im wanting to paint my Valve cover soon, and i want to know if anyone has or knows of where to go or could write me up something showing me how to paint my valve cover. thanks!
anyone have any DIY on Valve Covers?
im wanting to paint my Valve cover soon, and i want to know if anyone has or knows of where to go or could write me up something showing me how to paint my valve cover. thanks!
Canon Nutswinger:
Canon XS
18-55mm
55-250mm
50mm USM
Honda-tech.com
man. i know there on honda-tech, but i use this forum. if someone has done it before and has a write or something, i would love to have it posted on here in this section.
Canon Nutswinger:
Canon XS
18-55mm
55-250mm
50mm USM
i took mine off last night, sanded it down with a electric sander and taking it tom to millers to get it powedercoated.
lol dude im trying to do this myself lol. not have someone else do it mike, come on man! lol.
Canon Nutswinger:
Canon XS
18-55mm
55-250mm
50mm USM
Valve cover clean up
Did u not check out the DIY?
Yo mama
THANK YOU SIR, REPS. this was exactly what i was looking for.
Canon Nutswinger:
Canon XS
18-55mm
55-250mm
50mm USM
take it off. Aircraft stripper, dry, paint, let dry. Put back on.geez Davison... haha
Originally Posted by PURP
ooooh gotcha...my bad
good luck with it
take it off. Aircraft stripper, dry, paint, let dry. Put back on.
listen here kevin!
Canon Nutswinger:
Canon XS
18-55mm
55-250mm
50mm USM
This might be a totally retarded question but I feel like thread jacking...
.......I was told by my dad(car salesman for over like 20yrs now) to not take my valve cover off b/c you can mess up the time? or something like that. I dont know anything about it. Wanted to paint mine at one point though until he kept telling me that. And then a friend of mine with a RSX DID have that happen. I dont know if they were messing with something else though while they had it off.
EDIT: My dad is a racecar driver also...... he is known to be a complete dumbass though. lol
ive painted a couple of mine...never had that problem idk tho
No you will not mess anything up.
Its pretty much impossible to screw up unless you purposely mess with the timing belt or cam gears.
I think its about 8 nuts you have to unscrew on the H22.
Pull it off, sand it or use paint remover (aircraft remover)
Paint. (3 or more coats)
Then just slap it back on there. Pretty simple.
Here is when I did mine about 2 years ago on my old prelude.
OLD:
Sanded:
Painted:
Done:
lol...
Materials
Valve cover
Painters tape
Razor blade
Shop towels by the roll
Aluminum Foil turkey pan
Klean-Strip Aircraft Remover - 1 quart
Paint Thinner - 1 quart
Sandpaper - 1000, 1500, & 2000 grit
3m Sandpaper Block
Duplicolor Premium Self-Etching Primer
Duplicolor or VHT Engine Paint (both companies are together now)
Cleaning
Place the valve cover in the foil pan and heavily coat with aircraft remover using a paint brush or tooth brush.
Let it sit for 15 minutes or until the paint has completely bubbled.
Wipe off the paint and scrub any remaining with the toothbrush.
Rinse with a hose or pressure washer.
You now have a bare aluminum valve cover.
Painting
Wipe down with paint thinner using sheets of shop towels.
Mask as well as you can anything you don't want painted. ie the larger raised letters. The more you tape the less you have to sand off and polish later.
Wipe again with paint thinner. Allow to dry.
Spray the Primer following directions on can. Allow to dry.
Spray paint following the directions on the can. Reapply according to directions as necessary. Allow to cure.
Polishing Raised letters
Using a sanding block and 1000 grit gently remove the paint from the raised letters.
Resand with 1500 then 2000.
Use polishing compound on letters if desired.
Good luck powdercoating something yourself. For a proper durable finish that's the way to do it.
Most of the time it's the people that don't comprehend what someone says.
You can't mess up the TIMING by removing the valve cover. You mess up the timing by removing the timing belt and rotating the cam gears or crank.
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