For a quick and good look in the engine bay, I use enamel paint. No, it's not brake fluid proof. 2 pak is better, or por15 I think is brake fluid proof to a 'further' point, but is only available in black or grey. I get my brake lines zinc plated.

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The Husband's Harley tank and guards were powdercoated-----didn't take long before the fuel overflow from the (dud) cap started to stain and discolour the tank.

Would be about 6-7 years since it was done tho, and it lives in the shed, not out in the weather, and without the heat and crap that under a bonnet would cop.

Does look pretty awesome though !

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**purple '68 deluxe!**


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Just don't spill the brake fluid in the first place.

maybe put down a liner of some kind?

Morris!! you know just as well as I do, it's not about me spilling it. It eventually gets to the paint. You get one slight leak develop over a hard drive somewhere, and before you can fix it, and see it, its too late. Damage is done. Plus a little hard to avoid when bleeding the brakes.. but lets not go there ppls, I have my way of bleeding brakes, and it is the only way I believe you get "GOOD" brakes, and a really nice hard pedal. Not "brakes" as some people have in a mini.. lets not go there..

yeah, been there with the latest.. that's why it's peeling up now.. it's horrible. Definetly not going there again. Am in no rush, so need something that will be tough, hence powder coating was the thought. There are pics of people who have done it on other forums, but just wasan't sure exactly how possible this was.. to me like pointed out, I didn't think it was.. only the subby..

i was going to suggest, you know the clear plastic coating people put on their car to protect from stone chips? clear bra or whatever they call it? maybe that on the affected areas.
alternatively, simply use a vinyl wrap to protect the paint.

It is an area, from repeated spillages, that is diffiult to clean properly, it could be that the steel is contaminated and has not been cleaned correctly. If this is the case, then it won't matter what you try it ill end up the same.

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thats quiet the conundrum... I usually clean the hell out of them with thinners... then clean them again..... then I brush paint them with heavy coats of enamel... I've not had a pproblem yet.... but I'm funnel crazy so I don't often spill brake/clutch fuild or oil....

I'll certainly be getting mine bare metal clean, and multiple thinner swabs,, and will have to decide what I do from here.

As I said, it's not that I spill it, Never ever spilt it, always use funnels etc when it comes to this thing.. its that sometimes it will come out the top when cornering hard, or something, it comes from somewhere don't ask me how, but all mini's I've owned have had this problem over the years. It's fine if I drive it once in a blue moon, it seems to last forever, but once I start using them all the time, it finds its way. The joints get a little pocket of air and a drip comes down onto the firewall and BAM your paint is gone

interesting concept. I wonder if that is possible and would work??

well it protects the paint from anything else, so hopefully
these are sorta what i am talking about, the stone guards that come with this era 911 are just stick on jobs - these ones are cracking and i simply had a shop use them as a template to cut out new ones for me to stick on. i imagine getting some made up for your firewall or similar would be less than a hundred bucks?

I have the same problem and POR15 will not resist brake fluid

Sand blasting the effected areas and re paint in 2pak and use a silcon brake fluid that won't eat paint.

Ta

Bernard

Sounds like your best bet really. Plus you can go faster then because your brake fluid wont boil.

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Bought a new rear subframe for the 1980 Mini, had it powder coated and installed it in 1999. In 2003, stripped the Mini for major resto/mod and...powder coat came off the rear subframe in sheets with a garden hose.

Sand blasted the sub frame to bare metal, primed and painted automotive black...8 years later still good!

In my view powder coating is only of limited use in an automotive application, heat/engine/exhaust/brakes, cold/snow/salt/deicers, rain/sand/road grit/wind, oil/brake fluid/fuels, etc....not your living room ornament.

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Select a gear, bring up the revs and release the clutch...off you go!