Engine Coating

Beemerboy

Beemerboy

Just One More Coat
I'm looking for a engine compartment coating. I do not do motors all that often but seem to be getting requests for them lately.

What is a good spray on coating

I have a water based dressing that I use from P&S that works wonders on wheel wells, makes them real shinny.

Thanks
 
Beemer, I have used PB BnB and Stoners MSLT. I like them both very well. The Stoners aersol seems to go on better and a little easier, but I believe the BnB lasts longer.
 
Thanks so after cleaning you just spray the BnB on?

I don't have a lot of that left but that's easy to cure!!
 
Yeah the engines I did I cleaned it throughly and then used Bnb to do most of the major areas. I follow that up with Stoners Trim Shine to catch anything I miss.

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Works pretty well for me :)
 
I used to use Stoner dressings until I learned it may not be safest. As I understand it, the clear aerosol type dressings could be bad for plastic and rubber under the hood surfaces after a while and there is a chance, although minimal, of it causing a fire :bigscream

So, I now use 303 exclusively on engine components, supposed to be one of the safest, most beneficial dressings around. Just my two cents.
 
Yeah, I just sort of spray BnB around. I suppose you could get a better look by wiping it on as well. I have been meaning to try 303 for sometime now.
 
Is BnB greasy at all? The stuff I use now I'm happy with except for the greasyness, which attracts too much dust.
 
Aresole is going to be the easiest by far. I use Adam's Polishes In and Out Spray. It has heat protection, and will not rot out any of your plastic. I find this aresole to apply much more evenly that my Stoner's More Shine, Less Time product.
 
I have Engine Kote and only use it on my wheel wells. I understand it can dry "unevenly" and look "blotchy" on engine surfaces. It's also very difficult to remove if it gets on something you don't want. It's interesting many use this product primarily for uses other than its original purpose. I stick to 303 ( or something similar) and I get great results.
 
Nick

That brings up an interesting question. Heat Protection in a product. I used a water based dressing on my Jeep, and the hoses that came off the AC, rusted or the finished looked that way after a few weeks. I had to think that it was the spray applied. Maybe I should have wiped them down after. This si why I've been concerned about doing motors for customers since that.
 
hummmmm.....interesting Dave to say the least.....I've been fortunate to not run into that problem. You said it was water based, but makes me think it "contained" petroleums within it to do the damage or "browning". :dunno
 
I been meaning to detail my engine what exact parts do you cover. I dont want to cover a area and then have it stand out from the clean area's because it has dust or dirt on it.


Im kind of skeptikal because of previous bad expearience's with engine cleaning when the alternator started to shoot out a small cloud of white smok (not steam) in chevy pickup truck i was detailing.
 
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