freshly painted valve cover. bake it?

[tuktuk23]

Originally Posted by EDacIouSX

that's not quite accurate.... I believe sometimes cars are "baked" inside a paint booth to help cure the paint.

i work at a bodyshop...90% of our painted work gets baked at ~140 degress.

you can leave the paint to cure by itself with no heat (slower process/better product)

heating forces the solvents to evap quicker thus resulting in paint drying quicker....too hot of a cure/bake cycle can cause solvent pop (pinhole lookin nasty shit!)

my

[240sxKouki]

Originally Posted by tuktuk23

i work at a bodyshop...90% of our painted work gets baked at ~140 degress.

you can leave the paint to cure by itself with no heat (slower process/better product)

heating forces the solvents to evap quicker thus resulting in paint drying quicker....too hot of a cure/bake cycle can cause solvent pop (pinhole lookin nasty shit!)

my

Thats what I thought. I knew it wasnt too hot.

[tuktuk23]

Originally Posted by 240sxKouki

Thats what I thought. I knew it wasnt too hot.

i dunno how hot your valve cover is gonna get but it may crack the paint if you go too high. try to find out temp constraints on the particular brand/series of paint you used.