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Old Aug 27, 2003 | 05:11 PM
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Default Polished Valvecover?

Has any one ever used aircraft remoover to "polish" a stock valvecover? Saw a freinds who used it the car looked good but is a hard on the cover?
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Old Aug 27, 2003 | 05:33 PM
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I used the paint remover and stripped the paint off real easy (wear gloves that **** hurts)

Then after that I had a friend polish it with like a wheel and ****.
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Old Aug 27, 2003 | 07:09 PM
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photos!





0 polishing.
i like the look, it matches the intake manifold well.
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Old Aug 27, 2003 | 07:12 PM
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Whoa unpainted looks badass. I thought u painted it gold!
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Old Aug 27, 2003 | 07:18 PM
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i think that was the poor lighting and the orange towel

its the same color as the intake mani on a gsr
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Old Aug 27, 2003 | 10:17 PM
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Man I wish mine turned out like that after using just the aircraft remover. Mine looked like it was corroded or something like that?? I am going to try to polish it one of these days though.
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Old Aug 28, 2003 | 02:17 AM
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hey, i did mine the other day too, just thought i'd post a pic of it.. painted it with a cast iron color high temp engine paint from kragen.



oh yeah, and that paint remover **** does sting pretty bad
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Old Aug 28, 2003 | 05:03 AM
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I used aircraft stripper on mine then sanded and polished the inside. Painted the rest dark blue. Turned out pretty good

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