carb paint

[MBAKER]

Im getting ready to go through a Mercarb, and there are places where the paint is chipped from taking it apart and im curious how many strip and repaint their carbs, or just clean them up and put them back together. The last one did was an older Rochester and it wasnt painted.


If you do pain, what paint do you use?

If you dont paint, do you strip them and leave them bare aluminum, or just put them back together as is with paint chipped here and there.

 

[Scott Danforth]

Re: carb paint

I used the same rattle can of paint I painted the block with.

 

[Bondo]

Re: carb paint

I used the same rattle can of paint I painted the block with.

Ayuh,.... Rattlecan Rustoleum...

 

[Scott Danforth]

Re: carb paint

remember to do many light mist coats vs trying to hose on a single coat. tape off what you dont want painted.

 

[MBAKER]

Re: carb paint

Ok I didnt know how it would hold up to gas, chemical etc.

How did you strip it? A dip of some sort? I think the Berryman cleaner i have will do it but i dont have enough to soak the whole thing. Will aircraft remover do it withouht hurting the aluminum? Or any of the other plugs it has in it?

 

[Scott Danforth]

Re: carb paint

your over thinking it unless you want a class A finish. I didnt strip it. I simply made it all the same color (covering the chips from my rebuild)

Aircraft stripper is not recommended on the carb. I would simply scuff the old paint and re-coat.

 

[MBAKER]

Re: carb paint

gotcha... yeah i tend to overdo things. I cleaned it all up and got all the loose pieces off of it, so I didnt really want to try and strip and clean the whole thing again, but didnt want more to start coming off either. I know it would look better on my bench all stripped and painted but once its bolted on noone is gonna know the difference.

 

[Scott Danforth]

Re: carb paint

bolt on the flame arrestor and close the hatch and no one will know.

 

[duke33]

Re: carb paint

That's what I was thinking....who's gonna see it?

 

[MBAKER]

Re: carb paint

yeah i know... its just me. Whenever I get into a project like this I try to make it as close to original as possible even though it doenst affect funchtion any. I guess to many years workign on old car resto's.

Thanks for th ereality check guys...... ill proceed and just touch it up a little and call it good.