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Painting Valve cover, wrong paint?

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Old 08-19-2007, 05:23 PM
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Default Painting Valve cover, wrong paint?

I plan on painting my valve cover tomorrow (monday), so I got 800 grit sandpaper, semi gloss black engine enamel paint, and what I thought was clear coat engine enamel paint at Advanced auto parts, but I think that I got the wrong clearcoat.....

I'm going to be using Importtuner67's DIY to paint my valve cover. I don't have engine cleaner but I do have brake cleaner this will work fine right for cleaning the valve cover?

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Old 08-19-2007, 07:11 PM
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Brake cleaner works fine. Have fun.
 
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Old 08-19-2007, 07:34 PM
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Thanks Type RB

So will this clear coat paint be fine to use on my valve cover?
 
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Old 08-19-2007, 07:49 PM
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id say get the high tempeture engine spray paint they have at like autozone or an auto store it says on the can 500 degree paint or whatever.
 
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Old 08-19-2007, 08:27 PM
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It should be fine as long as you use two coats of engine primer and two to three coats of the engine paint then the regular clear coat. Good Luck
 
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