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This is a discussion on How to Paint a Valve Cover in the General Tech Articles forum
alright.. i just got a spare valve cover off ebay and its getting sandblasted this afternoon.. not really sure on what color i should do.. no, i dont want wrinkle red... i was thinking of a gold color.. or an olive green or something.. .. ...
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| alright.. i just got a spare valve cover off ebay and its getting sandblasted this afternoon.. not really sure on what color i should do.. no, i dont want wrinkle red... i was thinking of a gold color.. or an olive green or something.. .. what do you think?? i'll be doing the letters and the spark plug cover black here is a pic of it now.. ![]() i will post pics of the progress ok, here it is after being sandblasted ![]() got the spark plug holes taped up so no paint hits them and i got the letters sprayed black ![]() all the essential equipment necessary to complete the task.. yes, including the Corona ![]() got the letters taped off... i got lazy so i only did the DOHC VTEC.. the Honda Motor Co. would have taken forever ![]() put on my coat of low gloss black ![]() got her all sprayed up.. waiting for it to dry ![]() sun does wonders when drying paint ![]() and here is the finished product ![]() ![]() *UPDATE* 4/9/07 got the letters back to black, not sure if its staying though.. ![]() and here is one of it with the spark plug cover painted black also.. |
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| Here you go Pissedoff I Went from this ![]() To this ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() All made possible by EG6 letting me borrow his vc so I could put it on me engine while I painted this one I originally started with black lettering but didn't like the way it looked on the blue so this is what I came out with
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