mndthegap1

hey guys I wanna try and paint my valve cover myself. I never really did anything like this b4 but i'm learning as i go , i have been doing alot of the work on my S myself and boy is it fun. Anyway i tried searching the forum on how to remove the valve cover and anything else i need to do/remove for this project. any direction/info/threads you guys can give me will be a great help, also any info on what paint and materials needed to complete this task would be appreceated also. wish me luck guys and i will post pics b4 and after this little project
- Thanks Tony

IIXtremeHansen

Use aircraft remover to take off the paint easier. Spray it all over and let it sit for a few minutes and scrape the paint off. Just prep it like you would for painting anything. for a valve cover ill just sand it a lil with 600 and paint it than clear it.

Globe182jp

What are you looking to do ? paint it smooth it out or leave the crinkle finish powder coat ect?

mndthegap1

paint it smooth i gues. I heard wrinkle paint only comes in 2 colors

madcowdk

don't wanna thread jack but how do you reproduce the crinkle finish?

suzuka-blue-s2k

^Im not really sure how you could create a crinkle paint, but I know you can get wrinkle powders for powdercoating. Here is a link to some of the colors they have for the wrinkle powders. (just click the one you want to see and there will be a example pic of what it looks like)

https://www.pendrypowdercoatings.com/shop/i...8d0192e79844542

IIXtremeHansen

yeah they sell wrinkle (crinkle if thats the same) paint. just shop around

madcowdk

Awesome! Thanks!

zeroptzero

wrinkle paint get's it's look after baking it, goes on like other paint and once it gets baked it takes on that look. It's a specific paint, someone out there sells it in a spray can, not sure what company it is though, saw a post on here of someone that did it.

dwight

Hi. Did you paint your valve cover? I recently painted mine. I applied to paint too thickly in some areas, so those areas have more intense wrinkling. If you use wrinkle paint, that's something that you want to be mindful of. I'm moderately satisfied with the results, but given how bad it was before I'm happy that I did it.

I used aerosol paint stripper to remove the remaining old paint then scuffed it up with red Scotch Brite. Next I wiped it with lacquer thinner and painted with red VHT Wrinkle Plus paint. The wrinkling was noticeable after half an hour. After letting it dry for three hours at room temperature, I baked it at 200F for an hour.

Here are two good DIYs:
http://www.hondaclub.com/forum/artic...-painting.html
http://www.honda-tech.com/showpost.p...postcount=7971

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