Painted V8 Rocker covers.

[mrzigazaga]

Hi Peeps...A while ago i purchased some rocker covers that were in a right ole state, The plan was to either have them powder coated or Chromed but due to wanting to save a bit of money i decided to paint them myself and do the detailing that the powder coaters wouldn't...Not bad me thinks...Ziga

Before


Cleaned with degreaser and alloy wheel cleaner

Polished fins

Primed with oiled fins

Satin black HT paint..(750F)

Finished...Detailed and badged

[jmorgan]

Where do I send mine.......

Good job there.

[TVRIK]

Nice job Zig, I need some badges for mine

[mrzigazaga]

TVRIK said:

Nice job Zig, I need some badges for mine

Cheers mate...Give this guy a call, He may be able to help...(John).....Ziga

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/parts-and-p...

[Yatesy350i]

Mark that looks brilliant mate. And yours Rik

If I can get my hands on a pair of spare rockers I wouldn't mind a go at that myself.

Any tips on paint/primer types you used?

Unless of course you are bored and fancy perfecting your skills on another pair

Karl.

[Wedg1e]

TVRIK said:

Nice job Zig, I need some badges for mine

You need some stainless bolts for the plenum as well - they're Imperial, not Metric.

Edited by Wedg1e on Thursday 23 January 20:04

[TVRIK]

mrzigazaga said:

Cheers mate...Give this guy a call, He may be able to help...(John).....Ziga

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/parts-and-p...

Nice one zig, think I will, nice finishing touch isn't it.

[TVRIK]

Yatesy350i said:

Mark that looks brilliant mate. And yours Rik

If I can get my hands on a pair of spare rockers I wouldn't mind a go at that myself.

Any tips on paint/primer types you used?

Unless of course you are bored and fancy perfecting your skills on another pair

Karl.

There's quite a few on eBay at the mo Karl, there is a buy it now £30 for the pair if memory serves me.

[TVRIK]

Wedg1e said:

You need some stainless bolts for the plenum as well - they're Imperial, not Metric.

Edited by Wedg1e on Thursday 23 January 20:04

I've cleaned em up a little actually Ian, but yeah it needs new, amongst other things!

[mrzigazaga]

Yatesy350i said:

Mark that looks brilliant mate. And yours Rik

If I can get my hands on a pair of spare rockers I wouldn't mind a go at that myself.

Any tips on paint/primer types you used?

Unless of course you are bored and fancy perfecting your skills on another pair

Karl.

Hi Mate....Im thinking of offering a detailing service and will be setting up a small powder coating workshop, I have a spare pair of rockers or will have once these are fitted and could offer an exchange service...

I used this paint..With a primer
http://www.parkinsgroup.co.uk/prod/2361/hard-hat-t...

In fact after checking the paint code on the tin they sent me it looks like i will be cleaning it all off and re-doing it as they have sent me the wrong paint...It should be the one i have put a link to but they have sent me one that is only heat resistant up to 100 C......Mind you how hot would the covers get?....

[superwedge]

zig,just keep it under 30mph,and it be ok,

[Wedg1e]

mrzigazaga said:

Hi Mate....Im thinking of offering a detailing service and will be setting up a small powder coating workshop

Have you seen Electrostatic Magic's gear? I use one of their older systems and whilst it essentially does what it says on the tin, it's difficult to get a thick glossy build like the pro's do. I don't know if their newer system is any better in that respect. With mine it's as though no matter how much powder you throw at the part, there's a limit to how much will stick.

[mrzigazaga]

Hi Mate...I have looked at a few and these stand out at the moment, Also cost effective with the £ against the $....

http://www.eastwood.com/dual-voltage-powder-gun-st...

One of these...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wolf-Air-Sioux-24-Litre-...

And this...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sandblaster-SBC-90-Blast...

The oven needs to be capable of reaching 400 degrees celsius which can be expensive but i have found someone who sells refurbished industrial ovens...All this will fit in my kitchen......Only messing..I might have use of a double garage..(FOC).. with power and we will fit an extractor as you need a clean environment.

