Painted covers

[ivan1]

glad to hear that because I am going to use SY in a can from automotivetouchup.com rather than Krylon. I wasnt planning on sanding, but was going to use an adhesion promoter....

[Ridgemanron]

Originally Posted by pig

I used red Fusion paint then hand painted the letters with testors model paint and clear coated everything. To do the yellow and green in the logo you need to use some thinner to get it runny like water so that it will fill in evenly. Otherwise it will clump up on you.

I am also going with the Krylon Fusion since it is great for
plastic and have also decided to go with the Testor's Model
Paint you mentioned for the logo and lettering. Is the
(brand name) Dupli-Color - Auto Spray - Clear Top Coat a
good choice? There isn't anything listed with regard to the
temperature it can withstand. P.S. - I noticed on Shinoo's
Sector 111 site that the carbon fiber covers he sells also
come with the information that the black carbon fiber will
turn to an olive green over time due to heat.

[Buz]

Are these covers necessary or just cosmetic? It seems that the spark plug cover would keep debris out but the intake manifold cover might actually hold heat in.

[Surferjer]

Necessary. Ever wash your car? Water get's in there. DO you want water all over you spark plug wires and such?

On the logo, I used crylon, not testors. I did this because I was worried about heat resistance. to make it happen, I sprayed paint on white paper and dabbed it up with a brush, "dropping " it into the affected areas. Then highlight with a silver paint pen afterwards to cleanup the edges.

[Ridgemanron]

I noticed that the Krylon Fusion talks about avoiding
temperature above 120 degrees. Some pro auto guys
I know said that I should use VHT engine paint which
protects up to 550 degrees. I found a full range of
colors at www.caswellplating.com which will allow me
do the covers in black....with aluminum silver lettering,
as well as bright yellow and green for the logo.

[ivan1]

I painted my covers today...I started out without using the adhesive promoter I had bought because it seemed like I didnt need it based on what others had said. I found that on some of the edges and rounded parts the paint just didnt want to cover, so after the first coat or 2 dried I did spray on thhe promoter and then painted over it.seemed to help...tomorrow I will do the logo/letters...I havent decided whether to do the center of the logo in green or not - since I am going to do the letters and edges of the logo in black, I think I would really have to lighten up the green otherwise the black overlying the green may not stand out....

I have learned a few things:
1.spray paint does not come off your hands the way latex house paint does (if you saw my hands you would think I was jaundiced)
2.scrubbing your hands with a brillo pad does get the paint off
3.scrubbing your hands with a brillo pad is not the best thing for your skin

[Ridgemanron]

Latex isn't only good for protecting one's schlong.
It's also ideal to wear in the form of gloves whenever
you get involved with things like cleaning and painting.

[ivan1]

I never go near those latex things

[ivan1]

well I tried doing the lettering/logo, first with a roller then with a brush and made a horrible mess of it but I was able to remove all the paint and will start over. I ordered a black paint pen - maybe I will have more luck with that.....

[ivan1]

the final result...my advice: several lighter coats better than trying to cover with a heavy coat...paint pen probably the easiest way to do the letters....

sorry for the cellphone pic

[Ian]

Looks great. I would also consider getting an aluminum oil cap. BTW, that's a pretty good cell phone picture.

[imoz]

I'm doing this tonight/tomorrow. I just went to Walmart and bought $100 worth of supplies. I bought the House of Kolor Kandy 3 step system. I'm going to paint the covers candy apple green, I think it should look neat with the Solar Yellow. I just hope the green isn't too light. I want a dark green like this.

[imoz]

I've applied the adhesion promoter, silver kandy base coat, and a bunch of coats of the "organic green" kandy color step. It still seems a little to light for my liking. I'm going to colorsand it, and if I want to darken it a bit, can I apply a light coat of black? Or does anyone have a better suggestion for how to darken the color a bit?

[peahee]

Here's mine:

[Callabrator]

Originally Posted by imoz

I've applied the adhesion promoter, silver kandy base coat, and a bunch of coats of the "organic green" kandy color step. It still seems a little to light for my liking. I'm going to colorsand it, and if I want to darken it a bit, can I apply a light coat of black? Or does anyone have a better suggestion for how to darken the color a bit?

I'd be amazed if you were able to apply a light coat of regular black spray paint over green and have it come out anywhere even close to good looking. Light coats of spray paint still come out as discrete little specs, and trying to get nice, light, uniform coverage would be tricky. Something you might try is using a few coats of transparent black spray paint (modelers use this type of stuff for window tinting) kinda like this: http://www.hobbylinc.com/htm/tes/tes...source=froogle. I have never used the stuff before so I really don't know what to expect for results from it.

Good luck! I look forward to hearing/seeing how it turns out.

[charliex]

If you haven't topcoated/clearcoated adding more kandy layers will darken it, however too many layers of kandy might crack, especially since its going to be completely dry now, you want to layer when it flashes for the best results.

Best thing is to mix in a color to the base or the kandy beforehand, but you already know that now.

A clearcoat will also darken it too.

Using a translucent paint might work, but it will need layering and its going to be tough to make it even, i use the layered translucent smoke approach when doing airbrush portraits it works really well, but its easy to make a mistake thats unfixable.

Look around for a topcoat that can be colour mixed, i swear HOK had one but i can't see it, so i might be on krack, of course the usual don't mix brands disclaimer applies.

If it were me, I'd get a scrap piece of the same material redo what you did with the cover and try a couple of experiments to get something you like.


peahee, looks great

[Bill B]

Originally Posted by imoz

I've applied the adhesion promoter, silver kandy base coat, and a bunch of coats of the "organic green" kandy color step. It still seems a little to light for my liking. I'm going to colorsand it, and if I want to darken it a bit, can I apply a light coat of black? Or does anyone have a better suggestion for how to darken the color a bit?

Double check this but I believe you should use gold under HOK green to make it darker.

[imoz]

Well, I didn't want to screw it up after having applied a bunch of color coats, so I just continued to colorsand and apply more color coats. With additional coats it started to get darker. It is now not quite as dark as the green in the pic I linked above of Jack's old car, but I think it is dark enough to make a nice match with the Solar Yellow.

Here is a pic of the work in progress in my living room:



The color is quite a bit darker than it appears in the pic.

[zvezdah1]

peahee,
What paint did you use? Also you guys that have painted covers. Did you sand the covers to eliminate surface texture as it's got a bit of roughness to it.

I want to do this to mine in solar yellow.

Thanks
Chris

[fpitas]

You guys make me feel inadequate. I just washed my covers with soap & water, then sprayed them with several coats of Fusion pumpkin orange. They're doing fine so far.

Francis