Brentd Posted December 5, 2013 Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 Alright so I have tinted my taillights and they came out really good, plus some furniture for my boys, so my rattle can hand has gotten pretty good. I want to paint my engine covers, for those that have done this, any tips or hints. I have waxed and tire shined them, so i know i will have to wag and grease them, but should i sand them before painting? Also i cant for the life of think of me what color to do them. Truck is silver birch, so a loud color probably wouldn't go with it. Maybe gloss black would be the best, but i do have the max logos on the side and a painted red bowtie to match so red may work...i dont know just tossing around some ideas.... What paint did you use? Duplicolor? Yes, i know i could take it to a paint shop, but I would rather do it. Trust me, when i go into something and think I probably cant do it, i hand it over to those who can, this is not one of those things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassmaster Posted December 5, 2013 Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 (edited) I plan on doing mine soon and here's what I picked up on it. Correct on the degreasing, get all that dressing off with dawn/apc/ipa. Once clean either spray a few coats of adhesion promoter down, or if your using krylon fusion paint for plastics, just spray that right on. You don't NEED to sand it, unless you want perfectly smooth engine cover. A lot of ppl just leave it textured. Color, I like simple and color matching, so I'd vote either silver birch or black. The red you have on the logos are only an accent, so I'd leave it as that in the engine bay. Paint the cover silver birch or black, then paint the 'vortech 6000' red as an accent Duplicolor, rustoleum, krylon paint will all work. I just used duplicolor adhesive promoter, rustoleum paint, then valspar clear on my grille inserts Sent from my Galaxy S-Fawhore Edited December 5, 2013 by bassmaster (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brentd Posted December 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 Yea, i have used Valspar paints with great results on wood, never used them on plastics and was leery of doing so because i wasn't sure if the clear would hold up to under hood temps without cracking or turning colors...figured i would do the fuse box, and rad cover. I have the Vortec max covers so i guess just the max in red....i love body matching, but I am sure everyone would agree that birch isn't exactly a sexy color, and not sure if it would be that great under the hood....but after cleaning the engine bay i realized it still needed some flair. The engine covers came out really good, but all the color flaked off the vortec max logo on them and that is what is making me want to paint them.. I would like to paint the reservoirs too but have never removed a master cylinder reservoir before. Figure the rad overflow would be easy to pull though. May look for some plain covers for them and paint those instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diggerdan11 Posted December 5, 2013 Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 If you are afraid of the Valspar not sticking you could always do a plastic primer first then the vaspar on next, followed by a cleat top coat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brentd Posted December 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 Well i figured to use an adhesion promoter, just didnt know how the valspar would hold up under the hood. I am a huge fan of valspar quality, just unsure of its ability to hold up to heat...and what clear should i use? Is there a good brand of clear y'all would recommend? I plan on wet-sanding it and compounding them like i did my tails because it makes all the difference. And how are you doing Dan? Hope everything is going better for ya man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleansss20 Posted December 5, 2013 Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 If you use krylon plastic paint I would still use a adhesion promoter..I used to to paint my cooler and it flakes off really easy and I even sanded it down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brentd Posted December 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 Gotcha...think i am gonna do adhesion promoter, duplicolor paint, and i will see what kind of clear oreillys has for under hood application... Thanks guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawnss Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 I'd do an adhesion promoter for sure. I have always used bulldog adhesion promoter and never had an issues, I lightly sanded my engine covers first then did adhesion promoter, primer base coat and them a lot of clear. I laid a few coats of primer really thick and they came out pretty smooth. not rough at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lgowen343 Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 I'd do an adhesion promoter for sure. I have always used bulldog adhesion promoter and never had an issues, I lightly sanded my engine covers first then did adhesion promoter, primer base coat and them a lot of clear. I laid a few coats of primer really thick and they came out pretty smooth. not rough at all. I was waiting for Shawn to chime in on this. I've seen pics of his engine covers and they are awesome. Going to do mine like his as soon as I get a chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprayed99 Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 (edited) Rattle Can learn how to paint! Edited December 6, 2013 by Sprayed99 (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brentd Posted December 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 Lol....sure thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSchevySS Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 I just degreased mine, scoffed with steel-wool cleaned with alcohol masked them off and shot them with a rattle can. And I think you should do a silver accent as the main color and red to accent that. As for the vortec 6000 I just used a paint pen. Post up some pics when done would love to see the finished product !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brentd Posted December 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 That looks good man...and yea I will definately post up some pics....Its starting to get cold though and I dont want to spray while its cold, if I grt another warm day like we had yesterday and day before I will try to knock it out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassmaster Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 That looks good man...and yea I will definately post up some pics....Its starting to get cold though and I dont want to spray while its cold, if I grt another warm day like we had yesterday and day before I will try to knock it out... Same problem here in NJ. The only forecasted days of 50+ is when it's raining, so still can't paint -_- Sent from my Galaxy S-Fawhore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC03SS Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 (edited) This ^^^^^ Edited December 6, 2013 by JC03SS (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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