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Engine Paint

Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2020 9:23 am
by jpclinging
Hello All,
I am about to start the mechanical portion of my restoration (body and interior are all done). While I have the engine out I wanted to paint it. I am looking for places in the lower mainland that would carry engine enamel paint in duck egg blue. Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers

Re: Engine Paint

Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2020 11:01 am
by landcrabmechanic
Lordco can mix paints to what ever colour you want. You could also call White and Peters.

Cheers
Scott

Re: Engine Paint

Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2020 4:14 pm
by ANDYD
Depending on how picky you are for matching exactly, I heard that Torque n Teal is not too far off Duck Egg Blue and is available off the shelf.

What year is your Land Rover?

Re: Engine Paint

Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2020 4:19 pm
by landcrabmechanic
What colour paint is on a TD5 engine? I am going to paint mine before install.

Re: Engine Paint

Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2020 8:10 pm
by radio_05
Most machine shops should have the common colors of engine paint. I found Detroit diesel green for mine

Re: Engine Paint

Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2020 8:12 pm
by landcrabmechanic
I have some cans of that already, just don't want my td5 looking like a "green leaker" .

Re: Engine Paint

Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2020 8:24 am
by jpclinging
ANDYD wrote: Sun Oct 18, 2020 4:14 pm Depending on how picky you are for matching exactly, I heard that Torque n Teal is not too far off Duck Egg Blue and is available off the shelf.

What year is your Land Rover?
It's a 72 Series 3. Ideally looking for a factory match.

Re: Engine Paint

Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2020 6:15 am
by RobinS
As Andy already asked What year is your Landrover. The series one engines were painted "duck egg blue " aka sky blue if they had an army rebuild. I have seen several civilian Landrovers with army engines over the years including series two's and two-a's. The paint code for this is BSC British Standard Colour, 381-c 101 Sky Blue . I am not a paint guy but maybe a professional would find this helpful.