Baking the rocker cover

[dazleeds]

gonna vht paint the rocker cover and inlet manifold tommorow

what i wanna know is how long do i bake the paint for in the oven??

and do i put it into a hot oven or put in then fire it up??

cant be arsed doing this again so want a perfect fonish first time

[smithy318i]

place in a pre-heated oven until wrinkles form. about 15 minutes.

daz, i assume your doing this while your wife is out shopping or something? or have you got a spare oven?

[dazleeds]

it wont be wrinkly mate

couldnt find it anywhere in leeds today

so its just normal black vht

she knows im planning to do it and it is for her Is

im guessing the house is gonna stink then??

damnno kitchen door either

[smithy318i]

Im not sure if you need to "bake on" standard VHT paint ! ?

if you do use the oven, open all of the windows too.

[DaveD]

i put mine on top of the burners..(top up) you gotta have a bloody big oven to get a rocker cover in!!

[dazleeds]

i put mine on top of the burners..(top up) you gotta have a bloody big oven to get a rocker cover in!!

how long for dave??

oh and i could fit the rocker and inlet manifold in the oven quite easily

[DaveD]

i put it on the top for about 10 minutes ...you could see the paint cure ...but the oil on the underside caught fire though..lol.....i forgot your was 4cylinder...a lot shorter