Baking the rocker cover

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dazleeds
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Post Sat Jun 17, 2006 8:32 pm

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
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Post Sat Jun 17, 2006 8:35 pm

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?
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Post Sat Jun 17, 2006 8:55 pm

it wont be wrinkly mate :cry:

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 :twisted:

im guessing the house is gonna stink then??

damnno kitchen door either :cry:
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Post Sat Jun 17, 2006 9:05 pm

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

if you do use the oven, open all of the windows too.
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Post Sun Jun 18, 2006 1:25 pm

i put mine on top of the burners..(top up) you gotta have a bloody big oven to get a rocker cover in!!
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Post Sun Jun 18, 2006 1:30 pm

DaveD wrote: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 winkeye
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Post Sun Jun 18, 2006 2:53 pm

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