DIY: Valve Cover Painting - Page 2 - HondaClub.com

**DriftMaster** · 10-18-2007, 08:45 AM

GREAT! Thanks... I'm heading to Moncton today and I'll stop at those locations.

**DriftMaster** · 10-19-2007, 06:33 PM

Ok... So I bought paint but it's not wrinkle paint. It's High-Heat paint by Dupli-Color. I got 4 coats on now, and going to do a 5th once I posted this, well, post!

The directions say I have to 'bake'* it at 300°F for 2 hours.

What I wanted to know is; If there is still oil residue** under the cover, is it safe to put it in the oven? I don't want to run upstairs a half hour later with the smoke alarm going off and the whole house smelling of burning oil. (Even worst, could it catch fire?)

I live with my parents and they will be sleeping when I do this cause I can't let them find out I'm using the oven to cook paint on a valve cover!

EDIT: also, when should I cure it? while still tacky or when dry?

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* bake = cure
** I cleaned it up as much as possible, but there's a plate that I can't get under to clean.

**DriftMaster** · 10-19-2007, 11:16 PM

YouTube - Curing fresh paint on my valve cover - 1990 Honda Civic DX

**EyesofFreedom** · 10-20-2007, 10:39 AM

If there is still oil residue on the cover the paint will not stick properly...it must be as clean as an infants arrest record...

**DriftMaster** · 10-20-2007, 02:30 PM

not on the cover..... in it. (the underside)

**EyesofFreedom** · 10-20-2007, 05:15 PM

oh...you are ok then...oil is okay until about 450' or so...it has a rather high flash point...

**DriftMaster** · 10-20-2007, 08:41 PM

I'll take it you didn't see the video? The kitchen was filled with smoke after only 20 mins at 200*F

**HondaME** · 10-20-2007, 09:28 PM

good thing your kitchen didn't catch fire, Drift !

**EyesofFreedom** · 10-20-2007, 10:45 PM

oh man...you should have put that thing on a pan...anytime anything can drip always put it on a pan...

well you will be tasting 10w-30 for about the next 10 meals or so...lol!

**DriftMaster** · 10-21-2007, 04:44 PM

lmao

I asked my mom the next morning if she smelled anything funny in the kitchen? She said "no, why?" "Oh, no reason... no reason at all!"

10-18-2007, 08:45 AM	#11 (permalink)
DriftMaster Resident Canadian Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 901	GREAT! Thanks... I'm heading to Moncton today and I'll stop at those locations. __________________ New MSN - Add Me!!: driftmaster@eastcanracing.com

10-19-2007, 06:33 PM	#12 (permalink)
DriftMaster Resident Canadian Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 901	Ok... So I bought paint but it's not wrinkle paint. It's High-Heat paint by Dupli-Color. I got 4 coats on now, and going to do a 5th once I posted this, well, post! The directions say I have to 'bake'* it at 300°F for 2 hours. What I wanted to know is; If there is still oil residue** under the cover, is it safe to put it in the oven? I don't want to run upstairs a half hour later with the smoke alarm going off and the whole house smelling of burning oil. (Even worst, could it catch fire?) I live with my parents and they will be sleeping when I do this cause I can't let them find out I'm using the oven to cook paint on a valve cover! EDIT: also, when should I cure it? while still tacky or when dry? ------------------ * bake = cure I cleaned it up as much as possible, but there's a plate that I can't get under to clean. __________________ New MSN - Add Me!!:** driftmaster@eastcanracing.com Last edited by DriftMaster; 10-19-2007 at 08:46 PM.

10-19-2007, 11:16 PM	#13 (permalink)
DriftMaster Resident Canadian Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 901	YouTube - Curing fresh paint on my valve cover - 1990 Honda Civic DX __________________ New MSN - Add Me!!: driftmaster@eastcanracing.com Last edited by DriftMaster; 10-19-2007 at 11:24 PM.

10-20-2007, 10:39 AM	#14 (permalink)
EyesofFreedom Official Instigator! Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 2,103	If there is still oil residue on the cover the paint will not stick properly...it must be as clean as an infants arrest record... __________________ Myspace me... http://www.myspace.com/hondaclub_eyesoffreedom Ferio Project car build page... http://www.my2002ex.mysite.com My other passion... http://www.nscale.org/defaulteng.htm

10-20-2007, 02:30 PM	#15 (permalink)
DriftMaster Resident Canadian Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 901	not on the cover..... in it. (the underside) __________________ New MSN - Add Me!!: driftmaster@eastcanracing.com

10-20-2007, 05:15 PM	#16 (permalink)
EyesofFreedom Official Instigator! Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 2,103	oh...you are ok then...oil is okay until about 450' or so...it has a rather high flash point... __________________ Myspace me... http://www.myspace.com/hondaclub_eyesoffreedom Ferio Project car build page... http://www.my2002ex.mysite.com My other passion... http://www.nscale.org/defaulteng.htm

10-20-2007, 08:41 PM	#17 (permalink)
DriftMaster Resident Canadian Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 901	I'll take it you didn't see the video? The kitchen was filled with smoke after only 20 mins at 200F __________________ New MSN - Add Me!!:* driftmaster@eastcanracing.com

10-20-2007, 09:28 PM	#18 (permalink)
HondaME HondaClub President Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 792	good thing your kitchen didn't catch fire, Drift !

10-20-2007, 10:45 PM	#19 (permalink)
EyesofFreedom Official Instigator! Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 2,103	oh man...you should have put that thing on a pan...anytime anything can drip always put it on a pan... well you will be tasting 10w-30 for about the next 10 meals or so...lol! __________________ Myspace me... http://www.myspace.com/hondaclub_eyesoffreedom Ferio Project car build page... http://www.my2002ex.mysite.com My other passion... http://www.nscale.org/defaulteng.htm

10-21-2007, 04:44 PM	#20 (permalink)
DriftMaster Resident Canadian Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 901	lmao I asked my mom the next morning if she smelled anything funny in the kitchen? She said "no, why?" "Oh, no reason... no reason at all!" __________________ New MSN - Add Me!!: driftmaster@eastcanracing.com

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