Re: engine block paint

Posted by Tim Cole On 2011/7/20 17:00:58

Dear Paintdaddy:

I don't know which gray is the right one, but looking at paint formulas shows that grays are White + Black + Tints such as Blue + Maroon + Yellow + Umber ... There is a lot of room for fading in those tints.

I was in a warehouse today looking at junkyard motors as regards Packard green. All of these motors had the paint burned off except for small remnants. Here is what I found as regards my previously mentioned Hirsch green:

early twin six - lighter but clearly a medium green

35 Super Eight - much darker dry, much closer when wetted with solvent, drying back to dark.

37 Twelve - close to darker depending on lighting. Perhaps some faded tints

Various 120's - dead on - especially generator bracket which is not subject to high temperatures.

48 very light gray on block.

So if your generator bracket is still gray I would use that for comparison.