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Post Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 8:34 pm 
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Howdy,

Just showing you what I did and how I prepped and painted a cam cover and sump. Painting the cam cover is one very very easy way to dress up your engine bay and make it look a little more attractive. If you do plan on going out ripping off your cam cover to do this right now, well you'd obviously need to replace the gasket as they are most probably perished, and don't forget the spark plug gaskets.

It doesn't matter what it is you are painting generally the same rules apply. Clean, scrub, clean and clean.

Stuff needed:
Plenty of degreaser
Wire brush and or wire brush on the grinder
Thinners or Metho
clean rags
Parts washer brush, or cheap paint brush's TIP: Chop off half the bristles to make it stiffer.
A sump oil pan or large tub to catch the degreaser
Flat surface that you can paint on
Heat proof paint

OK, so with the sump. CLEAN CLEAN CLEAN !!!
Degrease the hell out of it, this is where the chopped off stiff bristled paint brush comes in handy, mainly because dirt, oil and grease get into the smallest areas that your fat fingers can't reach with a rag. And it's easier. While your already cleaning, turn it over and remove any left over gasket sealant or goo.

After you've degreased it, hose it down to help remove any dirt or oil that it may still have then once it's dry hit it with a wire brush to remove any flaking paint and to rough up the surface.

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Place it on something flat then clean it again with a rag and metho or thinners. With spray paint shake the hell out of it until your arm get's tired, then switch hands and keep shaking. Don't forget to put the sump plug in, you don't want paint to spray inside the sump.

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To ge tthe best results, be patient. Just do 1 very light coat and leave it for 5 mins, then another light coat and leave for 10-15mins now you can do a medium / heavy coat and leave it for about an hour before you go and do a final coat.

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With the cam cover, same as above, clean, clean, clean. Light coat, light coat, medium coat, final coat.
The only difference is that you have to mask up a couple of things before you start painting. In particular the filler hole sealing surface and the outlet pipes that hose's may attach to.

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And that's about it.

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Enjoy :D

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Post Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 11:20 pm 
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Post Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 9:26 am 
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you should taped over the 16valve bit and painted it in clear so its real shiny that woulda been cool.
but good job mate

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Post Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 9:39 am 
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you should taped over the 16valve bit and painted it in clear so its real shiny that woulda been cool.
but good job mate


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I tried taping it but couldn't cut the 16 VALVE lettering neatly enough, It would've looked messy around the edges when it got painted. I had already polished the lettering so it's just a matter of sanding the paint off the top of the lettering and hitting it with metal polish.

Against the black, It's just going to bling :D

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Post Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 10:06 am 
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sweet as haha yeah would be difficult but it would look sweet

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Post Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 1:50 pm 
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Just a quick comment.
I'm not a painter, but when I spray small jobs that have lettering or design, I brush on something like thick gear oil to the lettering, then spray.
Paint doesn't stick to the oil and it's way quicker than taping. Just wipe off when the other paint dries.
Other oils etc could also be used.

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Post Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 2:24 pm 
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hey Kev, That did cross my mind but didn't want the oil or grease to seep or drip onto the area I wanted painted.

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Post Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 3:54 pm 
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The Tappet Cover looks good with a change of colour.

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Post Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 4:03 pm 
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This MCM video they file off the paint on the rocker.

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That looks so rough!

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Post Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 6:39 pm 
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That looks so rough!


MCM is a great youtube show IMO Thats civic build was all for shits n giggles. have a look through there channel there is some great stuff in there.

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Post Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 6:43 pm 
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A file leaves too many deep scratch's to sand out later. A chisel rubbed lightly along the surface on the otherhand did the trick for me, and another light sand to remove any scratch's left by the chisel.

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I only spend about 20 mins tonight sanding it with 800grit, It's not perfect but if it looks good in photo's, It's good enough. If your pedantic and patient enough, you'd use finer sand paper for a super brilliant shine.

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Post Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 7:35 pm 
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Looks great Buzzy!

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Post Posted: Mon Jun 18, 2012 7:39 pm 
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top job I did this on my gti motor comes up good

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Post Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 6:21 pm 
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Not an Engine part but same process as above then used a 180grit sanding block to take the top layer off, can get it more bling with some polish. IMO the Oil trick said above would be more trouble than its worth.

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