Dupli-Color DE1612 Engine Enamel Spray Paint with Ceramic - Gray Primer - 12 oz Aerosol Can

4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars | 7,213 ratings

Price: 12.75

Last update: 01-10-2025


About this item

AUTOMOTIVE SPRAY PAINT – Dupli-Color Engine Enamel is a high-quality vehicle paint that contains Ceramic resins for maximum heat dissipation and gloss retention. The resins offer protection from exposure to excessive heat and automotive fluids.
PROFESSIONAL PAINT – This Gray Primer spray paint color is known for its durability. Dupli-Color’s Engine paint with Ceramic resists temperatures up to 500°F intermittently and produces a finish that will not blister, flake, crack or peel.
EASY TO USE – Featuring a EZ Touch Conical Nozzle, this high heat car paint is easy to use and ensures maximum coverage on engine blocks and engine accessories. It’s dry to the touch in 30 minutes and can be handled in 1 hour.
IDEAL USES – Excellent for under-the-hood applications like cars, trucks, ATV and UTV’s, this Dupli-Color spray paint will perform to the most rigorous standards of racing, street rod, and vehicle restoration enthusiasts.
DUPLI-COLOR – Since 1938, Dupli-Color has been the trusted brand leader in providing easy-to-use, innovative, products to restore, restyle and protect vehicle appearance.

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VLADT
5.0 out of 5 stars Nice color
Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2024
Awesome quality, I’ll definitely recommend this product
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VLADT
5.0 out of 5 stars Nice color
Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2024
Awesome quality, I’ll definitely recommend this product
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Steven
5.0 out of 5 stars Love the color!
Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2024
I'm pretty impressed with the shine this engine paint leaves and it seems to hold up really well! It was worth the money!
Payne
5.0 out of 5 stars Great value
Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2024
I us this to repaint vintage wood hand plane soles and it work great.
Raleighphile
4.0 out of 5 stars It's not as good as the old 1200-degree paint that they used to make
Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2012
I used to really like the old 1200-degree paint that Dupli-Color used to make.

This stuff isn't horrible and is still much better than typical rattle-can paint. But it's nowhere near as the old stuff.

The reason this paint is better than typical rattle-paint is that it can withstand heat and therefore small parts can be "baked" in an oven to really harden and cure the paint.

The problem with typical rattle-can paint is that the stuff chips, scratches, and peels so darn easily. If you had a UV paint-drying booth to really get a good cure on the paint like professionals use even rattle-can paint would be much tougher. As it is rattle can paint never really dries or hardens properly and is very susceptible to damage because of this. I think everyone knows what I'm talking about. You can pretty much scratch it with your fingernail. The best you can do is leave it out in the hot-hot sun for weeks or even months before it is ever used. This helps -but isn't really practical or handy. I knew people who would paint bicycle frames and leave them up the roof all summer before even attempting to build them into a bike.

But this high-heat paint can actually be popped right into your OVEN and baked for hours at 350-400 degrees. The longer you bake it (and the closer you can get it to the maximum heat it (and the parts you are painting) without damaging the piece the better the paint will harden and cure. If you have an old pizza oven you can even bake a whole bicycle frame.

I've actually used the 1200-degree stuff on internal and external gun parts -and baked it at as hot as I could get in an old oven in my garage for 6 hours. After waiting a few days after it cools down the finish is comparable to what black-finished guns come with from the factory. It won't scratch or chip very easily and can withstand harsh chemicals like bore-cleaning fluids and gun oils without being effected.

Unfortunately this lower-rated stuff isn't really that tough :( It's pretty good -but not gun-part tough. I've painted quite a few bicycle parts with this and it is as tough as the factory paint. It'll still chip but it is WAY better than junk ordinary rattle-can paint. It works well on engine parts although on exhaust manifolds it isn't going to hold up as temps get more than 600-degree (and you know that they cheat on these numbers anyhow for long-term heat exposure. At a sustained 600-degree exposure I'm sure this paint would eventually fail unlike the 1200-degree version which would do well on headers.

I only wish I could still find the 1200-degree stuff. I don't know why they quit making it. I'd give that 5 stars but this stuff only gets 4 -really 3-1/2 stars but I'll be generous.
Terry
5.0 out of 5 stars So far!
Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2024
So far so good. I followed the instructions on the can. 2 misting covers (10minutes between) and the final 2 coats, but a bit heavier. Nice and smooth. Like it!
Angela Payne
5.0 out of 5 stars Great paint
Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2024
Fast spraying, great tip and vibrant color!
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Angela Payne
5.0 out of 5 stars Great paint
Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2024
Fast spraying, great tip and vibrant color!
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D man
5.0 out of 5 stars Great color!
Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2024
Matched perfectly. The engine I was working on could not find it locally.
Jeff
5.0 out of 5 stars Good product!
Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2024
Worked great, and did what I wanted.

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