Cleaning and painting rocker cover and inlet manifold ?

[Bharat]

My mate wants to get this done.

I understand that both should be cleaned, but do they need to be polished ?

He knows a local foundry place, that could shot-blast the items ? Is that advisable ?

What is the best way to do this, so it's safe, and then have the painted ? What sort of paint should be used ?

Anyone know of a place in or around London, preferably towards W.London or Oxford ?

All advice/suggestions appreciated.

[Dom]

I was going to get mine chemically cleaned... Haven't thought about how to "colour it in" but just decided chemical cleaning to do the inside of the inlet manifold as well

[placey]

bharat

if there's any blasting going to happen especaially to the rocker cover then mask the inside first - for any debris in there will fall into the engine and accelerate wear.

paul

[Andy335Touring]

When i painted my rocker cover i used some spray on mousse paint stripper and a wire brush to remove that yellow cosmoline(sp?) stuff and then i used brake cleaner to remove any oil that was left.



I got the paint for about 7 quid per tin from here.

https://www.usautomotive.co.uk/scripts/ ... roduct=234



Have a look at the other painting cam cover thread.

http://www.e30zone.co.uk/modules.php?na ... opic&t=333

[Bharat]

Cheers fellas, will pass on the info to my mate

[A1BMW325iSport]

so do ya just mask of the bmw logo and stripes then?

[E30Adam]

so do ya just mask of the bmw logo and stripes then?

Nah easier to just spray over them and use a sanding block to take the paint off the raised parts afterwards.

[Jimbob]

Could I use this on the inlet manifold?
https://www.usautomotive.co.uk/scripts/ ... roduct=226

[E30Adam]

Could I use this on the inlet manifold?
https://www.usautomotive.co.uk/scripts/ ... roduct=226

You probably could but you'd have to polish the manifold first to get a decent finish.