bmc green engine paint-

[Mini4Ever]

The cans from Moss are also not always working well. Quite a bit of difference in colour between different batches of cans (if you look closely, you will notice this on the pictures below - I paint each part separately) and most of the time you can only get about 85% of the stuff out... Anyway, this is the result you can achieve with them. It stays on fairly well but not when engine has run very hot.

[36inter]

Those are great cars.

[georgek]

Superb work in the engine bays!

[JC T ONE]

Very nice work & detailed engines / cars

[814CWE]

nice to see other peoples views on the paints

problem with the "fascinating finishes " stuff is the paints inability to withstand heat

the resins used in its construction are low flash point and quite flammable

i shall go back to using 2 pack to paint my blocks and heads- much harder wearing and can be cleaned with solvents without worry.

looks like ive been lucky with moss,unlucky with fascinating paint

win some -lose some i suppose

[814CWE]

whats wrong with this then very same supplier

well an update
"fascinating finishes" gave me a fascinating time
well,not quite but has given me hours of non-joyous entertainment

on start up ,after ten min the paint on the rocker cover went soft..
then as it cooled it started to crozzle
on re-start up,it flowed out again
then recrozzled.
blah blah blah

eventually turned into a soggy mess on the engine!!

contacted them,read them the riot act and we were refunded immidiately,,
which is a refreshing change

whether thier paint is always like this ,or they canned me up ( 3 tins) the wrong paint is anybodys guess

if you have some,,have a sniff-if it smells like house paint,u have same batch as mine.
cheap polyeurathane
never thru-cures,,not heat resistant or solvent resistant as they describe it,
#
i just hope my bad experience saves other people the stress ive been through.
cheers

[COOPERMAN]

Just a thought for those of you who want to use 2K to paint your engine and are unsure what colour to go for i have always used a Leyland colour called Tundra from about 1974 it is a pretty good match to the darker engine green (see street rat seven strand)

[814CWE]

Just a thought for those of you who want to use 2K to paint your engine and are unsure what colour to go for i have always used a Leyland colour called Tundra from about 1974 it is a pretty good match to the darker engine green (see street rat seven strand)

i agree cooperman-

tundra....ive used this on the later engines,and the "BRITISH STANDARD- MID BRONZE GREEN" is good for early 60s lumps,which were substantially lighter.
ive found many 59 and 60 lumps in a much lighter colour than mid bronze green also.

[Old English White]

I had a copy of a BMC or BL internal memo which refered to engine paint as "Olive Green BS220" if that is any help to anyone.