Engine cleaning/painting

I posted a while back asking for places that do engine detailing and cleaning and have contacted a few but have decided that the prices they are asking it just seems to make sense to do this myself.

I'm basically looking to see if anyone has done a guide at all and what products are best to use? Should i also be prepared to need to paint components or will the right product used well bring the bits back to life? The car is a n/a motor.

Ill do your engine detailing and painting?

Ill do your engine detailing and painting?

Would it look as nice as yours

Spray with TF remover, agitate with brush then steam clean followed by and air line and WD40

Would it look as nice as yours

yeah it will if you chuck some quids into it £££££££££££££££

yeah it will if you chuck some quids into it £££££££££££££££

Like £10k +

yeah it will if you chuck some quids into it £££££££££££££££

I think i may have to do it myself

I dont have a steam cleaner or an air line! Could be a problem

Take a look in my build if your interested in ideas. All the work i have done myself apart from the covers which have been bought from lots of diferent places

The easiest way is get an all purpose cleaner (auto smart g101 on eBay and dilute 4:1) put it in a spray bottle (preferably with a foamer head) and get a selection of soft brushes and work over the bay, then use an open ended hose to rinse but use common sense when it comes to the water.

Then finish it off with 303 aerospace protectant and your left with this

No product will really bring it up like new, and doing a proper job means time taking parts off, stripping down, wire brushing,shot blasting,bench wheel polishing and painting where necessary

quick cleans(under a day) can achieve this with various brushes, g101 etc

This one took 7 days to complete, last pic was 5 days in and is probably more of what you're aiming for and completely achievable DIY.

I was only just getting into doing engine detailing at the time and these were 2/3 years ago now with limited tools, I did the above with a polishing wheel for a drill and wire brush attachments working on the floor!

I'd love to post pics up with far better tools used, but unfortunately i'm not allowed!

Hmmm how much did you charge for that. Top work :-)

Hmmm how much did you charge for that. Top work :-)

He would have to pm you

I can pm some advise on other methods I use to help you, but I work solely for one guy right now and can't spare the time!

pm away :-)

Here's mine done by myself with basic products. A scotch (brillo) pad or wire wool works great on the intake manifold and throttle body

Oh and make sure you don't get the spark plug wells full of water or it will run like a bag of spanners and you'll have great fun drying them out (voice of experience lol).