Has anyone sprayed there engine cover ?

[gmc1991]

Hi as the title says has anyone sprayed there engine cover as I think the engine bay just looks boring and black was thinking of doing the plastics speed blue and gloss back ?

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[Mikey-D]

I'm currently cutting mine after my p-flo was fitted. I agree it looks dull.

I'm no painter, so I don't know what would be required. I'm thinking of wrapping it with a carbon like wrap?

 

[gmc1991]

I'm currently cutting mine after my p-flo was fitted. I agree it looks dull.

I'm no painter, so I don't know what would be required. I'm thinking of wrapping it with a carbon like wrap?

I think the wrap would melt as heat hit and it shrinks with heat etc don't count me on that thou but thats what I think would happen

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[Mikey-D]

Yeah that did worry me. I'm sure someone has painted there engine cover mate, I'd be interested to know what work/prep is involved in painting it. I'm sure it won't be as simple as getting a c.an of high temp paint and spraying on a few coats

 

[Adman77]

This is also next on the list for me. What else could be involved other than primer and high temp paint?

In thinking about putting some stickers on too but wonder if they will peel off?

 

[Lumby]

I painted mine red about 6 moths ago, just with spray paint from halfords. Wet and dry, primer, paint and lacquer. Came up really well.

 

[Adman77]

Got any pictures?

 

[Mikey-D]

Well, although that sounds simple. My knowledge of painting is crap. Does it take long to prep? Can you get everything required from halfords?

 

[Trublu07]

I painted mine on my old car. Sand, paint and laquer. Prep didn't take that long. Practice on any old engine cover from a scrap yard?
I tried to attach a pic but it said upload failed because database server unavailable :s

 

[Lumby]

Well, although that sounds simple. My knowledge of painting is crap. Does it take long to prep? Can you get everything required from halfords?

It's not a hard job, as said have a practise on something else to get used to the cans. Apart from that the better the the prep the better the finish will be.

 

[Mikey-D]

Cheers mate, what kind of sand paper should I use then? And how much do you need to sand? If that even makes sense?

Sorry OP for the hijacking lol

 

[David101]

Do you need high temp paint or just normal paint or plastic paint ( if there is such a thing)

 

[Trublu07]

I sanded mine with wet and dry. Course enough to take the shine off of the cover but fine enough to not give deep scratches. Something like 600 or 800 grit then work through the stages to 1200 grit. Use water when doing it and rinse and allow to dry before painting. I just used halfords rattle cans and not high temp stuff but high temp ideally as you don't want it melting half way round the m25

 

[Trublu07]

 

[Mikey-D]

Cheers buddy, ill probably look at some YouTube clips first aswell

Looks like a good job there too ^^

 

[Guncha]

I sanded mine with wet and dry. Course enough to take the shine off of the cover but fine enough to not give deep scratches. Something like 600 or 800 grit then work through the stages to 1200 grit. Use water when doing it and rinse and allow to dry before painting. I just used halfords rattle cans and not high temp stuff but high temp ideally as you don't want it melting half way round the m25

I prepared with soft sandpaper, then cleaned with whitespirit and sprayed with universal plastic + lacquer.
Cant find any evidence of heat damage now.
Engine cover mods are in one of my threads

 

[Jasegreyfr]

Yup kawasaki green

 

[mccracd]

Prepare using scotch-brite type A "Fine" or wet&dry paper. Use a TAK rag and very light hand pressure or a clean airline to remove any FOD then solvent clean using something non-aggressive like IPA and water 70:30 mix, use the wipe-on wipe-off method, have 2 cloths, one for cleaning with the solvent and the other for wiping down before it evapourates. theres nothing wrong with using white spirits but it might be a little agressive on the plastic engine cover and you could end up with a poor primer finish. Finally prime using a specialised plastic primer and topcoat using several coats of your preferred colour. Time to re-coat is when the coating is tacky to a light touch but doesn't come away on your finger. Appearance/Gloss will be effected by the ambient temp and humidity, for most paints and primers 16°C to 22°C and 30% - 70% RH is OK.

I cant comment on heat resistance because i dont know when sort of temp the coating is likelly to see on a daily basis. But what i should mention is that the oil filler cap is located in the middle of the engine cover and i dont think anything decorative you can buy in an aerosol will have great oil resistance.