1: To start off, clean the inside of the valvecover to rid it of oil and any crap.

2: Remove all gaskets

3: I degreased the valvecover before I started to prep and stuff to get rid of anything on the surface.

4. I layed the cleaned valvecover on a clean towell (not a new one duh)

5: Gather the paint and get things in order


6: Wit the valvecover already cleaned inside and out and on the towell... use the aircraft stripper and coat the valvecover.


7: Wipe off excess old crinkle paint


8: Coat teh valvecover again with the aircraft stripper and set it outside and get your powerwasher or hose ready.



9: Wait 15 minutes for the Aircraft stripper to set in and then blast the hell out of it with the powerwasher. Flip the valvecover over and rinse that out too. You will need to make sure there isnt any OEM crinkle paint on the valvecover at all.

10: After that, take a air hose and clear out all the water so that it is totally dry. It should look bare like this.


11: Plug all the holes so that it doesnt get in the threads.


12: Spray the High Temp primer in coats. Spray one coat on and let dry. Usually, this will take 20-30 minutes. I made sure it was around then before I sprayed another coat.


13: Continute with coats. I sprayed 3 coats of primer.

14: Lightly spray on the High Temp Engine Color Paint.


15: Dont be disappointed with the first couple light coats because those aren the real color of the cover.

16: Continue spraying coats. I quit around 5 coats. It is very glossy and its drying.

17: Let sit and dry for 24 hours to let it harden so it wont look like **** when under heat.

18: Install the cover, clean and enjoy.


Modified by ImportRacr05 at 12:19 AM 1/25/2005


Modified by ImportRacr05 at 12:20 AM 1/25/2005

 

just follow the instructions on the can for drying. I would give it 24 hours at least.

 

My friend painted his valve cover on his jeep and he just let it sit for around 24 hrs.

Still looks good


Modified by TedwardRoberts at 7:04 PM 1/24/2005

 

Hi, can you tell me a brand and name for aircraft stripper as well as vor the primer? And please be as specific as possible.

thanks
kristin

 

I have painted like 6 valve covers, and maybe 1 was with hi-temp paint. All the others used normal krylon. I let it dry enough that you can handle it, than put it on the car. The heat of the motor will warm it up, and it will not bubble or crack or anything.

 

did you prime it with anything? did you strip it bevor or just sand it down?

 

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always used aircraft stripper, stripped to bare metal, sanded with various grits to a final finish with #400.

Apply two good coats of primer. Apply two or three good coats of color and let dry. Remove masking tape and put on car with new gaskets and hondabond.


edit- let me add, that VHT or duplicolor engine paint usually has a ceramic type product in it which makes it VERY easy to chip if the surface isnt prepared well, temp is not good when paint dries, etc.. Just adds an unneccesary chance of error.

 

if you want to get your valve cover back to or close to oem. you do not want to or have to use primer on the valve cover... it will come off.

all you need to do is stripe the paint off, wash it off with a hose let it dry completely and use that wrinkle paint.

someone on h-t has already did the primer then the wrinkle paint and it peeled off due to the heat...


https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1109927

if you need the wrinkle paint i have one extra one

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1125219


stick with vht the plasti kote version has small wrinkles which is very different from oem the vht brand has larger thicker wrinkle's closely matching oem.

 

painted my valve cover. used a blow dryer between coats and after the final coat. then threw it in the oven for about 30 minutes (can't remember exactly how long). let it cool off and put it back on. Did this a few months ago and everything looks fine still.

 

hm so I have to bake valve cover? ****, I can't even get pie to turn out right ... how dare I put my valve cover through such pain?

What temperature how long?

kristin

 

You can always just have it powder coated but not a good idea if you are trying to do it yourself.

 

When i did mine, i stripped with aircraft stripper, washed it dried it masked holes and sprayed with 4 coats of high heat black engine paint from the autozone. Let it dry for like 2 or 3 hours between coats and overnight before i put it back on. So far so good 6 months later.

 

Yo, this is ImportRacr05 under my bro's name. I am doing a full writeup on how I did it.

 

Check the original post for my writeup.

 

Should have just layed down some heavy layers of clear coat, I think it looked good bare.

 

I couldnt fine clearcoat for the high temp. I like it the way it is.. originality factor.

 

I just did that too, only thing is I heated cover up before I painted. Also I didn't use primer.

 

Here is my finished product. I am gonna detail my engine bay tomorrow to show off the new bling.

 

More since I am a picture *****.

 

haha phat i did mine a week ago too, but mine red TYPEE RRRRRRRRRRRR

 

did mine last week, painting the Honda was a Pain in the buttisimo!

 

i like the dohc valve cover, but i would have left the honda emblems and stuff bare.

i crinkled my valve cover on my d15b after a failed atempt to polish it. I wasn't dissappointed.

 

Once again, the lettering will be black, I am not done yet.

 

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Im a believer that the heat will make the paint cure better if its high temp. When i first painted my headers black with high temp grill paint, i had a portable heater blowing right on it as i painted it. People thought it was professionally jet hot coated...thats till i droped a few screwdrivers on it and scrached the hell out of it

 

For the raised sections I just sanded it down carefully to the metal. old pic.