I just stripped my B18B valve cover and spent 6 hours sanding and polishing it. It look great, but I did sttrip a bolt trying to get it off and had to dremel off teh nut. I read proper torque on teh nuts is 7 lbs. they don't have to be cranked down hard, just enoug to make the seal. I may have to replace my blaock-head bolt now, but hey , my ploished aluminum valve cover looks pretty good. I'll take a picture and post tonight.

 

The stripping process in my special booth took some good concentration & control of the flow of air / media ratio & about 25min.

Hope to see your pix!

 

Well, stage1 just completed in the oven, heres a quick peek at the the smoothness that you will be getting & this is the reflective stuff that will show up under your Candy Red!

 

proper torque for the valve cover is 72 INCH-lbs

 

Well the coating is completed! I'm very happy with the finished product! I hope you will be too! Lets remember how hard it is to take pix of a candy color with a digital camera also, glares suck! but you get the idea & you'll see it in person very soon!

 

Thanks Tony, looks great... can't wait to get it.

JD

 

what color is that?

 

looks awesome good job

 

The color is Candy Red & it looks a million times better in person vs. the pix!

 

B-E-A utiful