painting my stock valve cover?

[93 10th anniv.]

hey i did a search and couldnt find anything about painting the stock valve cover has anyone tried it? if so can u tell me how to do it to where the paint is smooth and doesnt come off? any help would be appreciated

[93CB7]

I'm not an expert in this, but I think it needs to be powder coated. -OR- you could polish it.

[HondaGuy1212]

there is a diy on powder coating in the diy section

[93CB7]

Here's what polished looks like..

[koolkoreanked]

mines painted... Just sand the valve cover down and get some high heat engine paint. Comes out pretty nice looking... I'll let ya'll know how long it lasts but so far my buddy has done many like this and they all still look good.
This pic does the valve cover no justice as it look a million times better in person.

[93 10th anniv.]

i like that painted one! looks good wut grit do u recomend using to sand it? cuz im going to use a sand blaster at school to take the factory paint off i just dont wanna sand it and paint it and there be sanding marks all through it. thnx

[koolkoreanked]

Just sand off all the old paint and scuff up the surface with say a 1000 grit paper. You want the surface to be scuffed so the paint will stick... And then just apply paint until its all covered. if you see swirls, which you shouldn't, apply more paint to it until there gone... I think the a whole can of paint got used on my valve cover.

[93 10th anniv.]

ok thnx for the advice! do you think it would be ok to get the old paint off with a sand blaster?

[koolkoreanked]

I dont see why not. I did have mine hand sanded tho but I dont see any harm coming from using the blaster.

[OnE eYe GuY]

theres a great invention that can be found at schucks. its called Tal-Strip. buy a can of it and spray your valve cover. that will take paint off of anything. just spray water on it to get everything off. be VERY CAREFUL not to get it on your skin. your skin will bubble and peel off. it works like a charm, i used it.

[TysCb7]

Here you go.
http://www.cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthre...valve+cover%2A
http://www.cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthre...ng+valve+cover

[91whitecb7]

well what i did was.. used paint stripper to get the oem paint off.. sanded it down real good.. taped off the lettering.. and then sprayed a couple layers or engine paint.. got it at auto zone.. turned out real nice

[HF22T]

ok hers the process get paint stripper and color of high heat paint desired

shoot with paint stripper dont get it on your hands hurts like a mofo

spray off if all paint isnt removed spray again and concentrate on those areas

next clean througly

now scotch brite and clean again

now apply paint

watch paint dry

apply more paint

watch paint dry

let sit over night then clean it off or bake it then clean it off and install it with new valvecover gasket