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Go to the grocery store or Costco and get a big roll of aluminum foil. You can wrap hoses,wiring harnesses and hard lines with the foil, it forms around those items well to mask them off, then you peel it off and discard.

Remember: there's no such thing as overspray--
The correct term is "undermask"

Great idea, I arrested a person who wrapped himself in aluminum foil because he though it made him invisible!! Do you think using a brush will do a good job?

Yes, you can do a credible job with a brush, I've seen and done several that way and they can be quite presentable. Especially where the cast iron has a rough texture, the brush strokes tend not to be very visible. Thinning the paint a bit and perhaps the use of a retarder (to slow drying) will also mimimize the brush strokes.

I painted my engine with a brush. Just spend the money a buy a good brush that with not shead hairs.

Also I thinned the paint a little bit so it would flow better. As Owen said, the rough cast will hide any brush strokes.

Thanks again experience is the best teacher Dale

i also painted my engine with a brush. Paint used was the Bill Hirsh stuff and it has been very durable. It did need to be thinned as it really sets up fast. I had some put into aerosol can so I could do a better job on painting the head.

Thanks for the help I am forming a plan.

JohnLaw & Contributers,

Thanks for your question and all the good responses everybody made. This is a really good thread! It confirms a few things I thought, tried, and some I didn't know.

I have a Pre=War 282 CU In that needs different colors than yours, BUT all the ideas on paint, thinning, brushes, alum foil, brushes, aerosol etc. are helpful. Owen was right, it is a satisfying job to do getting it back to original.

Maybe others out there have picked up a some things too.

DanL