repainting valve covers

I did mine in rustoleum, let dry for 24 hrs then baked at 200 for 20 min
went from feeling a little tacky to hard as a rock.

does it need to be cooked?

that is just excellent!!! what paint did you use?=??

stringer are coming along ..the new mains are glassed in, doing the ribs as no foam will be added, the floor panels are cutted...I have some pics but wanted to post them with more after all is glassed and ready to assemble..engine no progress..parts still on their way..maybe next week they arrive....

the pie I did after the covers had that special car taste!!! LOL

Very Impressive

Luchog, it is in the earlier link, after painting you sand the raised areas to reveal the aluminum color.

pics of the work done.. I will paint them this WE and bake them in the oven..I bought Krilon flag Red gloss paint...

before stripping pitted areas



after some paint stripping


and almost all paint is gone..lots of scrub..
needs some little work and sandpaper that I will do before paint..

Ive painted many engines with base coat clear coat, alot times with the same color as the car, no problems ever

I've painted plenty of valve covers, or whole engines with regular automotive paint. Holds up just fine. I would just paint them, then sand the faces of the letters off with a piece of 320. Then you could brush some clear on the bare aluminum. Just an idea.

Kapla, no high heat in other than black, white or silver, I just bought a can of black yesterday for my exhaust manifolds.

I am sure a non rinkle spray paint would do I just did mine with a black hammer finish rustoleum, let dry for 24 hours and then baked in the oven fo 20 mins at 200 degrees. finish is very hard and looks cool (but not original). High heat ceramic engine paint would not hurt either and can be bought at auto parts store cheap.

I used vht paint to do my vette´s header and it turned really good.. here is the link of the process
vette headers

Direct link to above article

while i´m waiting for my engine parts to arrive I´ve been working on the exhaust manifolds, sanded and painted them (pics to come).
Now I´d like to do some work on the valve covers. One of them is pitted, and aluminum rusted with that white residue and the paint went off at the middle of it were the exhaust drops leaked over it. Its a 1" area that in bad condition. I gues they are powder coated? can I do a touch up or should I have them blasted and then powder coated? but how do I get the pcm raised emblem with the raw finish? i have to pc all and then sand the emblem or mask?
I guess anyway i´ll have to do both valve covers in order to get the same red colour on them? what would be the code for that red?
sorry for the long post...
thanks