Painting Alternator: Suggestions?

[Surf Charger]

Looking for recommendations on painting my alternator to look decent again.

Can it be taken apart fairly easily to paint the outer shell? What paint to use?

thanks!

[b5blue]

Check out Eastwood they have paints for everything in restoration. 

[Surf Charger]

Good deal. Any recommendations on taking it apart to paint? Or is it best to leave it together?

[Nacho-RT74]

yes can be taken appart. needs some tooling but is fairly easy

No I wouldn't paint it, maybe a chemical procedure to clean it the best as posible.

[Cooter]

Paint the housing if you can, as if it sits outside any length of time, or even inside a place that sees any dampness, your alternator will turn white.

[b5blue]

I agree with Cooter, my Denso is just starting to fuzz after 16 months in Florida wet air.  Gotta coat it with some oil or something to slow that down.

[bill440rt]

 

Or, as an alternative you could bead blast the case & coat it with a hi-temp satin clear from Eastwood or similar. It would retain it's original finish if that's what you're going after.

The case is aluminum/pot metal so it will oxidize if left exposed hence the white coating.

[John_Kunkel]

I use Krylon Dull Aluminum, about the same as Eastwood's Aluma-Blast but easier to find locally.

[b5blue]

I stopped buying Krylon when they went to the new crappy formula.    Shame it WAS good stuff before...

[bill440rt]

Hmmm... really Neal?
I haven't tried Krylon in quite a while. Their Dull Aluminum was pretty good stuff. VERY similar to Eastwood's Aluma-Blast.

[A383Wing]

I stopped buying Krylon when they went to the new crappy formula.    Shame it WAS good stuff before...

yea..no kidding...that used to be almost the best paint around....it's crap now

Bryan

[b5blue]

I use to Krylon silver then Krylon clear coat and things came out great. Used semi gloss black on all kinds of metal and plastic, re-coats right away or even years later came out nice. Now UGH! I took 4 cans back to Walmart after using a little of 1 can, it blotched, fish eyed and wrinkled over a part coated with original Krylon.  It may be fine on clean prepped bare metal or plastic new application but it was how I maintained protection on most of my chassis. Now I use Rustolium.   

[Surf Charger]

Can any of you guys provide pictures of the results?

[bill440rt]

Here's the closest pic I have handy at the moment.
This is a natural casing with a satin clear.

[John_Kunkel]

Here's what the Krylon Dull Aluminum looks like.

[bill440rt]

NICE!!