painting rocker cover?
26-01-2011, 08:14 PM
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painting rocker cover?
hi my engine had a full rebuild 4 months ago and hasnt been drove since, have started it and let it heat up for a bit just, any way the rocker cover needs painting, is there anything i should know? also do i need to change the gasket? it was new when the bild was done, obviosly use heat resistant paint?
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26-01-2011, 08:24 PM
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powder coating is best and a rocker cover gasket is peanuts. good powder coating companys could do it for about 12 quid max my mate got his done for a tenner.
is it same powder coating is best and what sort of price
26-01-2011, 08:32 PM
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26-01-2011, 08:33 PM
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change your rocker gasket for a rubber one if its cork mate cos they better.
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and powder coat or paint rocker,itsup to you.
you can rattle can it or 2pac it or powder it.
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and powder coat or paint rocker,itsup to you.
you can rattle can it or 2pac it or powder it.
26-01-2011, 08:44 PM
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Don't get it shotblasted at the powdercoaters as the baffle plates might hold onto some unwanted blast media. Once you start it and the oil moves round it it'll dislodge all the sand-type material Potentially scrapping your new engine!
Don't get it shotblasted at the powdercoaters as the baffle plates might hold onto some unwanted blast media. Once you start it and the oil moves round it it'll dislodge all the sand-type material Potentially scrapping your new engine!
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Cheers mate, as look as you clean it down properly and put a few layers on primer on to everything youll be fine mate!!
Bencossie - literally mate clean what ever you are spraying up sand down with a fine snadpaper nothing to harsh, give it a clean again, spray the object with primer with a side to side motion try to spread the paint as best as possibly let dry another coat of primer once dry!!
once your second or third layer of primer has dryed go on with the colour BUT DO NOT do a thick layer straight away start with a very very thin layer....let dry and second layer again very thin but the second layer should cover all the primer!
the third layer you can do abit thicker and forth same as third.
My rocker cover i ended up doing about 6 layers of paint, and turbo chamber and plenum had about 3 layers of chrome.
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Cheers mate, as look as you clean it down properly and put a few layers on primer on to everything youll be fine mate!!
Bencossie - literally mate clean what ever you are spraying up sand down with a fine snadpaper nothing to harsh, give it a clean again, spray the object with primer with a side to side motion try to spread the paint as best as possibly let dry another coat of primer once dry!!
once your second or third layer of primer has dryed go on with the colour BUT DO NOT do a thick layer straight away start with a very very thin layer....let dry and second layer again very thin but the second layer should cover all the primer!
the third layer you can do abit thicker and forth same as third.
My rocker cover i ended up doing about 6 layers of paint, and turbo chamber and plenum had about 3 layers of chrome.
Bencossie - literally mate clean what ever you are spraying up sand down with a fine snadpaper nothing to harsh, give it a clean again, spray the object with primer with a side to side motion try to spread the paint as best as possibly let dry another coat of primer once dry!!
once your second or third layer of primer has dryed go on with the colour BUT DO NOT do a thick layer straight away start with a very very thin layer....let dry and second layer again very thin but the second layer should cover all the primer!
the third layer you can do abit thicker and forth same as third.
My rocker cover i ended up doing about 6 layers of paint, and turbo chamber and plenum had about 3 layers of chrome.
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went really well today mate went for halfords matt black on the rocker cover and metal polished the charge pipe will be sure to get pics up!
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