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Cast Iron Hearders Finish?
What's the best way to make cast iron headers look good, can't afford tube headers right now.
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Re: Cast Iron Hearders Finish?
cheapest way is to blast em and coat them with charcoal grill paint. you,ll be surprised how long it will last. also use NEW grade 8 bolts & hardware with install.
jmo bob
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Re: Cast Iron Hearders Finish?
I got Eastwood's Factory Gray High Temp Coating that I put on my factory ram's horns. That should last a while too, it has on my exhaust manifolds.
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Re: Cast Iron Hearders Finish?
dose anyone use header wrap anymore?????
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Re: Cast Iron Hearders Finish?
WRAP MAKES your pipes go bad quickly cauz it holds moisture.
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Re: Cast Iron Hearders Finish?
Thanks guys, Mrein3 what process do you have to go thru to apply the "Eastwood" coating. Do you have to sandblast first?
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Re: Cast Iron Hearders Finish?
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When I did the ram's horns on my truck, I simply chucked a wire wheel in my cordless drill and brushed off the rust. 4 years later the manifolds still look good. They could use a touch up which a co-worker says he simply does on the car with the Eastwood's product. The reason I say it is funny you ask now is that I have in the last 4 years purchased a sand blast cabinet. Just this past weekend I was spraying a stock exhaust manifold for one of my Chevelles. I'm thinking that if a wire wheel worked as good as it did, it should work better on sand blasted pieces. The coating is runny. I hung the manifolds from a string from the rafters and had a piece of cardboard on the floor to catch the drippings. When I bought the coating from Eastwood's it came with a couple of cheap foam brushes. I found a picture of what it looked like BEFORE I put the engine back in the truck. And a quick caution note. I believe the descructions supplied with the high temp coating said to run the engine for 20 minutes outside because the fumes off the curing paint may be toxic.
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