painting timingbelt cover

[Buchholz, Steven]

Hmmm .. I've had really good luck with the "high heat" paint on my covers
... it seems to have a similar finish to the factory paint as well.  I'm
thinking that you may be suffering from one of two problems: 1 - have you
had the part thoroughly cleaned before painting?  I had mine bead blasted. 2
- perhaps the formulation of the paint has changed over the years to meet
the low volatile organic chemicals requirements ...

HTH!
Steve Buchholz
San Jose, CA (USA)
> 
> Hey all.. my timingbelt cover is real nasty (all the black paint is gone
> :).. Anyways, i have now tried twice to paint it and both times it looked
> really nice but within a week had pitted and within a month was back to
> looking nasty...
> 
> I am using the black paint that i got from autozone which is supposed to
> be heat resistant.