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Old 02-13-2004, 07:50 AM
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This is how it look when i got it. It was a mixture of Black and yellow. There was 1 layer of black and abour 2-3 layers of yellow (picture care of Spike)
This is the valve cover during stripping. I used some aircraft grade stripper. MMM yummy
This is the valve cover after done stripping. I had some redisudual yellow left over. I just scuffed it up.
Then i put some of my Cherry chapstick over the rasied "H", "VTEC", and "HONDA" also around the gasket area for the valve cover bolts and the oil cap.
This is the finsh product. I paint it with Ford Engine Block Grey. I did 3 coats of it. Now i have to wait 8 days for it to cure. Most people will ask me why did i use Grey, and on top of that why Ford Grey. I wanted something different then what everyone else was doing IE: Red, Blue, Black. So i went with grey. And the ford one was all i found and i liked the color

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Old 02-13-2004, 09:46 AM
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if you do slower less paint and more coats it will come out less blotchy (unless its just a bad pic)

doesn't look bad though...
Old 02-13-2004, 11:47 AM
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its just the pic it smooth and non blotchy.
Old 02-13-2004, 02:49 PM
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how did you keep the letters unpainted? did you just take a paper towel and wipe them off right after you sprayed?
Old 02-13-2004, 03:37 PM
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in case you missed it, he put chapstick on them. h:

Old 02-13-2004, 03:53 PM
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why am i seeing red x's?? attach h:
Old 02-13-2004, 05:46 PM
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All I see is red X's Damn Imagestation they suck. :down:
Old 02-13-2004, 06:30 PM
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i will attach them when i get to my house. I dont know what is up with IS, but it pissing me off.
Old 02-13-2004, 07:27 PM
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copy and paste the links-after i did this then i could view them here too-weird.

westcoast-i missed the chapstick part-huh i never would have thought of that!
Old 02-15-2004, 06:15 AM
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I fixed the pics for u.


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