painting valve cover...with automotive enamel?

srtguy05 · Post by **srtguy05** » Fri Mar 30, 2012 11:46 pm

This may be in the wring section sorry if it is seemed right.
Anyways, I am looking into painting my valve cover. It is already painted I used high temp duplicolor red and primer and clear. Now with that said I want a different color away from the standard red blue green black etc. I was looking into the viper snake skin green I can get the mopar oem touch up cans cheap. Just wondering if that would gold any good with automotive clear along with a high temp primer and as always good prep.
I know powder coating is the way to go but that is not the discussion.
Thank u in advance. Let the discussion begin.

Post by **occasional demons** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 5:33 am

If whatever you currently have on it is holding up, just repaint, and use the clear you used the first time.

srtguy05 · Post by **srtguy05** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 7:17 am

That's the thing right now I'm using all duplicolor high temp products
And they only come in the basic kind of colors. I want to go with viper snake skin green which would be regular touch up spray paint from.the dealer. I'm wondering of that would hold up if I used all the other high temp products. Primer clear and good prep work

Post by **occasional demons** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 9:41 am

I think it will. It will be basically sandwiched between them. As long as you only use enough green to color coat it, and not try to make it too heavy, I think it will be fine. The bigger worry you may have is how well the other paint reacts to it. Is it going to wrinkle up, or some other horror.

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 12:30 pm

occasional demons wrote:I think it will. It will be basically sandwiched between them. As long as you only use enough green to color coat it, and not try to make it too heavy, I think it will be fine. The bigger worry you may have is how well the other paint reacts to it. Is it going to wrinkle up, or some other horror.

This. Most touch-up paint is lacquer, not enamel (I know the paint tubes are, not 100% about the spray). You may see some funky reactions depending on how old the original paint is.

srtguy05 · Post by **srtguy05** » Sat Mar 31, 2012 10:13 pm

Ah gotcha still. I would sand blast and prep the valve cover then shoot a coat of high temp primer then snake skin green then clear coat