My CPA (Cadillac Parts Apprentice) is taking on a special project today. I had a 63/64 Cadillac valve cover Cadmium plated and have Cheryl painting the Cadillac script with Cadillac Blue engine paint. Something for the office - ya know!

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Nice!  You should always start apprentices out with sweeping floors and cleaning parts. They have to prove their worth before being entrusted with good knowledge. 

Oh, Cheryl is definitely an Advanced apprentice and has earned her stripes to be called a journey-woman. She's been doing the Cadillac thing for me since the beginning but her full time job got in the way. Now that she is retired she can help me out with the parts sorting, cleaning, etc. 

Back to the valve cover I had taken a valve cover that was a bit rough and ground off the wire tabs and was going to throw some paint on it and outline the Cadillac Script with Cadillac Blue paint and hang on the wall. With the large batch of items going to the Cadmium platers, for kicks & grins, I thought I would throw the valve cover in... only adds a couple bucks to cost.   The cool thing about Cadmium is you have the mosaic of colors with the golds, yellows, oranges, silvers, etc in the mix. Now that I have this "rough" valve cover done and the script painted I think I would like to have a nice smooth one done.

Nonetheless this one will be good to hang up on the wall in the garage or office ... should be a good conversation piece. Here is what it looks like finished.

Jason, how did you paint the Cadillac script?  I was thinking of taking my valve covers off, painting the covers Cadillac blue and then highlighting the script in white. 

Patrick, I used the "Cheryl Tool!". She free hand painted this cad plated valve cover.  As a former (and still excellent) cake decorator, she has much steadier hand than me!

Jason,

     Encomium to Cheryl.  I wish my valve covers were so fancy!!!  Looks excellent!

Dennis DiBari

I have a similar “Mary tool” at my disposal.  Since I plan to have mine on the car with heat on it, do you have a suggestion for what type paint I should use?  

It just needs to be a high temp paint. Most "engine" paints are rated 500 degrees well above the operating temperature of the engine. You can also get super high temp paint meant for grills, exhaust manifolds and such.  Finding colors other than black or white in a pint can may get difficult but I am sure they are out there. You will  find a LOT of high temp paint in the aerosol can.  Cheryl is actually painting from a Bill Hirsch Cadillac Blue Qt can that would of course work if I wanted to pop that cad plated engine on an actual running engine.

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