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Painting the motor?
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MMT Addict  Joined: Tue Mar 17, 2015 1:38 am Posts: 606 Location: Beaumont, Texas 
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 Painting the motor?Anyone sprayed the whole motor while assembled? Wires, motor, frame, etc?
How'd it hold up? What did you use? _________________ Uncle J - 17 x 48 w/GTR | Bayou Surface Drive heads | Voodoo exhaust | DIY Mikuni carb |
| Thu Jul 14, 2016 5:43 am |
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MMT Addict
Joined: Mon Mar 21, 2011 7:56 pm Posts: 523
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Re: Painting the motor? I'm pretty sure that's how they all do it
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| Thu Jul 14, 2016 5:47 am |
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MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Wed Jun 04, 2014 9:01 pm Posts: 1289 Location: SWGA
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Re: Painting the motor? Yes, still looks good, rustoleum. I'm sure there are much better options for paint. I put a coat of matte clear over it and it still looks the same 2 years later
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| Thu Jul 14, 2016 8:03 am |
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MMT Addict Joined: Tue Mar 17, 2015 1:38 am Posts: 606 Location: Beaumont, Texas
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Re: Painting the motor? Thanks!
_________________ Uncle J - 17 x 48 w/GTR | Bayou Surface Drive heads | Voodoo exhaust | DIY Mikuni carb |
| Thu Jul 14, 2016 8:06 am |
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MMT Pro Member
Joined: Sun May 22, 2016 10:32 am Posts: 334 Location: Middle ga
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Re: Painting the motor? I'm having mine painted in September. The motor is only two months old and I have been kicking myself for not getting it painted when I bought my boat. I have a prodigy boat and they just paint the whole motor the same way they paint their boats.
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| Thu Jul 14, 2016 6:45 pm |
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MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Thu May 23, 2013 4:24 pm Posts: 2912 Location: Thibodaux, La
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Re: Painting the motor? I'm not a fan of painting a motor if used in salt water. That salt can get under the paint and corrode away.
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| Fri Jul 15, 2016 8:29 pm |
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MMT 1000 Club  Joined: Wed Jan 14, 2009 8:18 pm Posts: 4915 Location: Lake Jackson, TX
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Re: Painting the motor? _________________ 37 PD EFI FPR 18x48 Tiller SOLD -- 36 PD EFI FPR 18x48 Stick Steer SOLD -- 27 PD FPR 16x36 Skiff |
| Fri Jul 15, 2016 9:26 pm |
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MMT Sponsor  Joined: Mon Jun 13, 2011 8:49 am Posts: 3260
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Re: Painting the motor? this
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| Sat Jul 16, 2016 8:16 am |
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Joined: Mon Jun 13, 2016 6:44 pm Posts: 630
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Re: Painting the motor? I had the metal shrouds, brackets, valve covers sand blasted and powder coated. Sand blasted the MM exhaust a day painted it with a high temperature paint. Wish the block and plastics were stock. The factory paint has largely peeled off and it looks like shit.
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| Sat Jul 16, 2016 8:54 pm |
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Joined: Sat Mar 26, 2016 6:05 am Posts: 44
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Re: Painting the motor? |
| Sun Jul 17, 2016 6:47 am |
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Joined: Mon Jun 13, 2016 6:44 pm Posts: 630
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Re: Painting the motor? As the motor gets hot it will start flaking off and look like shit.
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| Sun Jul 17, 2016 7:57 am |
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MMT Elite Member  Joined: Fri Oct 09, 2009 1:50 pm Posts: 9673 Location: New Iberia, La.
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Re: Painting the motor? When I first got into the MM scene I cared. Now I use this contraption as it was intended and do not really care about what it looks like. You will spend all of your time trying not to mess it up and not enough time truly enjoying it. At the end of the day looks don't really matter. Keep it well maintained mechanically and enjoy it.
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| Sun Jul 17, 2016 8:04 am |
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MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Wed Jun 04, 2014 9:01 pm Posts: 1289 Location: SWGA
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Re: Painting the motor? _________________ 1854 Prodigy DPE Level 3 HDR |
| Sun Jul 17, 2016 8:26 am |
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MMT Addict Joined: Tue Mar 17, 2015 1:38 am Posts: 606 Location: Beaumont, Texas
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Re: Painting the motor? Missed most these post over the weekend, but I painted the whole thing. Pulled the trim off the motor, and all the plastic shrouds off. Cleaned and sprayed the whole thing down.
I also put GG base and G2 on the boat this weekend. That transferred to the lower unit on the GTR. Figure it can’t hurt anything! _________________ Uncle J - 17 x 48 w/GTR | Bayou Surface Drive heads | Voodoo exhaust | DIY Mikuni carb |
| Mon Jul 18, 2016 8:36 am |
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MMT 1000 Club  Joined: Wed Oct 07, 2009 8:18 pm Posts: 4310
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| Mon Jul 18, 2016 9:51 am |
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