DAN57
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| posted on 5/11/05 at 10:46 PM |
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Rocker Cover Painted
Just painted my rocker cover this evening, What do you think of the colour? I saw the paint a couple of days ago and thought it would be a little
different.
Look Here
How do I make my Pics smaller?
oops!! Wrong section. Could be related I suppose ish. Novices eh! 
[Edited on 5/11/05 by DAN57]
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viatron
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| posted on 6/11/05 at 01:49 PM |
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Looks nice, all you need to do now is to use copper pipe for your cooling lines and you could enter it in a steam rally!!!
But seriously, a nice finish by the looks of it, is the paint oil proof?
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DAN57
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| posted on 6/11/05 at 03:50 PM |
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Not sure if its oil proof. Paint applications are pretty vague. Heat resistant to just 110 degrees so I'm hoping with enough air flow through
the engine bay it will be o.k. So time will tell. I think it would be nice to use throughout the engine bay as a different approach to the usual
chrome/stainless effect. (and to continue the steam engine look.)
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dl_peabody
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| posted on 6/11/05 at 04:42 PM |
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Looks like a tin smith just cobbled it together.
110 degrees....in my humble opinion your hosed, Air flow or not.
Otherwise it looks good...
[Edited on 6/11/05 by dl_peabody]
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DarrenW
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| posted on 7/11/05 at 01:09 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by dl_peabody
Looks like a tin smith just cobbled it together.
110 degrees....in my humble opinion your hosed, Air flow or not.
Otherwise it looks good...
[Edited on 6/11/05 by dl_peabody]
What does hosed mean????
Rocker cover shouldnt see 110deg. In normal use the water in mine gets to 97 befor ethe fan kicks in. Oil doesnt seem to get that high. Worst case is
that you might have to repaint in the future. I did mine with the chrome spray - that doesnt seem very durable. What type of paint did you use (make,
shop)
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James
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| posted on 7/11/05 at 03:20 PM |
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Dan,
Looks great.
And 110°C you should be ok.
You're building a Locost aren't you? You sure you don't need to move the filler cap?
Cheers,
James
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DAN57
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| posted on 7/11/05 at 11:21 PM |
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Yeah I thought the oil filler should be moved too but I wasn't really too sure on where it should be located or if it could just be shortened.
When I looked at the height of the oil filler and the cam pulley cover the oil filler doesn't appear to sit that much higher. I thought by
fitting a bonnet bulge/vent on the front edge may overcome some of the height issues when fitting the pinto and also give clearance for the filler.
But that said I could be wrong and thats the fun with a Locost. This will also allow cooler air into the engine bay to help keep cool. Maybe.
The paint is Plasti-kote projekt paint. Ive seen this in silver, gold and copper. Cost about £6 for 400ml from Halfords. I saw it and thought Yeah
right! but I was very impressed with finish.
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cryoman1965
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| posted on 7/11/05 at 11:37 PM |
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Looks very nice, just one question though? Did you need to use a Primer/Undercoat, and if so was it heat resistant? Sorry that was 2 Questions
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DAN57
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| posted on 8/11/05 at 12:17 AM |
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Degreased, stripped all old paint back to bare metal, Primed using normal primer. No temperature figure on tin. I couldn't find any special
primers. I'm not a paint specialist or any thing so not really too sure what should or shouldn't be used. So a bit of a suck it and see I
think, so I'll let you all know if its any good in about 10 years when the cars finished.
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