Painting Rocker cover

Basically whats the best paint to use from peoples experience as want to paint mine black, and what kind of prep should i be doing ??? Cheers all

I cheaped out on my valve cover paint job and use a leftover can of ENAMEL (satin white).    My first choice would have been black or a darker silver color.  But hey, it was CHEAP!

I wanted to use enamel since I regard it as a tougher paint.   Epoxy (like appliance paint) or powdercoat would be superior, but costlier.

Prep is the real key - scrape crud and loose paint off. Sand or strip paint and rust off.

DEGREASE - DEGREASE - DEGREASE.  

Shoot a light coat first to see if any paint tries to pull back (fisheye) - this would indicate more degreasing would be needed.

Shoot mulitple coats in thin passes to prevent drips.

 

I used brush-on hammerite

Dead easy, reasonable result (it' ain't gonna win any prizes, but it no longer looks like the engine is in need of a match).

Barbecue cleaner is good for degreasing, Fairy Power Spray is also good but costly. A ?2 plastic washing up basin and a ?1 set of scrubbing brushes will make the job a lot easier.

Ali Cabrio

I used Halfords Satin Black engine paint, brush-on and looks pretty much the same as Hammerite. Used Gunk to degrease it, but have since started using Paraffin recently. Better than Gunk and 5 litres for ?4.99 from Tescos.

Cheers

Cheers for the help guys !!!!

i used this stuff only ?5
sorry not a great pic + its covered in dust