Painting an Engine Questions

Clean, clean and once it's clean........do it one more time. To clean it, there is a bunch of stuff, opinions etc...but the last cleaning step should be some kind of metal prep before paint product. Any local autoparts store should have some.

Masking tape works to mask off the engine. If the paint is not flaking off, leave it......if flaking wire brushes or a black biscuit wheel on a 3/8" cordless drill works great to remove the paint.