Engine Cover Painting Finished!!

07-06-2009, 04:55 PM

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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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07-06-2009, 05:35 PM

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wow looks clean bro

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07-06-2009, 05:44 PM

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Really nice is there a DIY on doing this???

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07-06-2009, 06:04 PM

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sorry no but i could make one up if anybody needs one

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07-06-2009, 06:41 PM

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Classy... Well done.

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07-06-2009, 06:46 PM

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Good job!

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07-06-2009, 06:57 PM

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good job looks great i might do mine when i get time

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07-06-2009, 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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07-06-2009, 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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07-06-2009, 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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07-06-2009, 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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07-06-2009, 07:38 PM

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kinda looks like the Honda guy's valve covers.

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07-06-2009, 08:46 PM

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Yea I guess I just wamted to make sure it as spray paint

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07-06-2009, 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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07-06-2009, 09:23 PM

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Quote:

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.