Jeff K ?

[Railroad]

I have these covers for my Coyote Aluminator engine.
I think I want to paint them, probably the same as body color, Guardsman Blue.
Would I need to add some thing to the paint to allow it to stretch with the expansion and shrinking of the material.
The material feels like foam rubber.
I am not a painter, but have some paint left over from my body paint job.
Thanks,

https://thefactoryfiveforum.com/showthread.php?49469-302-decision-Carb-quot-classic-quot-302-vs-Coyote
The covers are on Bear Advisory's post.
I'm not savy enough to attach to the post.

[steno]

I'm thinking the flex additive that they used on flexi panels on the cars in 70's through the late 90's

[Jeff Kleiner]

I've done the engine covers to match on a few cars that I've painted.

https://thefactoryfiveforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=202087&d=1551914775

Clean them up good with wax & grease remover then give them a final wash with isopropyl alcohol followed by a couple coats of Bulldog adhesion promoter or similar. After that paint with base and clear as usual.

Jeff

[toadster]

here's my engine cover, albeit the Gen3 cover

Ken Pike did a great job taking my sketch and color ideas and spraying them out - had to trim the sides off as everyone does since the cover is so wide, but I think it turned out great!

https://i.ibb.co/9YWN2Sm/image.png (https://ibb.co/12TLKjY)