ACCORDICT
01-08-2004, 08:25 PM
This the way I painted my valve cover, intake tube, spark plug cover:
H22 but will work for all….
I post this as an example of how to do it, not instructions:
I would recommend having it sandblasted if possible (at least around letters), I didn't do it that way, and because I'm a perfectionist I'm going to re-do it again because I found it hard to sand in-between the letters. But still looks really good except at the right angle and looking at it closely.
MATERIALS; in order of steps
Gloves: Nitrile are the best. Always have those around.
Sand Paper:
180 girt, 320 grit, 500 grit, and 1000 (wet) grit. Scotch brite ultra fine pad (not sure where to get 1 ea). This will make finish smooth, not "orange peel look" about $.99 a sheet 1 ea.
For spark plug cover use wet sand paper and keep wet, no need to mask. I didn’t paint/care about bottom.
Tape, card board, and razor, to prep and mask off bottom and cover holes. Most have all around the house
Cleaner, not a thinner, or like Pat put it back it the dishwasher
Tack cloth, $.99
Can sprayer, I found it really easy to hold the cans perfect, and mostly spray an even coat $2.99 (optional)
Paint:
Flat black high heat paint, I used BBQ, cheaper @ $2.50
500 deg. Primer $3.49 (didn’t have 1200)
1200 deg. Red flat $4.99 I got 1200 deg. Red because I liked color of red better, and just like auto paint it's flat and w/ clear it makes it glossy.
500 deg. Clear coat. $3.49 (didn’t have 1200)
Prep:
For valve cover sand w/ lowest grit first, work up to 500 grit, for intake tube only use scratch pad, for spark plug cover use only 1000 grit.
Mask off holes, and cardboard off bottom (easy later to prop up).
Blow off dirt, and use cleaner twice, and then wait to dry or put in dishwasher, dry off
Tack cloth twice. The cleaner the better for painting.
Now you're ready to paint
I used the paint can lids under valve cover to prop up so it doesn’t stick to the bottom
Follow directions on the can.
I painted it at about 80 deg, and with each coat of primer, base coat, and clear coat, I sprayed my 1st coat kinda light, and 2nd coat even and a little thicker than a normal coat, you might want to do two light coats than do a third even coat.
Same for spark plug cover.
Then, carefully peel off masking tape and cardboard (or not, if not you cannot put in oven) my oven went to 500 deg. The back of can sugg.650 for 1 hour, I did 1 ½ hour, @ 500 deg DO NOT PUT PLASTIC IN OVEN!!!!!!!!! I didn’t put tube in oven either, way too hard. I used needle nose pliers x2 to pull out of oven put in side spark plug hole and open in-side (reverse tweezers) as for the intake tube I put in front of 80,000 BTU, LP heater, for a couple of hours.
Sand off letters:
I waited for 24 hours to do this, I used a sanding block, but a piece of wood would work fine, and I followed same steps as above to sand, but did not use scotch brite pad
Well I hope this works for you if you decide to use this process, I can tell you it looks bad ass, unfourtnley we have had a bad ice storm and every thisg is backed up, so I don’t have pics yet, and no I don’t have a digitial camera yet.
H22 but will work for all….
I post this as an example of how to do it, not instructions:
I would recommend having it sandblasted if possible (at least around letters), I didn't do it that way, and because I'm a perfectionist I'm going to re-do it again because I found it hard to sand in-between the letters. But still looks really good except at the right angle and looking at it closely.
MATERIALS; in order of steps
Gloves: Nitrile are the best. Always have those around.
Sand Paper:
180 girt, 320 grit, 500 grit, and 1000 (wet) grit. Scotch brite ultra fine pad (not sure where to get 1 ea). This will make finish smooth, not "orange peel look" about $.99 a sheet 1 ea.
For spark plug cover use wet sand paper and keep wet, no need to mask. I didn’t paint/care about bottom.
Tape, card board, and razor, to prep and mask off bottom and cover holes. Most have all around the house
Cleaner, not a thinner, or like Pat put it back it the dishwasher
Tack cloth, $.99
Can sprayer, I found it really easy to hold the cans perfect, and mostly spray an even coat $2.99 (optional)
Paint:
Flat black high heat paint, I used BBQ, cheaper @ $2.50
500 deg. Primer $3.49 (didn’t have 1200)
1200 deg. Red flat $4.99 I got 1200 deg. Red because I liked color of red better, and just like auto paint it's flat and w/ clear it makes it glossy.
500 deg. Clear coat. $3.49 (didn’t have 1200)
Prep:
For valve cover sand w/ lowest grit first, work up to 500 grit, for intake tube only use scratch pad, for spark plug cover use only 1000 grit.
Mask off holes, and cardboard off bottom (easy later to prop up).
Blow off dirt, and use cleaner twice, and then wait to dry or put in dishwasher, dry off
Tack cloth twice. The cleaner the better for painting.
Now you're ready to paint
I used the paint can lids under valve cover to prop up so it doesn’t stick to the bottom
Follow directions on the can.
I painted it at about 80 deg, and with each coat of primer, base coat, and clear coat, I sprayed my 1st coat kinda light, and 2nd coat even and a little thicker than a normal coat, you might want to do two light coats than do a third even coat.
Same for spark plug cover.
Then, carefully peel off masking tape and cardboard (or not, if not you cannot put in oven) my oven went to 500 deg. The back of can sugg.650 for 1 hour, I did 1 ½ hour, @ 500 deg DO NOT PUT PLASTIC IN OVEN!!!!!!!!! I didn’t put tube in oven either, way too hard. I used needle nose pliers x2 to pull out of oven put in side spark plug hole and open in-side (reverse tweezers) as for the intake tube I put in front of 80,000 BTU, LP heater, for a couple of hours.
Sand off letters:
I waited for 24 hours to do this, I used a sanding block, but a piece of wood would work fine, and I followed same steps as above to sand, but did not use scotch brite pad
Well I hope this works for you if you decide to use this process, I can tell you it looks bad ass, unfourtnley we have had a bad ice storm and every thisg is backed up, so I don’t have pics yet, and no I don’t have a digitial camera yet.