Gold paint for engine parts..

[jaiscossie]

what type of gold paint do ppl use for the oe look when refurbing bits on the engine? Like the actuator etc. I know in the older days it used to be cadmium plating but wondered if there was a paint that gives a similar effect.

[The Radman]

never found any paint thats a good match,but the orig actuators are black anyway,other parts can be zinc plated if needed

[VADreamer]

Eastwood Co.

Don't know if you have a similar supplier over there, but the Eastwood Company has sold these kind of "resto" paints to replicate all kinds of OEM finishes and platings.

http://www.eastwood.com/eastwood-golden-cad-system.html

cheeRS,
Boyd

[The Radman]

we have frost restorations over here who do silver cad and passivate colour paints etc but none of the ones ive tried look correct for oe finishes,they did do a good alumablast for aluminium which was spot on but they then altered it and now its totally crap

[1TJH]

You can get some model acrylic spray paint, I cant recall what the name is though, my paints are all boxed up at the minute so I cant check. But copper, gold, brass, also for the HT bolts two spot on blues.

Its handy for the parts that cant be removed for plating, or just need a touch up, I found the brass colour is actually not too far off, you can add a dusting of gold over it to make it look a bit more rainbow.