You know Russ.... I really appreciate your trying not to commercialize this
place.... but on the end of the day.... I wish you would teach all of us
about your coating products... and what the advantages are.... I know once
you go to Turbo's Coatings are everything....
TELL us more about what you offer... Please....
Keith
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> From: Finishline Coatings <lona@finishlinecoatings.com>
> To: Skip Higginbotham <saltrat@pro-blend.com>
> Cc: land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Salt build-up & Chuck's e-mail
> Date: Monday, February 21, 2000 2:45 PM
>
> Hi Skip and List:
> Yes, we do have coatings for brakes. I will share with you how we
> developed these coatings.
> About 5 years ago Marlo Treit came to us with a problem with his brakes
> on the Lakester. "Rust"!!!
> He had tried painting them, powder coating, epoxy and nothing they put
> on stayed. The salt throw back from the front tires would blast it
> off. So we developed what we call our 300 MPH coating. This is a moly
> based polymar that has enough elastic to absorb the impact of the salt
> then bounce off without breaking the adhesion of the coating. It is a
> very
> slippery coating and even on rough surfaces it is so slippery that salt
> and mud just rub off. Marlo's rear end and brake parts have been done
> for 4 years now and no sign of rust. The coating should last for ever.
> We do not coat the actual pad surface of the rotors so don't clean them
> up. I want to see where the pads run. We coat everything else on the
> rotors. We coat all brackets , calipers, the back side of the pads and
> the face of the pistons that ride against the pads. For those of you
> that would like to talk to Marlo about all the things that we coat on
> his car, his e-mail is MTreit@aol.com.
> While I'm at it, I'll mention a couple of things about exhaust systems
> (again).
> Chuck, if you are running 1800 degrees, you need that system coated. We
> do lots of turbo rotary exhaust. Don't use heat wrap as it destroys the
> metal. The people that developed it should be wrapped up with it and
> stuck in the ground!!! These are pretty strong words, but the stuff is
> junk-for exhaust!! Stainless steel is no good for exhaust either unless
> you coat it. I don't care what Burns Stainless says. They are lying.
> Stainless is a radiator of heat. I've done the tests and have the
> results to prove it. Stainless also, is very unstable in heat
> conductivity - thats why stainless cooking pans have to be copper or
> aluminum plated on the outside. I could go on for hours about the
> negative side of stainless but I better not. You do not need to spend
> that kind of money on your exhaust systems.
> O.K., I'll stop for now. This will get the e-mail on the list started.
> Russ-#902 XO M.R.
> The Garbage Truck Motor Man
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