that came out nice, is that british racing green?
Of course... (dreams of painting car british racing green w/ 2 cream racing stripes (and, no, that doesn't mean bird crap...))
very good job... u must have prepped that really good for it to have a smooth finish like tht
i like it!! What all did you do for the prep work on it?? I want to paint mine but don't feel like doing that
here's how it went:
1) removed valve cover and got all the oil i could out
2) struggled endlessly to get the old crappy headgasket off - thank god for dremel...
3) degreased the top and sanded down the letters until they didn't look corroded anymore
4) added paint stripper - stripped with a combination of stainless steel brush, coarse steel wool and a 6-in-1 paint tool
5) repeated step 4 for the remainder of rocky III (i started at the first fight)
6) cleaned up all the excess paint pieces and scrubbed it down one last time with steel wool
7) covered the letters with petroleum jelly using a toothpick (tedious?)
8) laid down two coats of primer and 3 coats of british racing green... akamanayeha! (see above)
9) let it dry overnight, then using a toothpick chiseled away at the letters (this was my preliminary work, i'm going to let the paint set before i go all the way to the edges)
9) cleaned/blew out the inside of the valve cover with compressed air (there was a lot of paint bits)
10) replaced the spark plug gaskets (ripping one to shreds in the process)
11) reinstalled (see above)
two cents:
1) i wouldn't use duplicolors clear coat. it caused my test section (the black part) to orange peel. this may have been due to the high humidity, but i still can't recommend it
2) tape is your friend
3) good idea to replace gaskets/ adjust valves while doing this
4) be thorough about getting crap out of the inside of the gasket, otherwise it's going to be swimming around your engine till it gets to the oil filter
5) you can't have a good paint job without good prep work
6) i've got to give props to filtsai.com even though he kinda cut some corners
7) use thin coats otherwise you'll get runs. and move you light source around to make sure you don't miss any spots
