Best semi-gloss black for engine area parts?

[Discseven]

Am planning to strip & recoat the engine's console, saddle, and surrounding "tin". Am looking for a genuine black semi-gloss that will stand the heat and engine cleaning chems like Brake Cleaner. I have some Cerakote Black Velvet on hand. Been thinking about going with that for it's durability and air cure. My hesitation is it's NOT a BLACK-BLACK. Is more like charcoal black. All the other Cerakote air cure blacks are "flat." Rather have a semi-gloss.

Recommendations would be appreciated.
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[Dpmulvan]

Enamel with a hardener would be fine. Rust oleum professional semi gloss with enamel hardener would be fine.

[Dpmulvan]

[almostordinary]

following.

[Monkey Wrench]

imron ( epoxy ) will resist brake fluid. Im not that familiar with new products but when Ive used a two part epoxy it was good for things like that and the stuff I had was satin black. rustoleum I use often but its not the toughest paint you can buy. sometimes I'd want gloss black so I'd just give it a light spray but at least it had better protection from rock chips and rust. that hardener might help instead. epoxy does have a certain amount of VOC's If I have to fight the rust off of old car parts I like to use a two part epoxy to try to stop it from returning. from older work Ive done 30 years back, I'm very happy. products do change though, a lot more low VOC stuff out there now and some hare are much more familiar with these new products.

[louielargo]

To use Por15 Semi Gloss.
Spray gun should have at least a 1.8 tip or larger with no reducer. Shot straight out of the can.
Exceptional durability with a nice finish.
I had some engine tin powder coated and a few pieces were done this way.
Years later, its still holding up.

Cheers, Louie

[Monkey Wrench]

wrinkle paint can lok nice on some parts, its easy to do and you can overcoat the colors with another color if you don't like the color of the wrinkle paint you have. Its kind of fun to use.

I experimented with some stainless steel paint, it comes out a dull grey much like a spray on galvanized coating. Intended for things like exhaust pipes. You have to clean the metal ( acid or sandblast), then brush on the coating , If it's an exhaust pipe you can heat it by driving. I used an old oven to do some things like my ashtray and a tin rocker cover. It looks like an original coating. it came off a bit on my cast iron manifold after 30 years but a lot stuck..that expands and contracts a lot. the can had a whole lot of horrible warnings on it so it might be somewhat limited for that reason. what i liked was that it looked like a factory finish. lots of people paint parts bright colors like the rocker cover. Its not shiny.

Por 15 has a good name Ive heard a lot of people say they like it.

for the battery area I like to soak a rag in water with a lot of baking soda. I dry it , then lay that under the battery, it acts as a pad then any spilled fluid is neutralized rather than rusting out the battery box. cleans up the terminals real good too so I stick them in a jar of water and baking soda once in a while. It'll bubble and clean them well. cheap and baking soda isn't hazardous in itself. . Don't get it in the battery.