[blackbeauty89]

well i decided i wanted to paint my engine cover tonight. black and red are the colors. i wanna paint the 3800 seriesII and V6 and the intake lumps red and the rest black.

i started painting and the way i thought would be easiest is paint the red stuff first then as soon as that dries tape it off and paint the rest black.

i put about 3 coats of red spray paint for plastics on and let that sit for a couple hours. it felt dry so i just tested it out putting tape in a small spot and the tape pulled up the paint. should i let it sit over night? should i start over and do it a different way? lol i really wanna do this

This post has been edited by blackbeauty89: 09 April 2010 - 04:56 PM

[Nick07]

Probably let it sit over night or in the sun all day if you can. What kind of tape did you use?

[nitehawkjcb]

Your method seems good - but you need to let it dry longer.

[blackbeauty89]

i just used painters tape.

and yea i figured i needed to let it sit over night to cure but i'm just impatient lol. i actually just put it back over my engine cause it's still kinda warm so maybe that'll speed it up lol. i hope it turns out good!

[ChibiBlackSheep]

Just paint the whole thing black, and then buy the reflective red overlays for your engine cover

[nitehawkjcb]

I used painters tape as well, and mine turned out pretty damn good.

[RALLYC350]

Not bas looking nitehawkjcb, well as soon as you finish your engine cover blackbeauty89 post pics to see the final products of your hard labors. lol

[1996A-Z34]

Great Job! Really goes great with the Intake! A+

[blackbeauty89]

well i plan on finishing it today! i just need to be very precise on the taping so that'll take the longest! i should finish today and hopefully don't run into any problems!

[7801MonteMan]

Get it runs...painting and you hope to not run into any runs...

Good luck! Looking forward to seeing pics! I love paint!

This post has been edited by 7801MonteMan: 07 April 2010 - 05:31 PM

[blackbeauty89]

well after this post i'll be spraying on the 3rd coat of black. it took me foooooorrrever to tape off everything close enough to perfect! i have pics of the process, but i'll put them up tomorrow with the completed project! and i'm hoping it turns out ok!

[blackbeauty89]

so now i'm finished. i didn't clear coat it yet. i'm debating whether i should or not. not as satisfied as i wanted to be but i think it still looks alright. maybe i need to use some different tape next time or something.

[Cully77]

just get a small paintbrush now and do a few touch ups, looks great man!

I got excited on picture 2 because I thought for a second you were doing a paint fade... that'd be cool but difficult with a rattlecan

[amexcreuse]

i got one of these covers laying around....think imma airbrush stuff on it whenever i finally get myself an airbrush tool.

good job tho boss, i like it indeed

[blackbeauty89]

thanks doods! i'm gonna need touch ups for sure lol

air brushing one of those would be kick ass!

[nitehawkjcb]

Not bad at all.

[RALLYC350]

I like the color choices, it looks prettty awesome. Good job.

[blackbeauty89]

yea i think it kinda adds a more cleaned up look to the engine bay.