Painting Cam Covers With Caliper Paint

[jjman]

Hey peeps. Taking off the cam coverages tomorrow to so the gasket seals n thought I might throw a layer of silver caliper paint on them. Has anybody tried this n will it stick properly?

Or is the surface texture and/or the current factory paint going to mess up the new paint?

Sorry if this has been covered before but I'm on my mobi n it can't so thread searches...

[abd31]

Hey peeps. Taking off the cam coverages tomorrow to so the gasket seals n thought I might throw a layer of silver caliper paint on them. Has anybody tried this n will it stick properly?

Or is the surface texture and/or the current factory paint going to mess up the new paint?

Sorry if this has been covered before but I'm on my mobi n it can't so thread searches...

My personal thoughts are that it is more than likely to work. But to be sure and get that better finish a little prep would probably go a long way. Some light sanding, primer etc....

[jjman]

Sorry about the typos, my fingers r way too big for the HTC screen. I'm sure u can get what I mean tho...

[jjman]

Yeah can do that. Etched primer work on that surface u think?

[abd31]

Yeah can do that. Etched primer work on that surface u think?

Yeah I think Etch primer is the way to go. It meant to work for alloy and other metals. Are the covers alloy? (im not too sure on that one)

[abd31]

Might pay to get a wire brush attachment that fits on a drill. Sand it back and give it a good clean, primer and paint. Be sure to get high temperature paint otherwise the whole thing will be an exercise in futility. Might also pay to get a heat gun from bunnings and go over it so the paint cures properly. I actually want to paint mine but CBF. seems too much work to get everything out and do the whole exercise. Maybe a project for summer.

good luck. Hope I helped

[jjman]

actually i endned up bailing the respray job

after the time it took to get all of the intake shit off the motor to get at em properly and the exhaust shit too so i could clean up the oil weepage properly i was over it.

Also after a good degreasing and clean the covers actually came up pretty good so was content to put em back in...

I also didnt want to risk the job not turning out well n having anus looking covers in there. And i wouldnt have taken them back out after spending nigh on $200 for all of the seals, moons grommets...

no thanks, not going to f*k that job up and end up back at square 1.