alright, so i misplaced the early ongoing picture's with paint stripping and prep. sorry i'll haft to explain. i didn't use aircraft remover ( but there is nothing wrong with using it ) i used a spray on brand that i got from a kc paint supply store. i had to apply it about three times and it goes as follows
-spray the face of the valve cover for your first coat
-make sure you have water in a bucket near by in case it gets on your skin, paint stripper neutralizes with water and DO NOT GET IT IN YOUR EYES OR NEAR YOUR EYES !
-don't apply in the sun, find a shaped area with some concrete on your feet, that should be a good .
-the first coat will start to bubble after a minute of so, after ten min. you might as well neutralize with water and clean with some old paint brushes you don't care about or a thick and fine bristled brush that won't scare the metal.
-repeat this process try to get all nooks and cranny's stipped of old paint. i also used compressed air after the paint stripper was neut. to get in some area's.
finally after i repeated this three times the paint was off. i then preped with my mini pistol grip DA ( dual action sander ) but in you don't have one, sanding with 120, 150, will do fine. a wet scotch bright and compressed air followed.
and now prime ( i used ppg k36 primer surfacer ) 2 coats.
the mixture is 4:1:1 , k36, i can't remember the catalyst a ppg store should be able to tell you, and dt solvent 885 ( depending on room temp, it was around 70 degrees when i shot the paint. )
and boom it's boring grey !
at my shop we had a brand new element come in for a front end hit, the color was kiwi pearl. it looked sweet so i went with that color. i wet sanded with 320, then 400 in all area's i could reach and again i used a wet scotch bright.
the paint came out good, i was loving the color ! now for the letters
-get some tape, and a piece of a paint stick with some sticky 120 grit paper and sand.
note : i went sideways because i wanted to leave the sandscratches on the metal to leave a machined look.
now for the H, on the jdm cover.
it's important to be carefull and patient, you could srcatch you perfect new paint job.
and there it is !
and it's ready. this isn't a high heat paint but it's more of show purpose. however i have two other covers i did the same way and they are holding up just fine.
ej8 squad member #346valve cover how to http://honda-tech.com/zerothread/2188046
gsrhb7, may you rest in peace.
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