Valve Cover Paint
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Racer
Joined: Mar 2005
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From: Hometown The best
Valve Cover Paint
My question is can I paint the valve covers on my '85. I want to paint them a different color and clear coat over the paint. I have heard that paint won't stick to them. What can I do?
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jul 2006
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From: Strongsville Ohio
I just got done painting mine. Make sure you clean them really good. They came out like anything else I have spray painted.
I used high temp white paint, then painted GS stripes with black break rotor paint.
I used high temp white paint, then painted GS stripes with black break rotor paint.
Racer
Joined: Jul 2010
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From: Kansas City MO
Ever consider powdercoating? It holds up well and withstands the heat that most intake/valvecovers are subjected to. If you find a decent powdercoater they can coat the base plenum one color, then either do the ribs another color or leave them natural and then clear the whole thing...
Other than that I've painted intakes and valvecovers with PPG paint/clear and they held up good - however I can't give a real long term reference as I didn't own that engine but about 1.5 years and it wasn't a daily driver - all my 'fast' stuff has been no-fills and the best they got was either nothing or a basic rattle-can job with VHT...
Other than that I've painted intakes and valvecovers with PPG paint/clear and they held up good - however I can't give a real long term reference as I didn't own that engine but about 1.5 years and it wasn't a daily driver - all my 'fast' stuff has been no-fills and the best they got was either nothing or a basic rattle-can job with VHT...
Racer
Joined: Nov 2010
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From: Oliphant Ontario
By the way, that Maytag thing sitting beside your kitchen sink.. Does an excellent job of de-greasing things like that, especially if it has a pot scrubber cycle. Just appease your wife/mother/girlfriend and use a rag and varsol to get 99.9% of the gunk off first.
