painting a valve cover

[Civic_Tacoma]

I'm wanting to paint a spare valve cover that I have to match the color of my car. The problem I'm running into is that nobody makes a maroon/burgandy high temp paint. Could I use a high temp primer, then regular paint, and then a high temp clear to get the color I want? Or am I just screwed on color matching? Thanks.

 

[swanny]

The only way to know is to try. I would expect that it would be fine though, just make sure you sand it really well so the paint sticks.

 

[ripperbone]

use aircraft stipper to strip your old paint off then use a 3m pad to scuff the valve cover. then use a silver high temp paint or get the metallic ground coat for the anodize paint as a primer. and let it sit for a week, then get the color of paint you want to match your car and spray it. let it dry for a couple of days and your good to go. the reason you have to let it sit a week after the base ground coat is if you mix paint you have the chance of it blistering. or you can find a powdercoater in your area and see if they have a color that is close to matching your car and get it powdercoated

 

[hcivic.com]

just get it powder coated

 

[tab]

powdercoat it or paint it.

Regular paint will hold up fine for a valve cover. The rattle can stuff doesn't like it when you spill oil on it. It discolors easy.

I polished mine. It took several hours, but polished aluminum is nice.

 

[jamesA]

I know this guy has the same name on here, I can't find the thread on here about it. His name is mntdewred.


Here's a link to his Civicland thread;

http://forums.civicland.com/index.php?showtopic=6416

There ya go. Send it to him, he'll clean it prep it and powdercoat it one-coat solid color for 25 bucks.

 

[phunky.buddha]

I think it might be more than $25 though.

 

[jamesA]

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I think it might be more than $25 though.

Well, shipping. probably.