Best way to clean a valve cover?
 

I need to strip the paint off and clean my valve cover, whats the best way, and no I can be liek Travis and put it in my dishwasher... Should I soak it in paint thinner? haha Aircraft coating remover works well, but its a real mess... and what works good for the oil, gasoline??

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when i do my valve covers i use a bead/glass blaster, works wonders, when i didnt have acsess to one, i used aircraft striper or fast paint reducer and let it soak, use brake parts cleaner for the oil and ----, whipe with rag. thats how id do it... -blake

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Eh, I picked it off with my fingers and then sanded it all off.

And for the record, it was Spenser not Travis. You're getting your Canadians screwed up.

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aircraft remover and take it to a self service car wash and clean that bastard off. Aircraft remover on your hands burns

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aircraft srtipper on ur hands burns like chris said
aircraft stripper on the inside of your forearms kills

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First remove the paint with aircraft stripper like mentioned. To clean it good I use Simple Green in a BIG bucket and fully submirge the cover. Soak it overnight or a few days and rinse it well.

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i think ima try that idea

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i had my valve cover stripped in an hour and its a b with crazy ridges and ----
soaking it in stripper is useless it reacts right away
strip it, sand it, paint it
about 3 hours of work

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If you don't want to deal with burning chemicals, use Ready Strp, made by back to nature. It rocks ;)

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I need to do the same thing. What kind of place should I look for aircraft stripper?

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Autozone, pepboys they all carry it in a spray can. Works pretty good. I use the brush on industrial crap that REALLY burns and the paint is off in 15 minutes if that! I dont know where to get it because I work at a Dealership and get mine from the bodyshop :)

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NAPA

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autozone has the aircraft stripper that comes in the big ass can, I saw it today when I was looking for some interior paint.

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does that aircraft cleaner stuff work at cleaning all kinds of engine parts or is it a paint stripper only kinda deal?

I figure if i have to buy a huge can of it for just my valve cover i may as well clean up my intake manifold too and make everything shinny

w00t

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If you're going to strip the paint off, aircraft stripper works good. Once most of it is off, a fairly abrasive sand paper works well to get rid of all the crap that might be left behind.

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aircraft remover says on the side of the can that. the state of california has recognized it as a possible cancer causer.. so use that ---- in a highly ventelated room.

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some guy on ht lit the aircraft remover on fire after he sprayed his cover.. seemed to turn out well. I'll try to find the link.

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Hell they sell aircraft stripper at walmart in their automotive spraypaint section. I stopped by autozone the other day to get a oil filter for my car and noticed that they sell wrinkle spray paint now in black and red cause I know people are always looking for that ---- and can never find it. Just a heads up. I've done all my valvecovers with just aircraft stripper and a cleaned it off with a garden hose. Had go over it a couple of times but pick up a wire wheel for that hard to reach ---- and then you can get that baller polished look at the same time. :P