Painted my intake, how to re-assemble?

[SHOMA]

Do they have the green anodize paint?!?! OR maybe even like a gunmetal look.. (otherwise having my intake PCd Black Chrome)I'd love it if they did!
Kevin

 

[n8rsk8r]

silver, yellow, red, blue that is all I know of. Maybe if you try the Duplicolor site, I will check just a min......

http://www.duplicolor.com/products/metalcast.html

yep, orange, green, and purple too! good luck on your intake, just saved you $$ but hey I accept money orders or personal checks!

EDIT:Woow!!! was that two in one or what?! I just submitted this and Olympic already had a reply hmmm? glitch? check it out though!

 

[olympic]

Thanks for all the compliments guys! I still have to do the cam covers and various other pieces and I can't wait too see it all under the hood!

As for color selection, there isn't many as n8 stated. Wander down to Wal-Mart and check it out.

 

[SHOMA]

silver, yellow, red, blue that is all I know of.

Hrmmm i wonder how the silevr would look, i wonder if it would look any differentl. Can this paint withstand the heat that the intake gets?
Kevin

 

[shojuan]

Thanks for all the compliments guys!

Hold on Bryce, the compliments aren't over.

The intake looks great! I really like how the runners and butterflys came out. I like it a lot!

 

[olympic]

Can this paint withstand the heat that the intake gets?
Kevin

Yep, it's hi-temp rated so no problem on an intake or anything else not exhaust related. Just make sure the clear coat is hi-temp as well.

 

[Venom SHO s7]

Hmm... if I had known the black was going to look that nice, i would've done black instead of red. My car is going to be Black and Blue too
Yeah wal mart is where i got my paint too :****:
But they didnt have the ground coat, so i had to use more paint to get the full color effect.

I did see green anodized when i was there though, but it might change from store to store.
Did you try baking the intake at all?
I didnt want to use clear because I heard it will turn yellow, but I figured a high temp clear shouldnt do that.
Thats a nice intake though, I like the sparkle bling bling your runners have.

 

[olympic]

I didn't bake it at all. I figure it'll get enough of that under the hood. I'm going to avoid rubbing/cleaning the paint until it's seen a few heat cycles because it's still kinda soft.

 

[n8rsk8r]

Painters for automotive could tell you best, but when I worked in my uncles welding shop when I was 15, he told me that paint doesn't fully cure for some 60 days after you paint. There may have been some advancements since then, then being 1993, but I dunno There is actually a hand glaze made by 3M that is made to wax a newly painted car, it still lets the car's paint breathe so it can still cure, and I tell you what, if you ever need a wax job for a show or something, that is the way to go for sure sorry a lil off topic.

what color are you going to paint the valve covers? Gunna paint the coil cover and timing cover?

 

[olympic]

The cam covers will be the same blue as the runners. I'm still undecided on the coil cover, alternator and timing covers but I'm leaning towards aluminum silver.

Without a baking cycle, paint still takes a long time to fully cure. When I was putting it back togetether, even the slightest bump with a wrench would leave a mark. You just have to be extra careful and take precautions when working on it.