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Detroit blue
Where can one get the Detroit blue for touching up the engine?
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NAPA sells Duplicolor engine enamel and I believe they offer a DD Blue,
but I went with the DD Aspen Green #1618 -
Thanks Don
Now I have to spend more time in my engine compartment due to engine envy. LOL
Chuck
2000 Featherlite H3-45
2024 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Leesburg, FL -
The Detroit Blue is a powder coating, and not paint. It starts out blue, but it apparently was not formulated to prevent color shift from heat. Some finishes change color as they are heated and that is the case with the powder coating. When I painted my engine I was able to get a fairly large sized chip of the coating that was peeling off the engine block and the folks in the paint department were able to match it with an oil based enamel.
It isn’t blue, it isn’t green, but it is some color in between and matches the areas i could not get at to paint. The enamel hold up fairly well. I have also used paint from Tractor Supply. It wasn’t even close to a match, but it was reasonably durable.
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