Painting Head

[Rien]

Just wondering what will happen if I pain my head with some quality spray paint?
What should I do to prepare for spraying? I don't really need to spray it, I just want to know what I should do and if it's okay to do so

Cheers.

 

[Kingers]

a head will get extremly hot so unless your using paint that will withstand the heat forget about it

Engine Enamel & High Heat

something along the lines of this would be the go and i think it is about 20 ~ 30 at bunnings

not sure bout the prep work i would say remove the old paint and the clean it good and the apply the above stuff acording to the directions

 

[liljohn_92]

get sum ct 18 and clean it with that then spray it with high temp paint

 

[Cactus Jack]

It's better to leave heads bare alloy for better cooling ... You can clean up alloy parts and get a good plain cast finish by scrubbing with wet Jiff cream and a scrubbing brush ...

 

[unit_mx]

It's better to leave heads bare alloy for better cooling ... You can clean up alloy parts and get a good plain cast finish by scrubbing with wet Jiff cream and a scrubbing brush ...

+1

Get a little wire scrubbing brush ( $2) , some scotchbrite pads ( $2) , some 600 grit sand paper ( $5) and some briteshine cotton polish ($10) and get into it and you'll have a trick looking semi polished head in no time!

Highly reccomend Briteshine cotton polish and sctochbrite pads , I love this stuff. It can make any sad old engine new again!

 

[Rien]

Yeh.
My head's looking pretty sad.
Cheers for the info.
I also read somewhere else that if you spray it, you spray it in really thin coats becuase it cant heat properly, so thats what you guys are saying.
I think i'll take your Cactus Jack and unit_mx

Cheers

 

[Cactus Jack]

The bare alloy look is the "In" thing dude ...