Satin Black for clutch cover - what's best?

[A100man]

Cover off XJ & needs a lick of paint..

doesn't haveto be that high temp but oil resistant IS important for those top up spills.
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Now: A100, GT250A, XJ598, FZ750

Then: Fizz, RS200, KL250, XJ550, Laverda Alpina, XJ600, FZS600

[stinkwheel]

I've had good results with plasticote BBQ or wood stove paint. It does need to be baked on though because it's really soft before that. Ideally a few hours in the oven when the Mrs is away so she doesn't complain about the smell. It'll bake on a hot engine too but is easily marked until it's fully cured.
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“Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles.

[A100man]

[stinkwheel]

[A100man]

[WD Forte]

I've used rattle can satin black and silver on a CX engine once and it stood up for a good few years.
No need to get too fussy over this sort of thing.
I've also used radiator enamel which did the job too

If yer blacks too matt, waft a bit of acrylc varnish over it
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bikers smell of wee

[A100man]

[WD Forte]

I know its such a vexatious problem isn't it?
If only someone would invent a device with say a big wide end that tapered down to a narrow end for dispensing oils and other fluids our lives would be so unblighted..............
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bikers smell of wee

[A100man]

[stinkwheel]

This is brush painted tractol. I'd tried thinning and spraying it and it went all fucked up with runs, orange peel, the works. I lost my temper, slapped a thickish coat on with a brush and went "Fine, you're painted." Come out next day to this.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczMnNes8EAb09PUWZ8EGugDKqyVqorReM6yDIp502hvo1uAV96-pFeH0FpRYKmL-DyblXNEumctjytFdQz-GNkLsUk6-9Cs1PQz0LEDUluAZFuBZaobSL8aunia7hj_fP1HCi5k3FpkOfK8s2b7wloes=w1710-h962-s-no

Another one to consider is POR15 (yes the same stuff you use to seal petrol tanks). POR stands for "Paint Over Rust". It's a polyurethane coating that goes on like paint. As such it's super tough and highly thermally resistant. It has a couple of real advantages in addition to that. One is it moisture cures so putting it on in the UK climate means it will still harden. Once it's hardened, that's you done. It also self levels really well after slapping it on with a brush. Because it's a cross linked polymer, it's also very resistant to lubricants you may spill on it.

Disadvantages. Mainly it's really designed for ferrous metal and it cures to form a complete coating. If there's loose shit under it and it starts to peel off, it'll peel badly. They usually recommend getting rid of any loose shit and applying an etch adhesion promoter first, especially if it's going onto alloy.

I painted the mild steel 'spanny exhaust on my 125 with it (I acid etched it first) and it's still like a factory finish 8 months later, despite being regularly slathered in the miscellaneous 2-stroke humours that ooze out round the exhaust joints. Also proves how good its thermal properties are. A little goes a long way, I got one of the tiny tins of it and used less than half painting the exhaust. Again slapped on with a brush and self-levelled to a mirror finish (although they also do a satin version).

If you go for this, only buy as much as you're going to use in one go. If it gets moisture in the tin, it'll set in there.
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“Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles.

[Kawasaki Jimbo]

[to v or not to v]

[WD Forte]

Conepal! that's a snappy name,I like that
I was going with a 'variable diameter, truncated cone fluid dispenser'
but that doesn't trip off the tongue as well.

Just need to draw up a design and find a chinese factory to make them
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bikers smell of wee

[to v or not to v]

you could 3d print them yourself, cut out the middle man.
maximum profits.
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current bike Yamaha Thunderace.
Moto Guzzi V7.