Coatings

[railroad]

I ordered some Colorgard Stainless from Eastwood for my headers. I have not used it yet, but after reading the instructions I went to the web site of the company that distributes the coating. They have a lot of coatings and treatments, that if work as advertised will be useful. Here is the site
http://techlinecoatings.com/hi-performance/index.html

 

[benT]

I ordered some Colorgard Stainless from Eastwood for my headers. I have not used it yet, but after reading the instructions I went to the web site of the company that distributes the coating. They have a lot of coatings and treatments, that if work as advertised will be useful. Here is the site
http://techlinecoati...ance/index.html

Techline makes excellent products. We apply them almost exclusively at our Ceramic and Powder Coating business. One bit of advice when applying this product or similar ones: make sure to blast the headers just prior to applying. If you blast them even a day or so before, you can trap moisture which can lead to delaminating and rust forming after a while. Also, Be prepared to do some polishing. These products perform well, but they require a lot of polishing to get that slick reflective look. Applicators like us use polishing tanks and every header gets polished for over 45 minutes. Let us know how it turns out!

 

[railroad]

BenT, thanks for the advise. I have been holding off on the sandblasting due to the weather and temp. I read somewhere it needed to be 65* and above to shoot the headers. I have a bench polisher, but it sounds like I need to buy some buffers for my drill.
If the coating adheres and lays on smooth, it will be better than what is on the headers now.
I plan to hang them from my backhoe to shoot, outside and have some hanging wires in the shop to let air cure.