bigmal 225 Report post Posted July 22, 2017 Hi Guys, I had a go at polishing my rocker covers and gave up after 1/2 an hour. I am now looking at painting them. I am tossing up between Corporate blue the same as the block or gloss black. I will be polishing the tops of the fins and lettering when I've painted it. What are your thoughts on this? Thanks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mach1 Driver 560 Report post Posted July 22, 2017 I saw an episode of Gearz where he polished the fins, lettering and high spots, cleaned it good than used a rattle can of high temp paint. He waited until it was dry and used lacquer thinner to take the paint off the polished areas. It came out nice. I've been thinking of using blue like the block also. 1 bigmal reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RogerC 136 Report post Posted July 22, 2017 I had the same dilemma but ended up cleaning them real good, fixing the blemishes, primering with aluminum compatible primer then painting with VHT wrinkle paint. 1 bigmal reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ridge Runner 1,112 Report post Posted July 22, 2017 Give the motorcyle engine case paint a try ,you will like it .It is made for aluminum and magnesium and it is very tough. I use fine line tape that is the same with as the fins ,after painting just pull off the tape from the fins 2 bigmal and Mach1 Driver reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Caseyrhe 650 Report post Posted July 22, 2017 Tape on the fins or paint the use a sanding block and fine sand paper Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigmal 225 Report post Posted July 22, 2017 Thanks guys. I quite like the VHT wrinkle finish idea. I have a couple of cans that I bought for the dash. That was a disaster and I'm stripping back today, but that's another story. I will get some thin tape for the fins as well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fvike 173 Report post Posted July 23, 2017 Find a place where they have a vibratory polishing machine. I had it done to a set of aluminum wheels I had. They came back better than new. 1 bigmal reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigmal 225 Report post Posted July 24, 2017 Thanks for the suggestions. I went down the wrinkle black path and it looks great. 4 Bob & Sue, fvike, Ridge Runner and 1 other reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MAC390 327 Report post Posted July 24, 2017 Looks great, the engine looks neat. 1 bigmal reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bob & Sue 110 Report post Posted July 28, 2017 Those turned out nice great looking setup. Don't like my chrome set anymore!!! Anybody have a finned set laying around for a 351W ? 1 bigmal reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guillaume69 150 Report post Posted July 29, 2017 Those covers look absolutely fantastic. Super nice job! G 1 bigmal reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zach69grande 25 Report post Posted July 29, 2017 nice work! mine were black but i decided to match the block, to be honest - i miss the contrast of the black and blue.. good choice! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
