painted block, not sure, advice (pics)

[mikesmith181]

basically i spent forever gettin my block lookin right so there's no flakey paint or rust and so on, and gave it coat number 1 today, and this is what it looks like, but i'm not sure if i like the shade, to me it seems too light. comments please good and bad.

[eccles]

Doesnt look to bad that,did you have it dipped first?

Tom

[MSG]

A slightly more darker shade of blue would have looked even better I think, and glossy paint.

[mikesmith181]

A slightly more darker shade of blue would have looked even better I think, and glossy paint.

i wanted it to be gloss, but the paint i bought wasn't that . No i didn get it dipped Tom i just used my dremel, took forever, but got there in the end.

[bunnymofo]

i also think a bit darker blue would be good

[Nemesis]

Well you didn't seem to pay any attention to all the people saying use hammerite in your other thread so what do you expect? It gives a smooth finish, no brush marks. It's very glossy, hard wearing and has no problems at all on lots of C20LET engines.

You dont even need to go to half the effort you went to to get a decent finish. Just a quick blast with the wire wheel attachment on a drill and you're ready for paint.

[bunnymofo]

^^^^^ ooooohhh, shiney

[mikesmith181]

Well you didn't seem to pay any attention to all the people saying use hammerite in your other thread so what do you expect? It gives a smooth finish, no brush marks. It's very glossy, hard wearing and has no problems at all on lots of C20LET engines.

You dont even need to go to half the effort you went to to get a decent finish. Just a quick blast with the wire wheel attachment on a drill and you're ready for paint.

No disrespect to you and i'm not calling you a liar, but i used hammerite in my engine bay, and tbh its sh*** brush marks everywhere and doesn't look especially shiney either if i'm honest.

[Nemesis]

No disrespect to you and i'm not calling you a liar, but i used hammerite in my engine bay, and tbh its sh*** brush marks everywhere and doesn't look especially shiney either if i'm honest.

Did you use smooth-finish? Or just regular hammerite?

This is how the smooth finish dries on a floor...



And on suspension...



Get the idea lol?

With patience you can get it perfect. I don't care much myself, as it's not seen when fitted anyway!

[Frisco]

Or you can get hammerite spray

[Nemesis]

Last one... my prop (for those of us smart enough to have a 4WD C20LET )

[Benn]

Needs at min another coat. Maybe two to get it darker.

My Let block, one coat of Hammeright with Halfords rattle can on the core plugs.

[mikesmith181]

Last one... my prop (for those of us smart enough to have a 4WD C20LET )

i think it was smooth buddy, but not certain. i'm plannin on 4x4 my corsa next wont be paintin the prop tho lol. I've now discovered that the paint i have can only be brushed on for the first coat, despite being told its ok to be brushed on so now looking for different paint, really want the proper heat resistant stuff tho cos am fussy lmao

[mikesmith181]

Or you can get hammerite spray

i dont wanna spray it buddy, to much stuff in the garage that i'd have to cover, and too many bolt holes to mask off.

[8valve-craig]

Im Sure i mentioned in the last thread That the high temp stuff looks crap...... Hammerite smooth brush all the way for me.....

[rc]

i second the motion of using hamerite smooth on everything i build, engines gearboxes suspension brakes, all good

[nige-p]

yes i agree as well hamerite smooth for everything

[mikesmith181]

Im Sure i mentioned in the last thread That the high temp stuff looks crap...... Hammerite smooth brush all the way for me.....

what is that, i love the colour of it and its glossy where do i get some of that :P

[Joker]

looks like left overs from painting that shed door lmao

Joker

[bluecorsab]

my x20xev painted with dark blue hammerite smooth, looks the danglies and is easy to put on, not half as much prep as there would be if you were doing it with cans

and it still looks like that now nearly a year on

[8valve-craig]

what is that, i love the colour of it and its glossy where do i get some of that :P

Just a tin of hammerite smooth, Light blue. Think i got it from homebase @ £8 medium sized tin. Actually used not even a quarter of it so maybe a smaller tin FTW

[8valve-craig]

looks like left overs from painting that shed door lmao

Joker

None out of ten for observation,,,,,

[mikesmith181]

i do really like that, maybe i'll have to give hammerite a second chance and see if it can do good this time.
Very close shade, but not the same, so gotta aggree, not very good observation lmao