Chevy orange engine paint ?

[Casey Marks]

OK guys - again ..... EASY on me here !!! /ubbthreads/images/icons/smirk.gif

I'm gearing up to build the 427 for the Biscayne, and I may be able to swing the 427 build in parallel with the Certified motor put-together for my W-31. I'm gathering 427 parts as we speak .........

The newbie Chevy question of the day: What's the best, and most correct flavor of Chevy orange engine enamel ?

I know with Olds motors, the correct Olds gold engine enamel is about $20/can. The other, *off-the-shelf* paints are no where near the proper *hue*. With Mopars, there are several acceptable suppliers out there.

I may have this thing ready to do battle in the spring at the Factory Stock race....... /ubbthreads/images/icons/grin.gif

[Casey Marks]

70 views, and NO ONE has an opinion on quality engine enamels ?? Off-the-shelf DupliColor spray bombs ???

[Chevy454]

Well, I was gonna wait for the correct answer from someone, but we just spray bomb it. We have a quart of real paint, but it's been on the shelf for years...it's a LOT easier to shake a can than set up (then clean) a paint gun!

[Casey Marks]

Thanks Rob !! (Quincy)

[YENKO DEUCE REGISTRY]

Just good ole Dupli-Color here in PA!

[Bob]

Just curious. Has anyone ever used (or seen) the chevy orange Por-15 engine paint?

[NWYENKO]

Bob, I have used it twice and really like it. It is a little shinier than the rattle cans, but is is really easy to clean and touch up. I think the color is close for the Chev Orange. A F**# friend of mine says the blue color in POR 15 is not close to original. Jim

[JChlupsa]

Just a few words from others that have used the POR 15 engine paint and others paints

http://www.camaros.net/forum/Forum3/HTML/001047.html

http://www.camaros.net/forum/Forum3/HTML/002525.html

http://www.camaros.net/forum/Forum3/HTML/003091.html

[Mr70]

I don't respond to any thread until there are at least 72 views. /ubbthreads/images/icons/tongue.gif

[NWYENKO]

Does that mean you have to wait for Charley to read it enough times to understand it!!! /ubbthreads/images/icons/grin.gif /ubbthreads/images/icons/grin.gif Jim

[DjD]

<font color="red">Ouchhhh!!!!</font color>

[bbdon]

I used the VHT spray cans, and it still looks nice after 10 years.

[Casey Marks]

I love it ! This Chevy stuff gets better and better all the time. /ubbthreads/images/icons/wink.gif Thanks guys. More questions to come ......

Oh yea - I got my "Chevrolet By The Numbers" today, so I can start doing my numbers memorization exercises. /ubbthreads/images/icons/cool.gif

[bkhpah]

There is a Chevrolet Orange rattle can from Details that has a nice finish. Not real shiny. I think the look is very good...BKH

[Denis]

I also like the Details paint. All the others I tried were either too red or too orange or too glossy.

[allcamaro]

My wife says all men are color blind so whats it matter anyway?? Ill have her match it with some fingernail paint and get back with you.(( REVLON #72 ))

[jbsides]

Here's what a few of us in SoCal have been using. It is called "AERVO" and I have only seen it in one place... an obscure place called Vellios Automotive Machine Shop on Manhattan Beach Blvd., in Lawndale CA. It is AWESOME. Absolutely identical to the factory hue, inexpensive, and easy to touch up. Men may be color blind, but I want my motor and Chevrolet parts that need to be CHEVY ORANGE, and not red or anything else.
JB

[copo69]

I like Quanta's paint Quanta Chevy orange paint (http://www.quantaproducts.com/paint/paintindex.html)

[Casey Marks]

WOW !

Now, there are a BUNCH of ideas !! /ubbthreads/images/icons/wink.gif

[BBIGG BLOCK 396]

Casey, POR15 makes an engine paint kit for 39.95 and you get plenty to do an engine it is called chevy orange.I just completed my engine in it and it looks great.Has a finish that is very nice! and seems to be much more durable than regular paint.Also it is easy to touch up afterward,and there should be plenty of paint left over.

