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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.

Those are great cars.

Superb work in the engine bays!

Very nice work & detailed engines / cars

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

captain wrote: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,
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i just hope my bad experience saves other people the stress ive been through.
cheers

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)

COOPERMAN wrote: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.

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.