engine cover painting

[GINA]

I redid my engine cover tonight with some high temp paint, but I wanted to paint the "1.8 turbo" letters as well. Don't really feel like taping up the whole cover to spraypaint them - but I recall reading somewhere on here that you can use model paint? Will that withstand the heat and last ok?

[GINA]

18 views and nobody knows? Help me out, gotta finish this thing today.

[Scarab 1]

I would suggest using some of that great blue painters tape and taping completely over the 1.8 turbo then taking a very sharp exacto knife and cuting the numbers and letters out and then spraying them.

This is ONLY because I don't know what the model paint will withstand!

[GINA]

That's what I did when spraying the cover itself; I covered the letters and exacto-ed around them to keep them covered. I'm just worried it'll scratch the newly painted cover. Or the paint could seep through and look runny.

Yes, I'm anal.

[Scarab 1]

If you take your time and put VERY light coats on the letters you will have no 'running' and be a-okay.....it's best to do it in many small coats than one heavy anyway...

just take your time and you'll be fine

[noR]

I dunno for sure if it'll take the heat. I THINK it would, but I dunno. No idea how hot the engine cover REALLY gets. I can't imagine it'd break 200* but it could.


Another option might be to spray alot of high-temp spraypaint into a box/jar, like alot. And use a brush w/the puddle of paint. :P But that's soundin' like it's pretty far out on a limb.

maybe they make brush-on high-temp paint?

[who_me285]

I worked at a hardware store a while back and I remember they had high temp paint in a quart bu all they had was black...so I am sure they have it in other colors mihgt just have to search around for it