Bobby

[micky69396]

I believe Dupli color also has a ceramic spray can paint that looks pretty good, I have seen a few like this. We use a single stage urethane with a flattener on our cars.

[rpoz11]

Hi! Here was my solution to the orange engine paint color needs: I went to the local auto paint store supplier and and had them mix up some orange that matched the 1969 Camaro Ora <font color="orange"> </font color> /ubbthreads/images/icons/laugh.gif nge paint color that was used on the body run, had it filled up and charged into spray cans! Worx pretty good for me but make sure you have the proper room and paint can temperature prior to painting this way as well as having the block, etc. up to paintable temperatures.

[Kurt S]

Problem with most rattlecans is that they are too glossy. Original engine paint is a semi-gloss.

[Rat_Pack]

Kurt is right, most rattle can paints are too glossy. I have always used Dupont Centari enamel with a hardener. To get the correct sheen or gloss I will add a flatening agent unless the car will be driven a lot then I do not add it. I like to be able to clean the engine with a rag and window cleaner or similar product so I usually leave them glossy. Oh the color I use is Hugger Orange as it is not as red as the original paint and it just looks better. Also by using the Centari, or any other brand of enamel with hardener, the color will not change as much and it will not flake and peel off if done properly. Check out the picture of a 69 SS396 driver I did last year. This is just my two cents worth also........................RatPack............... ...... /ubbthreads/images/icons/grin.gif

[Seattle Sam]

Micky, Kurt, and RatPack,
I was at our local restoration shop today and he had collected about five different paint samples all called Chevy Engine Orange. Out of the bunch, the POR-15 was much more red than the others. The colors of the others were between the POR-15 and the more yellow "Mopar Hemi" orange.

Do any of you have a color code that you believe is the closest to the original Chevy Orange? Is it the POR-15 color? If not, what is the code for the DuPont Centari paint?

Any help is appreciated, the shop is restoring a 1967 big block Camaro and he wants to get it right..

Thanks in advance!
-Sam

[All American Racer]

Great post, I think the prep is as important as the paint job. When I was a kid the engine came out of my 73 every winter just for paint. It always seemed to peel off the cylinder heads, from the heat I'm sure. I want to pull the 396 from my newly acquired Nova and paint it but this time I have to do my homework on prep as well as paint. Marc

[DaveC68]

I had recently considered starting a similar thread until this one resurfaced!
My 70 and 72 Monte's (BB and SB both original engine paint on the blocks prior to restorations), definately were more red than chevy orange? I was told that it was a result of the paint batches/pigments settling throughout a production paint run. Anyone else seen similar color variations.

[BBIGG BLOCK 396]

I used the POR 15 and it has been 2 years,3500 miles and it still looks new.I have never been able to get the regular chevy orange spray paint to stay this nice.Of course my car is not a concourse show car and 100% originality was not a big concern but I will not ever use the spray paint again!I am also doing a 69 mopar 340 and POR 15 will go on it also.
Bobby Dodson

[camarojoe]

[ QUOTE ]
I had recently considered starting a similar thread until this one resurfaced!
My 70 and 72 Monte's (BB and SB both original engine paint on the blocks prior to restorations), definately were more red than chevy orange? I was told that it was a result of the paint batches/pigments settling throughout a production paint run. Anyone else seen similar color variations.

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I thinkk this is why there has been no definite "best" brand/shade/etc. of Chevy Orange paint... because there wasn't alot of consistency even on the originals. I have seen everything from a very "orangey" orange, to almost red on original blocks, and really the only thing consistent was that it was never very glossy, although that too can have variation and change over time... I've noticed that when you first fire a newly painted engine the paint seems to "gloss up" alot until the paint fully heat-cures, then it dulls back. I'd imagine the factory paint did the same thing, and likely dulled even farther with time. I would think theres a little room for "personal preference" in this area, without being considered "incorrect".