cam cover

Baxter · Postby **Baxter** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 11:01 am

Hi I intend to paint the cam cover. Should I use engine enamel or ordinary
Auto paint, pressure pack. Please share your experience.
Thanks
Steve

Matty · Postby **Matty** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 11:07 am

wrinkle plus ftw.

Sasso · Postby **Sasso** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 12:38 pm

Engine enamel, then bake it in the oven like it says on the can.

fattima · Postby **fattima** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 12:58 pm

I'm with Matty wrinkle looks great. I did this on my Lotus engine it has lasted well and looks the goods.
http://www.speco.com.au/vht_special.html

Hammer · Postby **Hammer** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 6:52 pm

I was thinking at painting the engine cover on my NB8B also (Red - like the Honda Type-R Integra), but decided on polish finish instead.

IMO, I think it turned out not half bad

Before

After

Craig · Postby **Craig** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 6:59 pm

Hammer wrote:IMO, I think it turned out not half bad

Being an SP I bet your mechanic enjoys it more than you do!

*runs and hides in the SE cave*

:mrgreen:

Hammer · Postby **Hammer** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 7:06 pm

Craig wrote:Being an SP I bet your mechanic enjoys it more than you do!

*runs and hides in the SE cave*

"To Craig's shock, Hammer was already in the SE cave. Then it dawn on him, that Hammer was on his SP. So he got there first, with plenty of spare time to make a cuppa while he waits for Craig on his SE." :mrgreen:

Craig · Postby **Craig** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 7:18 pm

Ahhh coming over to the greener side of the fence are you...hiding in the SE cave! :mrgreen:

Mr Morlock · Postby **Mr Morlock** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 8:36 pm

Hammer would I be right in assuming that you removed the cover so that you could access to a bench polisher. When I was a young bloke it was the done thing to polish the timing covers on your British motorcycles- though you could do that by hand with Goddards glow. Polished alloy really does look classy I reckon.

Hammer · Postby **Hammer** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 11:14 pm

Mr Morlock wrote:Hammer would I be right in assuming that you removed the cover so that you could access to a bench polisher. When I was a young bloke it was the done thing to polish the timing covers on your British motorcycles- though you could do that by hand with Goddards glow. Polished alloy really does look classy I reckon.

Yes, cover was removed.

But if you don't want to remove it, you can use a rotary tool (like a Drummel and the like) with a polish head attachment and some metal polish. Set the speed at about medium.

A rotary tool will help you get into those tight hard to get places.

Patience is the key to this exercise.

Postby **Okibi** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 12:39 am

Go orn polish. You know you wanna !

wun911 · Postby **wun911** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 11:46 am

I think I will polish mine....

What metal polish you use just 'silvo' and do you use sand paper what grit?

Hrmz on the NA the words are raised, on the NB the words are indented...

Hammer · Postby **Hammer** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:50 pm

wun911 wrote:I think I will polish mine....

What metal polish you use just 'silvo' and do you use sand paper what grit?

Hrmz on the NA the words are raised, on the NB the words are indented...

I used Autosol, but I believe the Maguires metal polish is also good.

Here's a previous thread on polishing your cam cover. Good information and pics from this thread.