Stripped the valve cover

[PowerDubs_imp]

This is going to take a while to finish- lots of little nooks and cranny-



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[Stichill]

What comes next?

 

[Randy B]

Ugh...I would have traded you straight up for the one off my 13.

 

[PowerDubs_imp]

Aren't those chrome? I am shooting for a brushed finish.

 

[jimgl353_imp]

gut busy! i wanna see the finished product already! LOL!

 

[Randy B]

Aren't those chrome? I am shooting for a brushed finish.

Don't think so, just polished.

 

[venturer434_imp]

What was that foamy stuff on picture 2? Some kinda paint destroyer?

 

[PowerDubs_imp]

Yes, a spray can of paint stripper from the local hardware store. Although 1 can was enough to get most of the factory finish off- it took several sprays to get it done. If I were to do it again I would specifically buy aircraft stripper from Amazon. That should get it all in 1 shot. It was a spur of the moment purchase that I am paying for by more work.

 

[Retsel_imp]

Aren't the valve covers aluminum? Once you polish them, what clear coat do you plan to use?

 

[PowerDubs_imp]

High temp engine clearcoat

 

[PowerDubs_imp]

Can someone with a dlx please take me some close up shots of the valve cover so I can see what the gold standard is? Thanks in advance.

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Rough first cut. Going to have to hand work a lot of the tight spots before finish work-

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[venturer434_imp]

Great Job Powerdubs.. The valve cover looks great

 

[PowerDubs_imp]

This takes the longest out of everything I'm doing. I don't want bare. I don't want polished. I want brushed- and that means all done by hand.

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[pdedse]

This is looking interesting...

 

[PowerDubs_imp]

Not going to lie – the amount of nooks and crannies and the toughness of the factory black makes this very difficult and time-consuming. I am getting close to finishing it after several hours on each part and if it wasn't for the ridiculous cost of just buying a silver valve cover from the factory that's what I would've done.

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Just sprayed the rocker caps with the clear – so that clouds them up until they dry. But pretty much here is the end results. Not perfect, but once installed on the bike from 3 feet away no one will probably notice many imperfections.

The silver valve cover alone, if I remember correctly it was something like four or $500 to buy a new one. That is not counting the two rocker caps. My total cost to do the three pieces for paint stripper, sandpaper and clearcoat high temp paint was probably something like 40 or $50 – yes many hours, but I am OK with that.

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[Retsel_imp]

Looks good. What brand clear coat did you use?

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[Randy B]

I really wish you would have put out a feeler if anyone wanted to swap with you, because I would have done it in a second.

 

[PowerDubs_imp]

Looks good. What brand clear coat did you use?

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I'll double check when I get to the garage today. Some sort of clear high temp.

I really wish you would have put out a feeler if anyone wanted to swap with you, because I would have done it in a second.

I still may. This was a spare set bought off Ebay for cheap. No idea how the clearcoat will hold up. Once I pull the factory black ones off, I may swap em with you.

 

[PowerDubs_imp]

Look at the little bitty spark plugs they're so cute.

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[PowerDubs_imp]

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