As part of my bare metal respray project, I'm also painting the engine (and
everything else under the bonnet). After applying two coats of POR-15
(topcoat to follow - either gloss or satin, haven't decided), I mentioned
this to a friend. He suggested that TR engines are even more likely to
overheat if they have too thick a coat of paint. I assured him that the POR
folks specifically market POR-15 as an engine coating.
Still, when I got home from work, I pulled out the POR manual and sure
enough, their engine painting kit says to apply ONE coat of POR-15 as a
primer, followed by a topcoat of their engine paint. While I assume that it
would make little difference whether I used their engine paint or one of
their other topcoat products, bottom line is, I now already HAVE two coats
and am about to add a third.
Do any of you fine folks have any experience with this stuff? Should I try
to sand/grind/wire brush some of this off of the block before a topcoat?
Should I take it ALL off and start all over? Or am I making too big a deal
over nothing? These things run warm enough anyway - don't want to add to the
problem.
I'd appreciate feedback from anyone who's BTDT. THANKS!!
Michael Ferguson
1959 TR3A TS53990L...O
Apparently, anything worth doing is worth doing twice!
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