Duplicolor paint for Valve Cover/Rims

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I’ve been trying locally to find the proper paint so that I can paint both my rims and my valve cover gunmetal (I live in Canada, which makes it 2x tougher!).

The paint I found was Duplicolor Wheel Coating in a Graphite color for $7/can Canadian. I am wondering if this will withstand high enough temperatures to work on the valve cover? I also have stock ‘swirlies’, so I am also going to be using this to repaint my plastic center caps.

Next, will I be able to use any clear for the rims, or will I need a specific ‘high-heat’ clear as well for it not to crack and peel?

Finally, I am having a very tough time finding any high-heat primer, and also “aircraft coating remover” for the valve cover. I can find basic gray primer, but nothing in a high-heat. Duplicolor makes Engine Enamel in a Gray Primer, but I can’t find it anywhere. I also have no idea what else I could use that would work best instead of aircraft coating remover. Does anybody know where in Canada I could possibly find these products?

-Dustin

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you should ask someone in canada what they use and if they can show you pics…maybe you can pay them to ship it from their area to yours…im in the us any store down here carries high engine heat paint

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I can find the high heat and engine enamel Duplicolor pretty easily, but it’s finding high-heat gray primer and aircraft paint remover that’s hard.

-Dustin

4

maybe you should try the OTHER thread you made about this…

:roll:
http://www.g2ic.com/forums/showthread.php?t=117921

5

I found the aircraft paint stripper, but high-heat primer doesn’t seem to be anywhere.

Duplicolor DE1612 is what I’m looking for, and nobody carries it.

Any ideas where in Canada I could find this kind of stuff? You would think nobody in this country does projects like this…

-Dustin