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05-02-2012, 10:14 PM | #1 |
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CAD Plating Protection??
I just had my original Delco Morraine brake booster, brackets, master cylinder cap and bails replated. I was wondering if there was a way to protect these finishes for the long term, or are these finishes in themselves the best protection?......I don't know. Was wondering about a clear coat or something? Your thoughts appreciated.
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05-02-2012, 10:16 PM | #2 |
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Re: CAD Plating Protection??
I think it is the latter - leave them alone. Any coating would probably flake, especailly exposed to the occasional brake fluid dowsing. As they are now, if you get something on them, you can wipe em off.
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05-02-2012, 11:27 PM | #3 |
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Yeah, it occurs to me that I'm asking about protection for a protective coating, but just wondering.....
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05-03-2012, 08:52 PM | #4 |
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Any other opinions?
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05-04-2012, 12:07 PM | #5 |
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Re: CAD Plating Protection??
I clear coated mine on my firebird several years ago and it still looks new. I painted the one on my truck with cast blast paint which looks pretty good, but not as good as a new. Sorry for the blurry pic, only one i had
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Re: CAD Plating Protection??
They will last for years on plating alone. A clear coat might extend that. If I had my druthers I'd have a clear powder coat baked on, that'd probably be indestructible and continue to look like new for a long time.
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05-04-2012, 02:27 PM | #7 |
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Re: CAD Plating Protection??
never thought of that approach, that's a good idea (pc'ing it)
one consideration is cost... a booster isn't a fortune, so if it goes bad down the road, you'd have wasted almost enough money to buy half a new one on powder to protect one that might need to be replaced. Voo Doo economics... |
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Yep. Unless you take/ship it to a rebuild shop as I did, all the boosters that I found were painted too. And that's fine. But I've had my truck for 30 years, and all the major brake components were original. I just couldn't turn them in as cores. And I didn't want them laying around for years if I kept them. So I bit the bullet and had them all done... |
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