I need to remove the paint off my Rocker cover and the B&Q paint and varnish remover didnt touch it. any ideas what will?


If anything i think it gave it a better finish

 

Sand blasting !

 

nitro morse, is what i used with a wire wheel

 

I used some industrial paint stripper from work, nitro morse should do the trick but I've found it's not as strong as it used to be

 

sandblast it,quick and easy

 

Sandblasting would be easyer but i was after something i could do myself.

 

Nitromors as said job done

 

+1 works a treat

 

have you an air compressor

sandblasting guns are about a tenner
wickes for the dry sand

 

I always sandblast them.

 

If you do use nitro morse and a wire wheel, wear a long sleeved top, safety goggles and some gloves as its evil shit, make sure you get all the red off otherwise it will show up as lump s under the new paint, mine come out like this after i stripped, etch primed, base and laquer

 

Ok thanks, is the wire bush needed or will it just start to lift and peal off its self?

 

It does need a bit of encouragement yeah.

 

I have used nitromorse too.

Tho best result was sandblasted then powercoated and machined.

 

Ok, so after having no luck with the B&Q stuff i went and bought some Nitromorse and painted it all over the cover


Left it for a bit and gave it a 2nd coat, left it for 40ish mins then attacked it with a wire brush


It didnt work to well so i gave it another two coats and wire brushed it again


A little disapointed i took it to work and spent 3hours with emery cloth to get this


Going for paint tomorrow

 

Take it to a local powdercoaters and ask um to sandblast it with their next batch of stuff. Should be pennys, if that.

 

I will be next time, spent £16.50 in paint stripper

 

I can only say fair play to trying it with a wire brush, i used a wire wheel on the drill, much more affective and took about 20 mins.

 

Painted

 

Looking good! Will do mine one day.....

 

Did you use primer on it?

 

Should have just sent it me and id have blasted it you mate.

 

Ah, I guess it was you who text me then? I been phoneless due to it fucking up and just dug out an old warhorse to use for now but Ive got no ones number. should have took it to SEM and got it blasted, probably would have only been a tenner or something.

 

Gotta be honest mate looked better in the first pic after u BBQ cleanered it

Deffo blast and powdercoat

 

Vapour blasting is the only way....anything else and you'll loose the original 'grain'

I've done mine and it would pass for new factory look.

Vapour blast, dust coat 2k primer, de nib it, very light coat of 2k VW torando red, satin laquer (very light) then machine off with a 5 inch pad for the matt swirl finish.

Can get pics if needed......

Blasting will kill it and powder coat is way to thick

 

I think it looks ok now.

 

Ill admit it looks a bit shiney under the lights in work, if it looks crap after ive skimed the top layer of paint off iill just re do it. Quite fancy that crackle finish but in red.

 

Well its done and it looks loads better

Put it on here

 

I clean CNC lathes for a living.
No idea how to use one, haha.

 

I think it looks the bollox,a little nick on the 2nd plug cover from the bottom or a bit of stray paint?

 

Good job mate, anyone reading, do not sand blast the cam cover, infact no engine parts, the sand embeds itself in the material and when hot the vibration sends it through the engine, seen many engines wiped out just after cam covers have been refurbed.

We have all our engine parts aqua blasted, it's more expensive but not in the long run.

 

What part do you clean? its a milling machine in the picture but i mostly do turning

Theres a nic in the cover m8

Good advice m8

 

[QUOTE=adam151082;6010753]What part do you clean? its a milling machine in the picture but i mostly do turning


Whatever the customer wants really, internal, external, swarf bins, pillar drill & cranes are the normal.
Never had a job that was to big tbh, internal & external can be pricey though as it normally takes around 4 hours to clean a mid sized lathe.
Most of the time it's overnight jobs so that they don't have to shut the machine down.

 

Just been re-reading this and a realised id forgot to add a finshed pic



paint still looks great and is well baked on

 

looks very nice

 

Very smart matey.