Ok i painted my engine cover white and taped off the VVTI and totyot logo and every lettering. The only thing is i didnt remove the tape before it dried. So when i went to remove it i couldnt touch up the lil minor mistakes i did. By minort mistakes im talking about it seems to have on each letter like a lightning bolt pattern around the edges. Is there a way to touch it up without using anymore paint. Like some alcohol or something... if anything ill just have to get a small lil' brush and paint some paint on a tray and dab it a little bit. Any other suggestions ???

 

I did THE SAME THING! After i pulled the tape off it tore a few small indentions where the paint meets the stock black color. I took an old plastic container and saturated one corner with paint until it bubbled up. I then took a pointy trim brush and went to town. You have to hurry though, the paint usually becomes tacky and unworkable in a matter of minutes. hope this helps. goodluck.

 

i hope you painted it with some high-heat paint.

 

you should of used vaseline/chapstick.

 

or you should have asked how to tape it right before we did this yesterday lol im going to sand min today and repaint it now that its all dry

 

Someone want to explain how to do this correctly? I am going to tackle this when I get some spare time.

Thanks.

 

yea^, should sanding me done 1st or could you use a Dupli-color Adheasive promotor to help the paint stick?

 

Not true. I used regular krylon fusion for plastics, no sanding needed. I did mine like a month back and it's fine hell i even use klasse on it to shine the clear coat .

Anyone who wants to know how to do this just PM me. Costs like 10$ to do and makes it look sweet.

 

i had painted my cover with 750 degree paint. the white paint ended up getting scorched from the heat still.. in just a few spots the white turned a yellowish color.. basicly looks like crap.. Maybe go with 1500 degree if your going with lighter colors

 

I did the same thing and it came out legit. I also used Krylon clear coat too. I heard you dont have to use hight heat on the plastic valve cover because it does no get that hot! Instead of taping off the letters i brought some overlays and it looks beautiful check it out........

 

niiiice.. i did the same thing... paointed the whole thing and bought the lettering from ebay

 

looks nice! the plastic cover should not get all that hot, otherwise it would melt

 

nice work guys

 

Thats exactly what I want to do with mine, white with red lettering. Did you buy all the vinyls off of ebay?

 

no i brought mt vinyl overlays from here...........
http://randode.com/store/product39.html

 

Awesome, thanks for the link man. This will make painting it so much easier, a lot less to mask off.

 

Yes and the whole apperance looks a whole lot better....a lot cleaner!

 

good luck and the pics look good