Valve Cover Painting

[69bronzeT5]

I have the chrome 440 valve covers on my engine but I sorta wanna put the stock 383 ones back on or alteast have them there and ready incase I need them. They are blue and the engine is orange so I need to paint them orange like the engine. How much heat do the valve covers experience? I have primer but I'm not sure if it'll work if the covers get warm/hot. What do you guys think? Will the primer I have work?

[mally69]

I learned that if i used primer on anything that gets hot like engine parts etc...   it always flaked off later so, I would just get 500 degree paint   they sell 1200 degree paint if you want that too

[69bronzeT5]

Well they sell Hemi Orange engine paint at the local auto parts store. Thats what we painted the engine with. Should I just get that and not primer the covers?

[mally69]

Thats what i would do.  My grandpa painted his valve covers black and used primer and it flaked off so we had to redoit with just black paint.  I also used primer on my oil pan which needs to be repainted because of flaking, but i just dont feel like messing with that quite yet.

[69bronzeT5]

Ok, thanks for the help!

[mally69]

Yep,

[Charger-Bodie]

Hey Cody, just a little FYI thats a 68 right valve cover .

[69bronzeT5]

Hey Cody, just a little FYI thats a 68 right valve cover .

I know...because the engine is a 68

[resq302]

From what I understand, the factory never primed the engines, just put engine paint directly onto bare metal.

[bull]

Well, not to confuse the issue but the guy who did the bodywork on my '68 routinely primes and paints all of his engines using the same base coat/clear coat method used on the body and they turn out great, last for years and stay a lot cleaner than the rattle can jobs.

[Ghoste]

Really?  What products does he use for that? 

[mally69]

Well, not to confuse the issue but the guy who did the bodywork on my '68 routinely primes and paints all of his engines using the same base coat/clear coat method used on the body and they turn out great, last for years and stay a lot cleaner than the rattle can jobs.

I have always heard that this methood resulted in the paint disoloring and turning yellow becuase if the heat

[Charger-Bodie]

the best way Ive found is Acrilyc enamel right over the bare metal ! ive got gines out there that were painted 15 years ago with this method and they still look great!