Painting valve covers – part 1

The unpainted lettering has bugged me a while now. The covers look like new, but this detail is something I’ve wanted to do a while now.

Masking looked  pretty much impossible to do with a masking tape, so I decided to try that old painters trick to use grease to mask the areas where I didnt want paint.

First test didnt go that well. The grease and the primer combined together started to melt the powdercoat. I managed to fix the surface without any permanent damage.

I’ve bought different kind of primer, some cool paint and now I just need bit different kind of grease.