| Author | Message | ||
| Mitchell Minh Le (Yelcab1)
Junior Member Username: Yelcab1 Post Number: 132 Registered: 11-2001 |
Thanks for the oven tip. It is now sufficiently wrinkled. My wife was not happy with the smell, but it did air out. | ||
| Burnell P. Curtis (Burnell)
New member Username: Burnell Post Number: 1 Registered: 4-2002 |
A different approach is to use Eastwood's black wrinkle powder coating system. I did and it looks great and is MUCH tougher than paint. | ||
| Robert W. Garven Jr. (Robertgarven)
New member Username: Robertgarven Post Number: 27 Registered: 2-2002 |
Mitchell, I have had great luck with this paint. I first cleaned the cover with MEK. Then I used a light coat of aluminum primer. Then in warm sunny not windy weather put one medium to heavy coat then wait 3 minutes and put one more med- heavy coat. I set it in the sun for several hours. It took 24 hours for all the wrinkles to come out and it took 2 weeks for the stuff to completely dry. It is then as hard as a rock. I am very satisfied with it but like anything no pain no gain.  | ||
| Bill Sebestyen (Bill308)
Junior Member Username: Bill308 Post Number: 168 Registered: 5-2001 |
It could also be that this area was not as thickly coated as the rest of the cover, or there may have been some contamination on the surface that interferred with the wrinkling. | ||
| Robert Davis (H2oquick)
Junior Member Username: H2oquick Post Number: 143 Registered: 8-2001 |
I have found myself if you paint it with a gloss enamel before applying the wrinkle finish it seems to work better. If using a black wrinkle, apply black gloss enamel let dry then apply a heavy coating of wrinkle finish..apply in both directions. Heat definetly will help the process. Plus it seems the wrinkle finish becomes more durable, My guess is a solid base in the gloss enamel.. | ||
| Verell Boaen (Verell)
Junior Member Username: Verell Post Number: 91 Registered: 5-2001 |
Mitchell, You may still get the paint to wrinkle if it hasn't dried for more than a couple of days. Try heating just the unwrinkled area with a 300 watt halogen work light 1/3 to 1/2 meter away. This will avoid heating the entire piece up in an oven. Just occasionally check to make sure it isn't getting too hot. Next step would be to give the unwrinkled area a couple of more coats & use the heat lamp. If this doesn't work, then either try the oven, or else it's time to strip it down & repaint. I painted one of my valve covers wrinkle black in mid-winter in an unheated garage. Put a heat lamp about 2/3 meter above the cover overnite. Wrinkled up very uniformly. | ||
| magoo (Magoo)
Intermediate Member Username: Magoo Post Number: 2495 Registered: 2-2001 |
Mike good advice. Only be careful of 200 degrees because in some ovens that can be higher. Then you are looking at blistering the paint. Turn on the oven just enough to get heat at 200 then turn the oven off and then place the part in the oven and close the door. Also be careful if it is a gas oven. In other words don't use a gas oven. | ||
| Mike Fisher (Mikef)
Junior Member Username: Mikef Post Number: 60 Registered: 11-2001 |
You must face East standing on your left foot and place a toad on your right shoulder to get guaranteed wrinkle finish results. OR Try respraying the glossy area and put the piece in the oven at about 200 degrees. Keep an eye on it and see if it starts to wrinkle up. I have done many many wrinkle finish jobs and sometimes they just don't wrinkle right. Heat really helps. Give the oven a try, then if that doesn't work you can remove it and start over again. Oh, the oven thing can really stink, so good ventilation is important. You might do it when the wife isn't looking. Tell her you burned a batch of toll house cookies or something. | ||
| Edward Gault (Irfgt)
Intermediate Member Username: Irfgt Post Number: 1095 Registered: 2-2001 |
It is best to apply some heat to the finish as it dries to enhance the wrinkling. You can use a hair drier. | ||
| Mitchell Minh Le (Yelcab1)
Junior Member Username: Yelcab1 Post Number: 126 Registered: 11-2001 |
I painted both of my valve covers with Eastwood black wrinkle paint. The 5-8 cover turned out perfect, the 1-4 cover is 90% perfect with 10% remaining glossy and not quite all that wrinkled. I followed the instruction, gave it two full thick coats, and even went back with a 3rd coat 2 days later, but it is not wrinkled. I could strip the paint and do it again, but I rather not until I figure out what the problem is. any thoughts? Mitchell |