Valve Cover Painting
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Valve Cover Painting
I have not checked the dyno yet, but I believe this may contribute 10-40 rwhp. Has anyone done dyno tests on color of valve covers? It would be nice to see if red hits my expected power expectations.
But seriously, this was easier than I expected. VHT SP204 Wrinkle Plus Coating Red. I used high-heat caliper paint for the lettering.
I used silver for the lettering after with a ink toner syringe. If I did it again I would have done the lettering first and then used a liquid mask. As you can see the silver is also wrinkle and not as clean as I wanted.
Shrug. It'll pass.
What do you think?
But seriously, this was easier than I expected. VHT SP204 Wrinkle Plus Coating Red. I used high-heat caliper paint for the lettering.
I used silver for the lettering after with a ink toner syringe. If I did it again I would have done the lettering first and then used a liquid mask. As you can see the silver is also wrinkle and not as clean as I wanted.
Shrug. It'll pass.
What do you think?
#4
Not bad! Wrinkle paint can be a fickle, salty bitch, since it's cure is heavily dependent on the environment to achieve texture. Using a heat gun on the wrinkle paint was key. It gave me control to monitor the wrinkle progress and offgassing - way more even and textured. I was pretty amazed.
Still not as durable as PC, bit I'm happy.
Wrinkle paint texture, heat gun assisted
Still not as durable as PC, bit I'm happy.
Wrinkle paint texture, heat gun assisted
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