ChrisBoom
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Registered: 6th Dec 06
Location: Highland
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Is there anyway to clean up/paint a manifold?
Bored, and was going to clean up the GSI manifold before i get it fitted. Is there any sort of paint that will actually stand up to the heat of the manifold? Hammerite I suppose will die with it?
Dont have the cash to buy heat wrap either
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Jules
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Registered: 26th Nov 04
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You can get high temperature manifold paint - it's form over function though, personally I'd wait until i could afford wrapping.
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Jamie
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Registered: 1st Apr 02
Location: Aberdeen
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High temperature paint is what you need
Halfords do it in Black, red and a few other colours. Did mine black before and its not run or faded.
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ChrisBoom
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quote: Originally posted by Jamie
High temperature paint is what you need
Halfords do it in Black, red and a few other colours. Did mine black before and its not run or faded.
A 140 mile round trip for halfords
How about a grinder with a wire brush attachment? I guess it would just rust?
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taylorboosh
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
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ooooooooo gonna do mine black tbh
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Jamie
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quote: Originally posted by ChrisBoom
quote: Originally posted by Jamie
High temperature paint is what you need
Halfords do it in Black, red and a few other colours. Did mine black before and its not run or faded.
A 140 mile round trip for halfords
How about a grinder with a wire brush attachment? I guess it would just rust?
Halfords isnt even worth a 14 mile round trip on its best day
I sanded my back box down on the MR2 as it was covered in rust.
Came up quite shinny, but a few days later surface rust is back. So i'm away to do it again, clean it then spray it black
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fuju64
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Registered: 17th Aug 06
Location: Bristol
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that high temp ceramic based VHT paint is suppose to be good, ive got some of that to spray my janspeed manifold before i stick it on.
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