Set up costs are relatively cheap so this will help keep service costs down...I will mainly do valve covers, Plenums and brackets.

[Wedg1e]

mrzigazaga said:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Wolf-Air-Sioux-24-Litre-...


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sandblaster-SBC-90-Blast...

... with power and we will fit an extractor as you need a clean environment.

...I will mainly do valve covers, Plenums and brackets.

You'll probably find you need a significantly larger tank compressor than that: I have a 100L 3HP unit that still runs almost continually trying to keep up with the sandblaster - even to maintain 80psi. It has its own 16A mains supply as it repeatedly blew 13A fuses when it was on a 3-pin plug (start-up surge of an induction motor). That 24L thing will be screaming its tits off.
Also, V8 plenums are quite large items, you may want to consider whether you can turn the thing over and around in that cabinet, it's a bit small. It'd soon become a pain if you had to keep opening the lid to re-position the part.
The blast cabinet should have a proper extractor otherwise the room air will be filled with dust. We had to stop using our cabinet at work as everything was covered in ground glass despite the filter pack we had on the extract outlet. You really do not want to breath that stuff (or AlOx either).
The extractor on my cabinet at home is the size of a large fridge. It traps the airborne dust in three cloth tubes; it's then dropped into a drawer so you can bin or recycle it (some people filter the extract dust to recover the blast media which can be reused albeit getting smaller in grain size).
It's quite therapeutic but bloody time-consuming!

[Mr Tank]

Hi Mark

I used to have an identacal cabinet and as Ian says you need a much bigger compressor, the other problem is that is not a pressure sand blasting cabinet, it works on a venture system/effect so its a slow process.

I have now changed to a much larger cabinet for all my future work and comes with a extractor system as Ian suggests.



You can get a simpler version from Clarks/ Sealeys and similar companys.

You have a few benfits from these unit.
Free standing.
More room inside, you can easly put wheels, fuel tanks and other such items etc in them.
Plus they will only use the same size compressor as the smaller unit you looked at!

Andy

Edited by Mr Tank on Friday 24th January 12:27

[JVaughan]

I bought a new Plenum badge from Dave Dave Bradley 01253 766085 who I understand is ex-TVR and has a limited supply of original plenum badges. Last year the cost was £8 posted

[RichB]

mrzigazaga said:

Hi Peeps...
Polished fins

That's really nice. Can I ask how you polished the ali' or was it just good old elbow grease?

[mrzigazaga]

Thanks for the good advice gents ..I did wonder about the compressor being powerful enough..Also like you say a larger cabinet will be much easier to clean bits properly..The extraction is a must have as the environment for powder coating needs to be clean...It would certainly make jobs like this easier when you have made a complete pigs ear of things...

Nitromors and steel wool...No substitute...


Ordered new badges also as i couldn't get these off without damaging them...

[Wedg1e]

RichB said:

That's really nice. Can I ask how you polished the ali' or was it just good old elbow grease?

How I'd do it... either impregnated polishing blocks ('Loyblox' in the olden days ) in decreasing grit size, or (for the fin tops) wet'n'dry paper on a flat surface, again in decreasing grit size.
Finish with Autosol.

[mrzigazaga]

Wedg1e said:

RichB said:

That's really nice. Can I ask how you polished the ali' or was it just good old elbow grease?

How I'd do it... either impregnated polishing blocks ('Loyblox' in the olden days ) in decreasing grit size, or (for the fin tops) wet'n'dry paper on a flat surface, again in decreasing grit size.
Finish with Autosol.

Hi Mate..As above or you can finish with some wax cutting compound and 2-3 stage polishing mops depending on acquired finish, This can be done with an electric drill but a bench polisher would be better as i have slipped before with a drill and the chuck has skated right across the near mirror finish...The whole process has to be repeated again...You could use a sanding wheel for the first part but good old elbow grease is what i use....

The polishing kits can be sourced from here..They are relatively cheap and do what they say on the tin...If you are going to use a bench grinder/polisher than go for the 6" polishing mops....Cheers...Ziga

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&...