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Old Jul 6, 2009 | 04:55 PM
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Arrow Engine Cover Painting Finished!!

Just wanted to see what you guys thought. It took about 1 1/2 - 2 hours to tape off the lettering but well worth it. I used Duplicolor Engine Enamel good to 500*F Red of course. Name:  DSC_0125.jpg
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Old Jul 6, 2009 | 05:35 PM
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wow looks clean bro
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Old Jul 6, 2009 | 05:44 PM
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Really nice is there a DIY on doing this???
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Old Jul 6, 2009 | 06:04 PM
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sorry no but i could make one up if anybody needs one
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Old Jul 6, 2009 | 06:41 PM
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Classy... Well done.
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Old Jul 6, 2009 | 06:46 PM
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Good job!
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Old Jul 6, 2009 | 06:57 PM
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good job looks great i might do mine when i get time
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Old Jul 6, 2009 | 06:59 PM
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Looks great,,, same paint I used,,, It only has the orange because of the light when I took the pic...

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Old Jul 6, 2009 | 07:19 PM
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Looks good....I give you propsfor having the patience of taping the letters off.
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Old Jul 6, 2009 | 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr.We$t
Really nice is there a DIY on doing this???
is a can of spray paint really that hard to use?

kinda looks like it has a wrinkle finish.
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Old Jul 6, 2009 | 07:26 PM
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thats cool nuke thats why i was looking for input and you are the only one to see a "wrinkly" finish but thnx. it kinda looks it now that u say that
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Old Jul 6, 2009 | 07:38 PM
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kinda looks like the Honda guy's valve covers.

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Old Jul 6, 2009 | 08:46 PM
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Yea I guess I just wamted to make sure it as spray paint
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Old Jul 6, 2009 | 09:14 PM
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wow very nice and clean looking. taping all that off so that no paint would show up would drive me crazy lol
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Old Jul 6, 2009 | 09:23 PM
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Originally Posted by nuke0907
kinda looks like it has a wrinkle finish.
I think maybe it's just that the engine cover plastic itself is not very smooth, so an even layer of paint will actually not be very smooth either. The gloss finish of the paint will just highlight the wrinkly finish of the plastic more than the less shiny black plastic.
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Old Jul 6, 2009 | 10:25 PM
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Winner winner chicken dinner...
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