painting valve cover

[Sammich]

scuff it w/ like 600 grit sandpaper...i sprayed everything, then block sanded the letters and voila...easier that way. my pics shows the results

 

[ixcocoyxi]

i got my homie to sandblast and clean the vc at his work. hopefully that should be good enough

 

[Sammich]

well that's too easy..get your hands dirty lol

 

[ixcocoyxi]

well, i used paint stripper first. lol!

 

[MyLittleTeg]

I bought paint stripper to take off OEM paint. (Half flaked off anyways) and one can of high temp block paint ($10 at O'Reilly) and done gaskets while I had it off. $40 job for everything. I don't have a before but here's after

 

[ixcocoyxi]

Oh yeah. Forgot to post the finished product up.

Sent from my Glade Air Freshener.

 

[Sammich]

dat wet wet lol

 

[Samurai_Blue]

How do you guys clean the vc? I remember when i had my LS one painted it got grease marks embeded in the paint.

 

[Nick_C78]

Get oil resistant paint for starters. Wear Latex gloves when working on greasy parts. Don't touch painted surfaces when gloves are dirty. get fresh set of gloves when handling painted surfaces. Can also clean with Mineral Spirits if needed.

 

[Sammich]

when i detail my engine...i use degreaser in the engine bay...i usually lightly spray the bay first in mainly to dilute it for sake of the car paint

 

[Dnethics]

I wanted to do wrinkle black but didn't want to get in trouble with the wife by using the oven

 

[94RS]

Holy thread bump....

Wrinkle black needs to be sent somewhere for powder coating for it to come out good anyway :thumbup:

 

[Dnethics]

Wow, looks great. How much they charged you for that?

 

[94RS]

Wow, looks great. How much they charged you for that?

Absolutely nothing.

 

[Dnethics]

Can I send you mine...