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RE: valve cover paint - 7/9/2007 11:50:24 AM

addiction2bass

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a paint striper and paint costs less ;)
ive had my valve cover painted for almost a year now and it still looks just like it did when i painted it!

did ya sand it enough or primer it?

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RE: valve cover paint - 7/9/2007 6:37:40 PM

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high heat paint will work good

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RE: valve cover paint - 7/10/2007 5:36:26 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: addiction2bass

a paint striper and paint costs less ;)
ive had my valve cover painted for almost a year now and it still looks just like it did when i painted it!

did ya sand it enough or primer it?

I don't half ass ****. Sanded the hell out of it and used two coats of primer

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RE: valve cover paint - 7/10/2007 12:08:01 PM

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hum..... dont see why it would be flaking off already.......

ya use any engine bay cleaners?

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RE: valve cover paint - 7/10/2007 8:50:18 PM

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i used basecoat/clear coat and mine is over two years old (not daily driven) but driven alot and mine isn't flaking or cracking.

forty do u think the engine ran warmer with the turbo maybe (has no freakin clue what im talkin about)

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RE: valve cover paint - 7/11/2007 4:51:09 AM

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forty do u think the engine ran warmer with the turbo maybe (has no freakin clue what im talkin about)

Absolutely, under certain conditions (doing 8psi rips after being on the highway for a couple hours

). However, that pic you see was taken during my turbo install, and I dont even think the car was running yet.

Maybe I just had ****ty paint, I dunno

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RE: valve cover paint - 7/11/2007 7:39:52 AM

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prep work is 90% of any paint job. paint is probably 8% and then operator error makes up the other 2%

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RE: valve cover paint - 7/11/2007 10:13:57 AM

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prep work is 90% of any paint job. paint is probably 8% and then operator error makes up the other 2%

Like I said, I prepped it well, and I know how to paint just fine

My point is that powdercoating owns

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RE: valve cover paint - 7/11/2007 3:16:12 PM

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