painting valve cover

[2000sliverEX]

i just bought my 2000 ex so im kinda new to this and i wanna start cleaning it up. i see a lot of people paint there valve covers and i wanna do it. i was wondering how hard is what do i have to do to remove the valve cover. what type of paint do i use, can i just use regular spray paint? and advice would be greatly appreciated. thanks

 

[ceegeeaye]

I used regular spray paint bought from Kragens. Make sure its 500 degree's or close. I used it and it still lasts.

 

[MistahJuice]

get something to degrease it, let it dry and get duplicolor high temp engine enamel from kragen. That's what I did and it looks sweet.

Heres some pics of the type of paint/primer/clear coat I used, can't speak for the acryli-clean but the pain't great.

 

[2000sliverEX]

sweet does it need to be sanded or anything?

 

[MistahJuice]

I didn't really sand it, if you use the self etching primer in the above pic you should be fine, and I didn't want to sand it afterwards, only thing I sanded were the letters to make them silver again, you can see it in my build thread, link in the sig.

 

[2000sliverEX]

alright cool ill look for that when im picking up the paint. ganna be getting a lot also painting my wheels haha

 

[evilrilla2]

i just sand it down, then used finer sand paper. then i bought 3 bottles, all with 500 degrees capabilities. one was primer, second was black, and the third was clear glossy enamel. after i paint the valve cover black, i had chap stick smothered on hte HONDA label. then i coated the valve cover with the enamel. it made everything shinny and glossy.

wrinkle paint is popular too.

 

[2000sliverEX]

thats a good idea on the letters and stuff iv been trying to figure out how i was gonna do that

 

[raf_glez]

If u dont wanna sand anything..just use Aircraft Paint remover..it will remove EVERYTHING!!..u should sand just to make sure no mayor bumps are bothering..

BTW..after clearing it...u should (imo) polish it..to make the clear shine like it should.

 

[evilrilla2]

check out how mine came out

http://www.clubcivic.com/board/showthread.php?t=195748

im satisfied. first you need to determine how you want your bay to look and what accent colors you will choose. then choose the color for the valve cover.

 

[evilrilla2]

also, before i had install my header i had painted the exaust mainfold cover black. it looked good too.

 

[2000sliverEX]

i was thinking about sandblasting mine getting everything completely gone on it

 

[evilrilla2]

if you have the resources to sandblasted, go for it, this is the best choice.

 

[Joshuansi]

sandblasting is a good choice.

 

[Mr.Baker]

Some initiative + internet + search =
http://www.d-series.org/forums/diy-forum/82600-diy-paint-your-own-valve-cover.html