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James@CCC
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How easy is it goin to be to do both paint and polished metal n a spark plug cover? i want the letters polished but the rest of it sprayed black. do i want to polish it up first and then mask the lestters and spray it?

what do i want to polish it up well, i no to go thru the grades of wet and dry, but what polish and any special tools?

also is it just the couple bolts to get it off and am i fine driving round without it on?

Thanks for any help



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and-m
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Metal polish and a lot of elbow grease. Its fine to drive without it on, its purely cosmetic.
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cheers mate
James@CCC
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wot the hell is it covered in at the moment? i just went out there thinking i had a semi easy job to just remove all the paint and its so thick! is it rowder coated ot something?!
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Umm, i bought one that had been stripped, rocker cover as well, the lad said he would never do it himself again, too much like hard work. Buy some fcuking strong thinners and leave it to soak in that, then maybe try a wire brush on a drill, carefull around the lettering tho!
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Take it to a dippers/polishers - simple, no blisters and for the hours you spend sanding you can be earing the ££'s doing your job instead...
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ok, i finally got round to doin this, couple of pics...





but heres the question - ive used black sapphire paint for it, which needs lacquer. do i:

a) eave the masking tap on and lacqer so when i take it off its just the paint lacquered

b) take tape off and laqcer the whole thing

c) no lacquer
James@CCC
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o, and if i lacquer do i give the paint a little polish or anything first?

never had to lacquer before
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id laquer the lot stops the polished bit going all mingin.



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laquer them both. When spraying it on, make sure you get a good shine off the paint before leaving it to dry.

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James@CCC
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so wot, take the tape off, give paint a good polish so its shiney and then laquer away over everything
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no dont polish the paint or the laquer wont stick!
use a very fine wet and dry on the paint before the laquer, u need to put the laquer on thick enough to not get the orange-peel-effect but not so thick that it runs
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but the letters are polished metal. if i cant polish the paint cos the laquer wont stick, then surely it wont stick to the letters?
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James@CCC
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anyone got me answer. i wanna do this tomo
James@CCC
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wot if i dont lacquer the paint? is it just soft or will if go crap or wot?
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bump. new title cos i need an answer!
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Did you have to use special paint? Just thinking about the heat that gets generated.
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i didnt. i read on mig that normal paint is fine
James@CCC
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common someone wot do i do? lacquer the whole thing and it wnt flake off the letters or just plish the paint even tho it should be lacquered
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you lot suck! someone must be able to help me!

bump and change in title
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dont laquer the letters, the laquer wont stick, it will start to peel and look bad.
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must the paint be laquerd? its a chore masking up the letters. if i just polish it up will it be fine?

ive never used paint that must be laquered before
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yeah the paint has to be laquered to make it shine. take your time and do a proper job, if you dont and miss bits, you will end up doing it again.
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is the paint not like nrmal paint tho? a bit of polish will birng it up. or does paint designed for lacquer need lacquer to shine?

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