VHT ESP121007 Engine Enamel Universal Bright Red Can - 11 oz

We paint all our tenant mailboxes red. So many people recommended we use engine enamel for heat resistance because the boxes must be repainted every few years and they supposedly had good results of their own. Maybe it’s the brand, and, yes, I know a metal mailbox and engine block are not the same, but I would expect this to hold up more than a year. The color began to fade almost immediately and now we have vermillion mailboxes next to bright red ones painted at the same time. These will be stripped back down - it won’t take much! - and painted with far less expensive and better wearing paint.

I was looking for a high temperature bright red spray paint. This product was perfect to paint my catalytic converter (CC) as a theft deterrent. In my area, there has been a rash of stolen catalytic converters from vehicles. I painted my CC in red paint and used white bold letters for the VIN (Vehicle Identification Number)!

I ordered bright red paint. I received a can labeled as such but paint inside came out obviously orange. Not sort of, very crayola orange. I hesitate to call it paint. It’s thinner than water, its basically brake cleaner with orange food coloring. All I have painted is one v8 engine oil pan and half the can is gone, 3 coats on bare metal and the color is still not completely uniform. I cannot speak for the heat resistance but dollar store paint is more impressive than this carrot water.

This paint is heavy and has a nice gloss to it. I'm sure that it will hold up well but be warned the color of the paint doesn't match the cap very well.It's not a big deal for me because this is going on a 26 year old truck but I might be disappointed if I was restoring a nice vehicle.Still worth five stars to me but I thought you might want to know.

Carefully followed the nearly unreadable directions on the can. Looked great after spraying the intake manifold. Let cure as directed. Ran engine to heat manifold as directed. A few days later I spilled a few ounces of gasoline on the manifold. The paint nearly immediately began bubbling up - as if I was using paint remover. VHT Engine Enamel is not worth your money or time.