[Shotimes] duplicolor spray painting the car

Donald Mallinson dmall@mwonline.net
Sat, 15 Oct 2005 08:15:44 -0500


Paul,

I have used standard spray paint from a can underhood for decades, and 
never had it go bad from heat.  Only place you really need high heat 
paint is on the engine.  I have even painted starters and other parts 
that get very near exhaust with regular paint and it sticks and looks 
good for years.  I don't think high temp paints are any more resistant 
to solvents than other paints. 

Can't hurt to use the high temp stuff, but that really limits your 
choice of colors.

Don Mallinson


Paul Nimz wrote:

>If you use rattle can paint under the hood use the 500F stuff.  Any spray
>paint out of a can you use will not be very durable and is harmed by
>solvents.
>
>But Duplicolor has a color to match I'm sure if that is the key thing.
>
>Paul
>
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Ian Fisher
>  To: tecsho@topica.com ; shotimes@autox.team.net
>  Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 7:38 PM
>  Subject: [Shotimes] duplicolor spray painting the car
>
>
>  haha, no I'm not going to spray paint my car. However,
>  I'm thinking of getting a can or two off the
>  duplicolor OEM exact match stuff to spray parts of my
>  engine bay that were unpainted from the factory. If
>  this stuff works well enough, I might do other areas
>  of the engine bay that are much more visible (my
>  engine bay paint really doesn't match the exterior
>  paint at all). Has anyone used this stuff before?
>
>  I assume I should follow the sand, prime, paint,
>  possibly wet sand, and maybe clearcoat process? I
>  understand that most aerosol spray clearcoats tend to
>  yellow with heat and age. I don't want yellowed blue
>  paint...
>
>  Obviously this won't look as good as doing it properly
>  but I'm hoping that it'll look better than it
>  currently does...
>
>  Ian
>
>
>
>  __________________________________
>  Yahoo! Music Unlimited
>  Access over 1 million songs. Try it free.
>  http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited/
>  _______________________________________________
>  Shotimes mailing list
>  Shotimes@autox.team.net
>  http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo/shotimes
>_______________________________________________
>Shotimes mailing list
>Shotimes@autox.team.net
>http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo/shotimes