Engine Color

[Administrator]

You may have noticed that our pin-ups sport a variety of colors. Use the poll above to tell us your favorite color for the engine.

[Marty Levenson]

Engine Colour

"Something Else" = Yanmar Gray with bright orange flywheel cover, starter, flame arrestor and oil breather....(c.f., Miss December)
-Marty

[bobash]

Engine Color

"Something else..." Very Light Gray with accessories in darker gray

[Administrator]

Can you send us some pictures?

Bill

[bobash]

Something else - two tones of gray

Just as soon as I paint her.

[rigspelt]

Bronze

Bronze, but could not get it in Canada so went with Duplicolor Chevy Orange-red.

[hanleyclifford]

Universal gold, with silver hot section.

[ndutton]

Rustoleum hammertone copper.

(Heh heh, driving the spell checker nuts with that one)

[67c&ccorv]

Something else - I like battleship grey for ease of spotting leaks/defects.

Mine is still painted in the original Universal applied colour.

[sastanley]

oh boy..I love it when someone finds an old poll or thread I hadn't seen before!

Duplicolor Orange Mist

However, since it is technically a touch up paint, it is not extremely heat tolerant. I have a gray Rustoleum high heat primer underneath that seems to be holding up well..When all the orange burns off I'll have to try something else!

Now if I could just get the rest of the boat cleaned up like the engine!

[thatch]

"It's Magic"

I think I'll paint mine Universal "Diesel" gold and tell the guys at the dock that I've figured out a way to make them run quiet and not smell and just hope that they don't notice the plug wires...
Tom

[rigspelt]

Duplicolor Orange Mist ... since it is technically a touch up paint, it is not extremely heat tolerant. I have a gray Rustoleum high heat primer underneath that seems to be holding up well..When all the orange burns off I'll have to try something else!

Interesting observation, Shawn. When I was trying to figure out how to paint our engine in the boat, I ended up thinking that it would be pointless to use a primer, because I couldn't see what a primer would do on an engine that could not be properly bathed and cleaned -- but I could well be wrong there (my research was all by google, and I have no expertise in engine paint). Also, I got the impression that Duplicolor paints were acceptable as primary engine paints, not just for touchup. I put on two coats by spraying within the paint's window. I don't have a lot of hours on the engine, but into the second season it still looks fine. I seem to recall they recommend baking the paint on at about 300 degrees. I tried that with one part that I had off the engine, but the rest I had to leave for natural baking when the engine warmed.

[roadnsky]

Ok, I'll bite...
Traditional Universal Bronze.

[lat 64]

Rustoleum hammertone copper.

(Heh heh, driving the spell checker nuts with that one)

I have exactly same as Neil.
Lovely color but the paint is not durable for engines. I say get paint that is specifically for engines.
r.

[ndutton]

Russ,
I gotta say, so far I've been pretty happy with my home depot paint job. The picture in my earlier post was taken 2 years after painting without any touch up.

If I ever have the need to take the engine out I'll be more serious about the paint but until then, . . .