[Harleydad]

Originally Posted by JTW37

Just did a cast iron intake for a guy, in extreme chrome and clear. First time for this type powder or intake. Felt like the clear dulled the finish from what it looked like with just the chrome. Maybe optical allusion?
Clear does that to chrome that needs a top coat. Be sure you fully cure chrome basecoat. You could try Eastwoods single stage chrome, no clear required.

The first time cured, got some spots that didn't take the powder and left bare places, plus had some puddling in these same area's. Looked like powder run off, from not sticking. Intake was baked for about two hours at 400 deg and then media blasted with black magic. Cleaned off with air then with metal cleaner, that I have used, before painting a car. So, I'm sure it was clean. The spots that were showing were maybe the Faraday effect? Faraday is probably the culprit and you got too much powder in the surrounding areas trying to get it covered.

I then used a Dremel tool and a small deburring tool, to remove the puddles. Re-coated and cured again. Turned out much better. Coated with clear and cured. Very pleasing, for the first time doing this type, but not 100%. Maybe 98%.

Turned off power to coat the pockets (to avoid Faraday) also turned down the air to about 5 psi. I guess I don't have a right to complain. The guy it belongs to flipped out. Thought it was great!

Anything you guys see I did or didn't do correctly?
See pictures - Thanks

Seems as though you did everything correctly. That intake looked to be in pretty rough shape to start with.