Well I finally pulled the valve cover off this weekend and painted it up....Was very easy, put plan on having the car down about a day or two to do it right....Pulled it off Saturday morning and began cleaning it....Soaked it in degreaser with HOT water for about an hour and the scrubbed the crap out of it....Sprayed it off with brake cleaner and then (here was the trick), ran it through the dishwasher when the wife left to go shopping....It is amazing how clean it was after that step....Then sprayed it down one more time with brake cleaner....
Took it to the basement and put about 6 coats of Dupli Color blue caliper paint w/ ceramic on it. It takes heat well and covers nicely....I let it cure for about 2 hours then put it in the overn at 170 for about 30 minutes....then set it out over night....Reinstalled it Sunday morning and let it sit all day, after runup and leak check....Drove into work today and polished the letters and it looks great....Almost as good a powder coat job for about 5% the cost....Total was about $10 for the brake cleaner and can of paint....Just plan on leaving the car down for at least a day because of the cure time....WIll try and get pics later....
Took it to the basement and put about 6 coats of Dupli Color blue caliper paint w/ ceramic on it. It takes heat well and covers nicely....I let it cure for about 2 hours then put it in the overn at 170 for about 30 minutes....then set it out over night....Reinstalled it Sunday morning and let it sit all day, after runup and leak check....Drove into work today and polished the letters and it looks great....Almost as good a powder coat job for about 5% the cost....Total was about $10 for the brake cleaner and can of paint....Just plan on leaving the car down for at least a day because of the cure time....WIll try and get pics later....
