Any one know where to get pontiac metalic blue engine paint in a rattle can? At a good price?

I get mine from Ames.

I get mine from http://www.hirschauto.com/

Ugh. You guys have been carrying on for years about the Hirsch stuff but I thought you could not get it in a rattle can.

NOW you tell me.

O'Reilly's...Duplicolor D1616

you can....in both rattle and brush type

Duplicolor D1616
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How many rattle cans will do an entire engine?

2. But I did not spray my aluminum heads or intake. So 3 to be safe for a "normal" motor.

I bought two cans, but it should only take one. Then you'll have extra for touch ups etc. As mentioned in many posts, for the exhaust ports on the heads and the heat exchange cross over in the manifold (if applicable) you only want to do a light dusting, let it tack up and another really light dusting just until you don't quite see the bare metal, then one more light dusting.

That will help it last longer before it discolors from the heat.
In this case less IS more!

Brett!

I've never had much success keeping any paint on the center exhaust ports. I've tried the Hirch stuff. Didn't seem any better that the local stuff. I've tried light dusting a couple of coats. Doesn't seem to make much of a difference as far as my motor goes. I've given up trying. The dupicolor stuff is as good as any other you can find. At $4 a can you can afford to hit it before every show.

as Brett says is true, less is more , but after 20k on the engine it wont make ANY difference.....

I'll have to agree with you on this.

However, there is one way of solving this problem "trailer" LOL

David

NEVER!!!!LOL. Beside it would burn off after 20 minutes of hard track time anyway.

trailer is a 7 letter bad word! lol

Yeah always need to touch up the area above the water pump. Little masking tape and newspaper does the trick. Another for the Duplicolor D1616

got mine from hirsch used 2 cans

i kind of like a bit of wear or aged look myself.

Aged look, huh? Ok...LOL. Mine is more like used and abused.

that was a bad choice of words considering these are 40 plus year old cars. LOL i guess patina would have been a better word to use .

It's all in the prep and the light coats. Just enough to where you can almost see the bare metal... Here is a shot I just took (sorry the lens started to fog) but this is after 9 years of use about 2,000-3,000 miles a year (some more some less) Plan to pull the motor and re-detail everything this year so I'll be repainting both motors soon myself.


In answer to the original question, Duplicolor is the best bang for the buck, inexpensive and easy to find most anywhere. I still feel Hursch is the best I've found to date and I've tried most of them. Just my experience.

Brett!

I used the Hirsh rattle can and its great, 'cept when I messed up an oil change and forgot to ensure the seal was off from the old filter and blew oil all over the engine just before the Seattle Pontiac show, had to pressure wash it off, lost a few flakes by the passenger head, thankfully Brett ran over and a buddy had a can of Hirsh to touch it up...but 3 years and its flawless...