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Pulnaway
11-02-2012, 02:03 PM
Have any of you guys used the Chevrolet orange POR-15 on your engines? I picked up a can when I picked up the black we are using on the frame of our Corvette. Just wanted to see how it is holding up in real world use?
MosportGreen66
11-02-2012, 03:38 PM
Also interested to see photos of POR15 engine paint.

Thanks
Schonyenko2
11-02-2012, 11:47 PM
POR Chevy orange looks good, and works well. We spray it over dp 74 red oxide primer.
If Fred posts pics of his COPO project. That's what it looks like on the motor.
Born30YrsLate
11-03-2012, 06:20 AM
How do these look?...
http://www.yenko.net/attachments/usergals/2012/11/full-445-1261-100_45221.jpg
http://www.yenko.net/attachments/usergals/2012/11/full-445-1262-100_4567.jpg
Schonyenko2
11-03-2012, 01:51 PM
After you fire the motor, and it gets the heat cycle cure, it dulls down to a nice flat sheen.

I shoot it through an old Binks 7 and thin it just a touch with laquer thinner. Do not let it set in the gun very long.
rat tuned
11-03-2012, 04:57 PM
looks awesome!!!! what are the headers coated with and how will they hold up? thanx mike
Schonyenko2
11-03-2012, 11:59 PM
The headers are coated with about 4 coats of VHT, each heat cured inbetween coats. I don't know how long they will last. This was a plan "B" after we had issues with the set we had planned on useing.
Personally, I like the finish better than the ones we had powder coated. JMHO.
Salvatore
11-04-2012, 11:34 AM
I like the paint finish better also but not sure how long it will last. Looking good Mayor! How about some of the car Fred.
jasonL78
11-04-2012, 12:37 PM
Mine looked like that on the L79. I didn't cure them between coats. They sure don't look like that now after the first start up. More of a brown white. LOL...

Maybe curing them in a oven is the secret to holding the color.
MosportGreen66
11-04-2012, 12:56 PM
Fred, can you please post more photos? Maybe one of how the motor looks post dulling period?

How well does the paint hold up?
jasonL78
11-04-2012, 01:57 PM
Thats why I don't use POR 15. It is a pain to clean up. If it gets on your skin you wear it for a couple of weeks. I have used the Por orange and it does dry real flat.
Schonyenko2
11-04-2012, 04:59 PM
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jasonL78</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Thats why I don't use POR 15. It is a pain to clean up. If it gets on your skin you wear it for a couple of weeks. I have used the Por orange and it does dry real flat. </div></div>

That's why God made latex gloves.
Pulnaway
11-05-2012, 03:39 PM
Have you guys tried the Tech Line colorgard white exhaust coating? I am looking at it for the headers?
Born30YrsLate
11-06-2012, 12:12 AM
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MosportGreen66</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Fred, can you please post more photos? Maybe one of how the motor looks post dulling period?

How well does the paint hold up?

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I'd like to see that myself... <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif
MosportGreen66
11-06-2012, 03:29 PM
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Born30YrsLate</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MosportGreen66</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Fred, can you please post more photos? Maybe one of how the motor looks post dulling period?

How well does the paint hold up?

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I'd like to see that myself... <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif </div></div>

Ken - could you help with pictures for Fred and I?

Many thanks,
Dan
Schonyenko2
11-06-2012, 09:58 PM
After we fire it, will send pics. Dan, it will be at MCACN.
Kurt S
11-07-2012, 05:00 PM
The gloss is too high on the POR15 paint engines that I've seen. Hopefully it does dull to a more correct level of gloss.
Born30YrsLate
11-16-2012, 12:48 AM
Not sure what the correct level of gloss is...but here's the orange POR15 and white VHT after some burn-in time.
http://www.yenko.net/attachments/usergals/2012/11/full-445-1426-100_4640.jpg
napa68
11-16-2012, 12:40 PM
SWEEEET!^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
427TJ
11-21-2012, 06:59 PM
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Born30YrsLate</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Not sure what the correct level of gloss is...but here's the orange POR15 and white VHT after some burn-in time.
http://www.yenko.net/attachments/usergals/2012/11/full-445-1426-100_4640.jpg
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Boy is that nice!