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I painted my motor this year with spray cans. I had to remove my power head for repair, so I pulled the motor to paint it. It came out pretty good, and I think it looks really good for 26 year old saltwater motor. I used some primer I bought at home depot and Evinrude paint. I think I used 6 cans of paint. I could had done a better job if I pulled the motor apart further (separating the tilt trim and stripped the low cowling cover.) Obvious this does not help you if you are painting the motor on the boat.

Some one had touched up my motor previously, but it had some over spray on the hull by the trim and tilt, plus they painted over the rust in the trim and tilt so it looked crappy and the mid section paint was splotchy.

One thing that took me a lot longer than I expecting was degreasing all the oil all over the engine. I ground down the corrosion on the lower cover and trim and tilt. It actually took my a good 3x to 4x times than I was expecting to paint my motor.

I painted my engine cover 4 years ago earlier. The paint at that time decals were pealing and I when I went to remove them the paint peeled off and chip. I tried to sand it smooth and I was never happy with it. This time (after a couple different attempts) I found that my paint where it was chipped came off very easy if I used a razor blade where it has start to chipping. One my engine cover, I had a paint run. I ended wet sanding it to fix my paint mistake. I realized after doing that, the paint came out a lot nicer. I wish I wet sanded the mid section but I had already put my motor back together.