painting timingbelt cover

[coolian]

Get a spare part, wire brush it, strip/acetone, powdercoat/paint using 7+ 
thin layers, followed by clear paint...All 500F+ of course...

Brendan


On Sun, 10 Sep 2000, larry leung wrote:
> I personally had great success using Rusteoleum Black Grille Paint. It's
> the high temp stuff. It even has the correct semi-gloss sheen, holds upt to
> the heat well, and seems reasonably chip resistant. Prep surface per the
> directions. Engine heat seems to bake it. I haven't tried any engine
> cleaners on the painted surfaces though, but oil and gas don't seem to have
> done anything to it.
>
> LL - NY
>
> ------Original Message------
> From: "Peter Berrevoets" <peterb at mysysltd.com>
> To: JordanVw at aol.com, "1 Quattro List \\(E-mail\\)" <quattro at audifans.com>
> Sent: September 9, 2000 12:29:04 PM GMT
> Subject: RE: painting timingbelt cover
>
>
> I used a double part process on this and it has been holding up well.
>
> First I cleaned and scraped all the grunge off the cover using a wire
> brush, sandpaper and disc brake cleaner (spray).
>
> Then I used Tremclad high heat rust paint in gloss black. Baked it on in
> the oven at 160 deg F. Then used a Canadian Tire product known as
> Rubberized Rocker Guard Paint for two coats. Builds up a thick flexible
> surface that is highly resistant to stone chips and bug teeth. It's not
> high heat but it's been three months and looking fine after 6000K at some
> pretty high velocities. Ontario's cottage country is well known for it's
> bugs and gravel and it hasn't touched this stuff.
>
> HTH
>
> Peter
> 1990 200TQ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: quattro-admin at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com]On
> Behalf Of JordanVw at aol.com
> Sent: Friday, September 08, 2000 11:23 AM
> To: bg20300 at binghamton.edu; quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: painting timingbelt cover
>
>
> In a message dated 9/8/00 9:15:59 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> bg20300 at binghamton.edu writes:
>
> << 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.
>
>  Also, on the second try I tried getting rid of the old paint (over cleaner
>  pulled it right off!) .. but still no better...
>
>
> you can't paint over grease/oil...... clean it first with solvent/wire
> brush.
>    use VHT engine block paint..i use that stuff to paint exhaust systems,
> it stays on..
> chris
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