Painting engine covers?
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Painting engine covers?
Has anyone painted their covers/tanks (coolant,WSW, fuelrail, radiator etc.) without sanding them, but rather just priming and painting? Seems like they would have the look of the red Z06 covers. Sanding looks like a PITA and the cost of painted ones is a bit steep.
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It doesn't look as good IMO. If you go that route at least scuff them (or use adhesion promoter). If not the paint will probably peel on you.
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Proper prep work is the key to having the covers look good and last a long time.
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Don't mix material brands, I mean don't use duplicolor primer then use Rustoleaum paint and Krylon clear coat. Go to your local body shop supplier and get whatever brand of primer, base coat, clearcoat you want to use. Sand/scuff clean the covers wash in dish detergent let throughly dry. Apply SEM plastic adhesion promoter, then paint!
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Step #1 is to clean the residue off...Wash several times with dawn detergent or a commercial plastic cleaner to prevent a major "aw chit" later..then go for the look ya want..
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Thanks sfc Rick.
Don't mix material brands, I mean don't use duplicolor primer then use Rustoleaum paint and Krylon clear coat. Go to your local body shop supplier and get whatever brand of primer, base coat, clearcoat you want to use. Sand/scuff clean the covers wash in dish detergent let throughly dry. Apply SEM plastic adhesion promoter, then paint!
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I sanded mine for a few hours with my pneumatic random orbital sander and got them smooth enough to where the first coat of primer made them smooth as a baby's behind. I primered them and sanded a couple more times after that then gave them a few coats of base color and cleared them with a few more coats. I wet-sanded between coats. Finally, I sanded them with increasingly finer sand paper and finished up with 2000 grit and polish.
Unsanded
One unsanded and one sanded
Both sanded
Primer applied
Color coat
Cleared
Polished and then I applied the acrylic letters
On Mrs. Patches' '02
Unsanded
One unsanded and one sanded
Both sanded
Primer applied
Color coat
Cleared
Polished and then I applied the acrylic letters
On Mrs. Patches' '02
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So true. Gave me a wake up call,
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I sanded mine for a few hours with my pneumatic random orbital sander and got them smooth enough to where the first coat of primer made them smooth as a baby's behind. I primered them and sanded a couple more times after that then gave them a few coats of base color and cleared them with a few more coats. I wet-sanded between coats. Finally, I sanded them with increasingly finer sand paper and finished up with 2000 grit and polish.
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On Mrs. Patches' '02
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On Mrs. Patches' '02
What acrylic letters did you use?
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I chose to paint mine myself and used a little nostalgia. Chevy orange was the engine color for many many years.. So I chose to add that color to my engine.
original
Then I changed them to Red
Then to Chevy Orange
original
Then I changed them to Red
Then to Chevy Orange
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