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Old Jun 28, 2009 | 01:10 PM
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Engine Cover Painting??

hey i was just wondering about painting the center of my engine cover. i plan on using the duplicolor vinyl paint unless somebody can recommend something else. please help

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Old Jun 28, 2009 | 01:14 PM
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Go with a high temp paint, there will be less of a choice in color but it will last longer...
And take you time with the prep work itll show,,, I spent about an hour and a half taping off the text and triming the tape and about 20mins painting it up ...
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Old Jun 28, 2009 | 01:22 PM
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wow i think i'll be grabbing paint tomorrow that looks so nasty thnx bro
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Old Jun 28, 2009 | 01:26 PM
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remember, its all in the prep work, spend some time double checking all your cuts and take your time with it the painting is the easy part...
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Old Jun 28, 2009 | 01:28 PM
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yeah thnx alot the pic of yours will def help me do the prep work right. yours came out awsome thnx again
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Old Jun 28, 2009 | 03:00 PM
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any automotive paint followed with clear coat will work fine as well
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Old Jun 28, 2009 | 03:56 PM
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I did kinda of the oppisite painting under my hood, but I used Dulpicolor hight heat caliper pait with ceremic and it worked great.
p.s. sorry the pic is kinda blury

Engine Cover Painting??-under%2520hood%2520paint.jpg
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Old Jun 29, 2009 | 11:35 AM
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no that looks good i actually just picked up some of the duplicolor high temp so i'll post pics when done thnx for all the help guys
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Old Jun 30, 2009 | 06:53 AM
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there is a big thread on this in multimedia.....try searching
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