Paint melted
05-07-2012, 09:35 PM
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Paint melted
Ok so on my headman headers i decided to paint them nice an black to get rod of the rusty look but all of the sudden i drove the car around the city when i puled back into the driveway i noticed that the paint faded away what caused that i did use high heat engine enamel paint that with stood up to 700 degrees ???
05-07-2012, 10:02 PM
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Re: Paint melted
exhaust gets hotter than that. You need specific header paint.
05-07-2012, 10:40 PM
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Re: Paint melted
Yea seems like ill be getting a different paint
05-08-2012, 09:29 AM
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Re: Paint melted
yeah my VHT paint lasted about an hour...I even baked it and everything.
05-08-2012, 09:47 AM
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Re: Paint melted
i used grill paint on mine an what i didn't chip off putting them on is staying ok . i need to redo them whith them on the car . i skun the hell outta them putting them on .lol
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05-08-2012, 01:43 PM
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Re: Paint melted
Engine enamel on headers = Fail
You need high heat header or bbq paint 2000º and even then the paint will come off. They have to go trough a baking process, noted in the instructions on specific high heat paints.
You need high heat header or bbq paint 2000º and even then the paint will come off. They have to go trough a baking process, noted in the instructions on specific high heat paints.
05-08-2012, 02:03 PM
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05-09-2012, 01:04 PM
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Re: Paint melted
heres my headers :
like i said i need to redo them but i think this paint is holding up for the parts i didn't scrap off ...
i'll redo them in this paint when i change the cam
like i said i need to redo them but i think this paint is holding up for the parts i didn't scrap off ...i'll redo them in this paint when i change the cam
05-12-2012, 10:47 PM
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Re: Paint melted
I used that same can of paint on mine but in black.. had to get the drivers side heated up almost red hot so I could angle the collector downwards some and the paint just flaked off once the acetylene torch hit it... guess I'll repaint that area and then see how it does once I fire up the car.. I'm thinking that I will probably have to heat cycle them a couple of times and then pull them off and repaint them again..
05-13-2012, 03:52 AM
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