Striped valve cover Painting in Progress

[ghostsi]

Striped valve cover Painting in Progress,Updated, FINISHED check it out

Well i striped my valve cover down for repainting. It was a Red CTR valve cover that i bought new, i only bought it cause it had the half moon cutouts for the cam gears. It looked great but i didnt think it match the pearl white paint of my car so i painted it a pearl white that did. Well after installing it the clear coat started to yellow and flake cause i didnt let it cure long enough. And i just wished i would of left it alone. But i striped it down to the bare alluminum to repaint it. I think it looks pretty sweet like this but i am going to paint it, powdercoat it, what do you guys think? I would polish it but thats to time comsuming and i dont have all the stuff to do it so that the polishing stays. It took about 6 times to stripe with aircraft paint striper and you just wash it off with high preasure water from a hose. If any of you are thinking about doing this to yours if you have the black one i suggest leaving yourself about a day or two to complete. Luckly i just put the original one back on until this is finished. I bought some dupont Mirage ICE color paint kit i think i going to use to paint it, I post pictures once its finished. If it turns out like s**t i guess i be striping it agian and just get it powdercoated or something.

 

[THE REAL DEAL]

yeah it looks kinda dull..... id either paint it or polish it

 

[ghostsi]

freshly striped

 

[KennyC]

paint that bad boy

 

[ghostsi]

primed

 

[ghostsi]

Freshly painted and primed. What do you guys think i should do, either leave the letters painted or have the letters polished alluminum? I know it looks kind of sparkly but that the dupot mirage paint, its suppose to shift colors in the light, Well see after i put it back on the engine and what it looks like in the sunlight. I going to let it dry and cure for about 48hours so i post new pictures in a few days weather permiting. Damn cold and rain.

 

[ghostsi]

Dupont Mirage ICE, now i got to find a carbon fiber wire cover or a polished alluminum one.

 

[Rick James]

that new color looks awsome. good job

 

[EK9]

wow that's some good look shizzznitz

 

[esoteric781]

that looks hot, good job ghostsi. IMO, polished aluminum on the letters and then a polished aluminum wire cover. just don't think the carbon fiber would stick out too much with the color changing valve cover.

sick job though dude :

 

[elise]

that does look cool! but you shoula left the Writing how it was :}~

either way its very nice!

 

[defvayne]

bump

 

[defvayne]

hey can u list what u used to prep and paint....thanx

 

[ghostsi]

Installed

 

[ghostsi]

Another,

 

[ghostsi]

As far as what i used to Prep and paint the valve cover. I bought some Aircraft striper from autozone, not the stuff in a spray can the sell it in a half gallon size and a smaller size also. Your going to need a chemical resistant paint brush. I had one but the aircraft striper still started to melt it. And i used to paint it with the Mirage paint kit from Dupont that i bought from autozone also.

 

[civickidd99]

Looks really good, but why do you think it wouldn't peel and chip now? Is that paint hi-temp or anything? Just asking, sorry to seem like an a*****e.

 

[ghostsi]

Honestly i dont know if its going to peal or not. I just made sure it cured for a few days before i put it on. So far for about a day that its was on i drove around and checked it and theres no cheaping or discoloration, usually your going to see it the first time it comes under a heated condition. I not going to be spraying it with break cleaner or anything cause then i am sure it peel up. Really you dont need very high temp paint on a valve cover, yeah it gets hot but not burning hot like a header. The temp of the valve cover is maybe 100 something degrees, and not even burning to the touch so i say it would be fine.

 

[civickidd99]

I'm just asking because, your last one started to yellow. I was thinking that was because of the under-hood temp.

 

[Rand0m]

it definatly looks good man....one of the nicest DIY jobs ive seen.....just hope it doesnt peel on you