Powder coating is 400 degrees for about 15 minutes to cure.
Gerard
At 9:29 AM -0400 4/27/01, RBHouston@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 4/26/01 7:46:03 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
>DLancer7676@cs.com writes:
>
>
>> I stopped by a local powder coating business today to
>> see whether they could coat my exhaust header, and whether it would hold up
>> to the heat.
>
>David,
>
>Did they say why? I would think it approaches the heat necessary in ordinary
>use? I was under the impression that powdercoating was only 500 degrees or
>so. Yeah I know the exhaust isn't that hot...but any header made of anything
>thicker than tin foil should hold up to that shouldn't it.
>
>Try "jet hot" listed in the hot rod mags.
>
>Or jump on the TR list and ask Fred Thomas, the powder coating guru there. I
>don't think there are many parts on his TR3 he has not powder coated.
>
>RH
>
>74 Midget...not currently running
>63 TR4 up on blocks!
>Too many projects, too little time.
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