Black spray can paint for '50 Panhead primary

[41craig]

I'm painting my primary cover and don't want to mix paint for one primary. Is there anything that is close to OEM?
Thanks, Craig

[T. Cotten]

I'm painting my primary cover and don't want to mix paint for one primary. Is there anything that is close to OEM?
Thanks, Craig

Under fluorescent, incandescent, or daylight, Craig?

If we must discern shades of black, judges must be ordained.

...Cotten
PS: I almost forgot, I hate paint.

[41craig]

Thanks Cotten. I tried to paint it a couple of years ago and the gloss black is more of a satin finish. Then I had both hips replaced and my project was set aside for a few years.

[T. Cotten]

Pick a different rattle-can, Craig!

Its like life in general: 'luck o' the draw', and if a judge wants to point his stinkfinger at it, ... .. . .

Did I mention I hate paint?

....Cotten

[PaulCDF]

Another member on this site recommended Car-Rep 2K in rattle cans. I tried it (Gloss White) and had good results. Bit pricey but LONG shelf life after use which makes it unique among 2ks (at least based on my meager experience). Pretty durable stuff. I do not know if it is close to OEM or something a judge would give the nod to but then that is not my world: Car-Rep 2K Epoxy Color Top Coat | 11oz Aerosol - Car-Rep Automotive Products | U.S.

[41craig]

Thanks Paul. I looked it up and they have a High Gloss Jet Black. I'll try it and let people on here if it's good or bad. And to Cotten, I'm not a fan of paint either!

[Rubone]

I usually use a good quality automotive touch up paint, like the black Chevrolet uses for their modern trucks.

[otis71]

Dupli-color Toyota black matches frames well. I’ve never seen an original paint primary cover that wasn’t beat to death to compare but would assume it to be similar to the frame.

[exeric]

I have to say that a primary cover deserves to be well painted and that means single stage or better automotive paint. Auto paint is tough, glossy, and will look good for years. I know it's a pain to mix up a small amount of paint, but you'll regret it if you don't. I think this picture is a nice example of a 1950.

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[Chris Haynes]

Original parts were dipped, not sprayed.

[41craig]

OK, I tried the Cal-Rep 2K and it looks glossy enough, but the sprayer nozzle spits. I shook it per instructions. The first coat was good. I always turn spray cans upside down and spray them after painting to clear the nozzle. I shook it again before adding my second coat. Then it started spitting small globs of paint with the spray. I guess I'll sand it and see what happens. The can is almost gone and I don't want to buy another can have it do a crappy job also. I'll try the Chevy Black that Rubone suggested. And did I mention that I'm colorblind? I have to have my wife help me with wiring jobs!

[PaulCDF]

Craig; sorry Car-Rep did not work work you: spitting and sputtering at $25/can is disappointing and screwed up your primary. The cans I had worked great. Consider reporting your experience to Car-Rep worse they can do is nothing. I had issue with a Blaster product a few years ago and they comped me some cans. Just a thought.

[jim d]

I like to set my spray paint cans in a pot of hot tap water for 10 or 15 minutes before I use them. Seems to help keep them from clogging up and spitting. I remember some older body shops used to like to warm up the enamel paint up before spraying especially in cooler conditions.

[T. Cotten]

I like to set my spray paint cans in a pot of hot tap water for 10 or 15 minutes before I use them. Seems to help keep them from clogging up and spitting. I remember some older body shops used to like to warm up the enamel paint up before spraying especially in cooler conditions.

I had a partner, Jim,

That avoided the sink's hot water (and dedicated Nalgene beaker) to instead put the rattlecan in the paint-baking toaster oven.

It was awesome.

He blew out the fluorescents, and picked glass out of his hair and face,
but I still revived the oven to this day, with the imprint of a can in its back wall.

...Cotten
PS: Big toaster ovens have been extinct in the dumpsters since about '08 or so.

PPS: I used common straight pins to burnish rattlecan nozzles' orifices, because they are all burred, one way or another.

I hate paint.

[Lyle Manheimer]

I always keep a gallon of laquer thinner around. A small glass container with laquer thinner will clear the nozzle. Just drop the nozzle into the thinner for a minute and it should clear it.