Painting Cam Covers With 'normal' Paint

[pugpete1108 62 1 Cars]

i want to paint my xu10 cam covers and the plastic plug cover the a same colour but dont really want to use vht paint as it looks cack.

 

can i get away with normal celly or will it get too hot and fall off? or some sort of coloured enamel instead?

 

the head and block will be gloss black btw.

[chipstick 382 1 Cars]

Why does VHT paint look 'cack'?

 

I sprayed mine with Halfords VHT aerosols and the finish was good. I've seen people brushing stuff out of a tin, which looks questionable.

[rikky 37]

i did mine in VHT silver and can't fault them. given i did loads of prep work but i'm sure it'll be fine. i did do a few bits on my old s16 engine in normal paint and it does go manky and come off with heat eventually

 

 

edit- VHT black does look matt though, which does look poo

Edited November 20, 2012 by rikky

[pugpete1108 62 1 Cars]

edit- VHT black does look matt though, which does look poo

 

maybe cack was the wrong word, poo is much better, i was after something gloss and not red,blue or silver. ive used a dark metallic grey on all the other bits in the bay like the servo, strut tops, strut brace etc so wanted to use that.

 

i painted my last engine with silver vht and it looked terrible to be honest, yes it looked factory but thats not what i wanted.and it didnt last too long either

 

yours looks good though but i wanted to do the plug cover (plastic) and the cam covers the same

 

im painting the block and head gloss black engine enamel not vht (not really sure on the difference apart from the matt/gloss finish)

 

i might give it a go and if it turn out it falls off then i'll just repaint it with something else.

[welshpug 1,657]

Ally block, bare, iron, satin black.

 

Heads look very cack painted unless its an iron head, like and A series

[Miles 331 1 Cars]

Std paints fine, People forget engine's never get that hot unlike exhausts

[pugpete1108 62 1 Cars]

Cheers miles

 

Just want something that last a little longer than before and gloss looked a good option.

 

I'll see what it looks like before I fit it.

[Wes 86 1 Cars]

i did my cam covers with normal cherry red and has been fine for a year now.

[pugpete1108 62 1 Cars]

i did my cam covers with normal cherry red and has been fine for a year now.

 

What did you use as primer? Just standard grey?

[Wes 86 1 Cars]

they were already painted silver so i just sanded that and painted over. but im sure grey primer will be fine.

[stef205 92 1 Cars]

I thinned Hammerite down then stuck it through a spray gun. Came out with a powder coat look.

[gaz832 7 1 Cars]

get it powder coated, i done mine at work in orange , last for ages and takes the heat well.

[Miles 331 1 Cars]

But the GTi6 uses silly seals which get damaged very easily, Not something I would like to coat because of that, But all Mi's and 8v's I do

[jamie_1992 66 1 Cars]

use an etch primer i use #8 acid

Edited November 23, 2012 by jamie_1992

[1 FAT PUG 39]

ill polish you a set

[pugpete1108 62 1 Cars]

ill polish you a set

 

im sure you would but can you polish plastic?

[Keljon 7]

Hammertite is very durable and great for jobs like this

[1 FAT PUG 39]

im sure you would but can you polish plastic?

 

nope could colour code the plastic tho, normal aerosol paint will be ok for the rockers as they dont get that hot really