so, how do u prep the engine block?
Do you need to cover things up?

http://www.migweb.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=109657

I sprayed my radiator pipes in the kitchen with silver smoothrite about a year ago. When the pipes get hot the paint becomes tacky still. The pipes do get bloody hot though.

Hammerite should burn off no. Painted my metal inlet manifold on the old 1.4 engine and that gets pretty hot (not as hot as the block mind) but the paint was ok.

cheers matey, will hammerite not burn off also this smoothrite sounds good

Dude, look at using something new called Smoothrite. Its just like hammerite but gives a smooth finish. There was a post on mig a few weeks back about a bloke who had stripped the enigne, painted the block, head, etc. Looked superb, all black, silver and gold. He'd done the same on his previous engine too. Try doing a search on mig for smoothrite or engine pictures.

Hammerite???? just notmal hammerite will that take the heat, i started painting it with silver hammerite then thought shit this might burn off so will this be ok shall i just carry on

just pinted my new engine with smooth hammerite (black) after i degreesed it with gunk, looks superb :thumbs:

LOOK

So i would get if from B&Q or summit like that yeah
cool matey cheers

High temperature spray paint... I think its contains aluminium or something, anyway its commonly marketed as BBQ paint...

I want to re-paint me engine block when it comes out the body shop wanna tart up me engine bay more, i was thinkin silver bastard to keep clean but will look good what paint shall i use that will handle the heat:thumbs: