Painted Yamaha Qt50 engine
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What's your point
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You don't paint engines!!! What the fuck is wrong with people and painting engines.
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it looked good after you cleaned it up. i was thinking just paint the stator and clutch covers.
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> Rocco Taco Wrote:
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> You don't paint engines!!! What the fuck is wrong with people and
> painting engines.
wut
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> Jack Rutherford Wrote:
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> it looked good after you cleaned it up. i was thinking just paint the
> stator and clutch covers.
Yeah I was thinking of that too but I like the black engine aesthetic better idk just how i like it i guess
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> Josiah Radebaugh Wrote:
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> What's your point
Point of painting the engine? I just like how black engines look
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Flat black just doesn't look right, Simi gloss looks right. VHT has a Simi gloss top coat that also protects the color coat and will take the heat. Try it on a small area an I think you'll like it.
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You're OK with painting the motor . It's done every day all across the country .
I prefer gloss finish as it lasts a lot longer and sheds oils and dirt . Flat has a tendency to hang on to whatever gets on it .
I usually use regular Rustoleum in thin coats . Lasts for years and looks great .
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I feel like a satin or gloss and the use steel wool to rid of the paint off the outside edge of the fins would look nice if one wanted to paint an engine.
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High temp on cases is dumb. Even on the jug its not necessary. I just painted a set of chambers for my rd250 last month and I used rusto pro enamel. Chemical resistant and fully cures in 24 hours.
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> Josiah Radebaugh Wrote:
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> I feel like a satin or gloss and the use steel wool to rid of the paint
> off the outside edge of the fins would look nice if one wanted to paint
> an engine.
I've done that on a couple motors . Seems to enhance the look . I use a file or a sanding attachment .
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> Jeff Parr Wrote:
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> Flat black just doesn't look right, Simi gloss looks right. VHT has a
> Simi gloss top coat that also protects the color coat and will take the
> heat. Try it on a small area an I think you'll like it.
I'll try it
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> P D Wrote:
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> You're OK with painting the motor . It's done every day all across the
> country .
>
> I prefer gloss finish as it lasts a lot longer and sheds oils and dirt .
> Flat has a tendency to hang on to whatever gets on it .
>
> I usually use regular Rustoleum in thin coats . Lasts for years and
> looks great .
Yeah oil on matte black is pretty visible but at least it will be easy to see leaks if I have any.
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Unwatchable; and I'm not even mentioning the music. (edited)
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> Den 23 Wrote:
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> Unwatchable; and I'm not even mentioning the music.
lol
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I hate painted motors. It's a beautiful thing naturally it does need paint or to be covered up by plastic. And the paint usually just burns of anyways and it's a pain in the ass to take the engine a part if you paint it when its complete. These are aluminum cases
Painted parts like clutch cover or magneto cover is okay.
When someone paints a motor they are running out of stuff to paint. Just put the can down dude. (edited)
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I stopped for the most part painting anything with a rattle can. I can make it look good but it chips off so fast... plus anywhere there is heat you can count on flaking paint (even when you use the high temp stuff). I say powder coat / PPG or go home.
Seriously the motor looks nice, but it wont last.
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I picked this one up two weeks ago. I took off the plastic clutch cover this past weekend and found this.
Does this look like the result of a bad repaint or the case getting too hot?
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Looks like a PO sprayed that without any prep or consideration as to what was being painted over . Looks to me that there was a reaction between different paint types or there was a film of something not compatible ...
I doubt heat caused that , as the covers behind and closer to the heat source are still in decent paint .
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Looking good little brother..... I painted the top end of mine . But that looks bad ass!!!
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Yep, lol.
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The rtv at the cylinder base bothers me more than the paint.
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The rtv at the cylinder base bothers me more than the paint.
When i get engines like that i just assume they are screwed up. People that use RTV tend to not know what they are doing.
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Good job dude.
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