hey whats up guys...yesterday i was painting me and my fridns valve covers... mine came out fine but his was not what we expected....at the beginning his valve cover already was painted black (i think that might have been the problem becasue it didn;t look like the paint was sticking)..his vlave was black and the paint was chipping and he wanted to piant it blue(don't ask me why)....any suggestionS????

 

sand it down as far as u can and respray. i stripped all my paint and prep it with somethin like alcohol to get grease off of it and base coat it then spray the color

 

Tape it back out and try sanding all the places where the paint is chipping off. Start with a smooth grit sand paper like 1500 or so. That way you won't leave scratches on it. Once you get it smooth around the chipped places to your liking, Prime it and repaint. Try to find some high temp. primer and paint. Do light coats until you get good coverage. There should be a DIY in this. Welcome to HCF. Good luck.

 

if you can't get the old paint off I suggest using lots of brake cleaner and a wire brush.

 

https://www.hondacivicforum.com/m_88873/tm.htm

Refer to this.. ^^^

 

take the valve cover off and use lots of paint stripper.

 

Yeh, definitely sounds like a problem with the original coat of paint. To do it correctly, you'll need to strip that old paint off then sand it smooth and start fresh.