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cam cover
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 11:01 am
by Baxter
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
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 11:07 am
by Matty
wrinkle plus ftw.
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 12:38 pm
by Sasso
Engine enamel, then bake it in the oven like it says on the can.
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 12:58 pm
by fattima
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
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 6:52 pm
by Hammer
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
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Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 6:59 pm
by Craig
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Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 7:06 pm
by Hammer
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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."
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 7:18 pm
by Craig
Ahhh coming over to the greener side of the fence are you...hiding in the SE cave!
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 8:36 pm
by Mr Morlock
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.
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Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 11:14 pm
by Hammer
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.
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 12:39 am
by Okibi
Go orn polish. You know you wanna !
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 11:46 am
by wun911
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...
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Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:50 pm
by Hammer
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.
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Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 2:13 pm
by green_comet
Matty wrote:wrinkle plus ftw.
As Matty said... Here's mine!
Polished does look cool, but it would be a pain in the ass to keep looking good..
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 2:26 pm
by sliq
if you remove the cam covers, does that mean you can't drive your car around?
how long does it take for the whole job?
