impress those that know, then keep away from polishing your engine. That is the worst in terms of heat transfer.
A natural alloy finish is good, but a THIN coat of a dark color , preferably black will enhance the engine's ability to transfer heat to the passing air.
This was proven back in the 1930's
Martin in Oz
Captain Avgas said:The reason white has the same emissivity as black on engines is because most of the heat emitted by an engine is in the invisible infrared portion of the spectrum....and ANY colour that uses non-metallic pigments IS black in the infrared spectrum (including white).
airguy said:Low temperature latex and oil-base paints are, yes - but most high-temperature epoxy-style paints like would be commonly used for engine paint are made exclusively with organic pigments.
szicree said:I have frequently been told by what I thought to be reliable sources that there are no organic white pigments. Can you give me an example of one? I've got a can of white epoxy primer in front of me that contains titanium dioxide.
Captain Avgas said:We're getting way off track here...however.
The white pigment titanium dioxide (TiO2) is not a metal....it's a white powder.
They suggest you bake the paint on. I guess with some modern epoxies may be this is not needed? A rattle can is probably not ideal?
Mark Burns said:I said I would post a photo of my engine once I had it painted.
I painted the first pieces last night. It's hard to tell what color I chose
More later!
az_gila said:Mark... are the holes for the Accessory Case mounting bolts meant to be painted or masked?
gil in Tucson
Mark Burns said:Gil and Allen,
I agree with both of you. You can see that I did mask off the ones on the sump, but not the accessory case. I got lazy and tried to convince myself it wouldn't matter on these "low torque" bolts. It's a lot of trouble cutting those little circles out of masking tape!
Ok, I'll get the paint cleaned off of those areas and do better from now on. Thanks for pushing me to do it right.
Mark
szicree said:Yes we are, but how can it contain the metallic element titanium and not be metal?? Because it's white? I am so confused now.
mark manda said:
They have been painting FAST engines red for a long time. NOW, really fast engines are Ferrari Yellow!
Pink!!!!! You asked!