Fred,
How do you cure P/C that is good to 1400 degrees? Do you have to use a
blast furnace? :)
Joe
Fred Thomas wrote:
>
> Barry, they make ="high Temp" = P/C that is good for 1400 degrees, and the
> exhaust manifolds on of my cars look as good today as they did some years
> ago when they were coated, much, much, better than paint. The hi-temp P/C at
> this time is only in flat black and silver, which really is what you want
> anyway, flat for exhaust and silver for intake. Any idea what "Jet-Hot" that
> they charge 150.00 for a T/R 3 manifold. ???
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Barry Schwartz <bschwart@pacbell.net>
> To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 9:00 AM
> Subject: Re: painting manifolds and EFI
>
> >
> > >Powder-Coat both as they should be, one time lasts a liftime, not even
> > >thinking of how nice and clean they stand-out under the bonnet. "FT"
> > ********************************
> > Since this is the second reference to this I thought I would point out -
> > The above excerpt was referring to an intake and/or exhaust manifold, and
> > while powder coat would be fine for an intake, the exhaust manifold would,
> > in normal operation, get much too hot for powder coating. You need
> > something that could withstand closer to 1000-1200 degrees to properly
> coat
> > an exhaust manifold. Powder coating in it's current form is only good for
> > about 400-450 degrees, it's curing temperature. I don't know exactly what
> > your powder coated exhaust manifold would look like after extended usage,
> > but I would bet it wouldn't be pretty -
> >
> > Barry Schwartz (San Diego) bschwart@pacbell.net
> >
> > 72 PI, V6 Spitfire (daily driver)
> > 70 GT6+ (when I don't drive the Spit)
> > 70 Spitfire (long term project)
> >
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