Painting the engine

[Judge]

But of course thats exactly what the factory did. Build an engine up and spray the lot green...

True, I can still remember from my time at Cowley, the stillage's with painted engines in ready for the line.

[flying]

damm....i should have looked at it harder might have noticed it was photo shopped has i play around with it myself....nice photoshoping

[dunketh]

For cleaning an engine I soak it in white spirit and leave it overnight or a day or so.
I then attack it with a pressure washer.

Voila - Job Done. You WILL get covered in crud though - it all jumps off the block and onto you!

Never had any luck whatsoever with 'Jizer' or 'Gunk' so I save my money instead.

As for paint, I used Japlac signal red. Seems fine and hasn't chipped off since I did it.
(I know its the wrong colour - but who cares. It was left over from another job )

[jamesyt06]

As the japlac shines like it is on a engine could you use it for body panels

[Packedup]

Never had any luck whatsoever with 'Jizer' or 'Gunk' so I save my money instead.

I've found Jizer works quite well so long as you don't leave it to dry fully. I also found it was worth it, cause I got 2/3 of a gallon for free

I used to get engines fairly clean with cheapo washing up liquid and one of those pump up pressurised garden sprayers.

[MoggyTech]

As the japlac shines like it is on a engine could you use it for body panels

It would be an expensive way to respray a car, but the Japlac finish is superb. It's a paint that flows out really well, hence the super shine. You can put Japlac on top of cellulose, but not the other way round, as the celly just lifts the Japlac off as it's enamel based.

[wanderinstar]

You could put it on with a 4" foam roller then. Same as Rustoleum.