painting a valve cover

[PNWDan]

I just did mine yesterday.
Solvent tanked then media blasted then cleaned with carb cleaner the sprayed with high temp caliper paint..

[CW325]

nice, did you just sand off the paint where the BMW logo is?

[Kershaw]

no. he painted it with aluminum paint.

[PNWDan]

nice, did you just sand off the paint where the BMW logo is?

No I masked it off. Its fairly easy. Just overlay the tape and then run a sharp exacto knife alond the side using it as a guide. It took about 30 minutes maybe . I'm going to start the intake manifold to match next week.

[Stephen]

i dont see the point of masking the letters. An orbital sander takes all of 2 minutes to smooth that shit out and make it look amazing

[PNWDan]

i dont see the point of masking the letters. An orbital sander takes all of 2 minutes to smooth that shit out and make it look amazing

Its all about what you wanna do i guess. I liked the raw cast surface coming through so thats how I did it. Im also a machinist by trade so I could fly cut it to a mirror finish after paint as well. I just decided not to..

[JasonC]

That is an amazing masking job.

or just smart and careful with sandpaper. fuck masking all that.

This here, I hit it with a DA. I may still have the valve cover in the garage somewhere. I should hang it up!

[JasonC]

Or one could take off the ribs and do their own design.

[CW325]

Or one could take off the ribs and do their own design.

thats sick!! did you just completely grind down the lettering and everything??

[JasonC]

thats sick!! did you just completely grind down the lettering and everything??

yes i did.