Peter,
I had a similiar problem with the painting of the jugs (cylinders) on my
Norton motorcycle. I painted them before I put the motor back together,
slipped them in the oven before my wife got home. Yes, I paid dearly,
but the jugs got cured.
How big is your oven?
Jack Brooks
Hillsdale, New Jersey
'74 Norton 850 Roadster,
but looking hard for a TR-3
JIBrooks@Juno.com
On Thu, 19 Sep 1996 17:37:16 -0700 Peter Ficklin <pficklin@qnis.net>
writes:
>Well, I just took the day off today, and re-assembled my 1147 motor.
>Finally :-) It
>was a pleasure, something I'd been looking forward to for several
>weeks. I let the
>answering machine get the phone, and just took my time. Everything
>went together well,
>no problem, except when I tried to turn the engine to adjust the
>valves (boy, is it hard
>to turn... oops, gotta take those spark plugs out; well, at least I
>know it's got **
>COMPRESSION **) Now, where did I stash that MK II header I found at a
>local British
>shop a year ago??? Hmmm.... (background noises of digging through
>boxes & accumulated
>junk.. , some swearing...) Ah, there it is! Good grief, does this
>thing need to be
>re-finished or what? Oh well, let's just hang it on the side to see
>what it looks
>like... WOW! I can hear it run already... Now for *THE
>QUESTION*....
>
> What kind of paint do you all reccccommmend (did I get enough c's &
>m's in it?) to
>refinish a factory MK II Spit header? I've perused the spray cans at
>the NAPA store &
>PEP BOYS, but most of the high heat finishs require some sort of high
>temperature curing
>within 12 to 24 hours of painting... This motor won't be run right
>away, so I need to
>figure something out. I'm willing to listen, I'm wanting to listen,
>I'm waitng to
>listen.....
>
> Any advice appreciated. Thanks
>
>Peter Ficklin
>pficklin@qnis.net
>Fresno, Ca (British Car show this weekend... small, but fun, right
>here in Fresno...)
>1/2 '64 Spit done, 1/2 '64 Spit waiting....
>
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