1st Intake Manifold!!!

[GatorHyde]

I am very happy with the way it came out! Columbia SS Chrome. Outgassed for 1 hr, PC'ed at 140 degrees and cured at 375 for 20 min. The intake had a pretty rough blast finish when it was delivered.

[Harleydad]

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I'd clear it.

[nuttyman]

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I'd clear it.

I second that.

[GatorHyde]

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Thanks Guys...You guys have far more experiece than me...Gonna clear it for sure!

[GatorHyde]

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Just got the gloss clear today...DO I need to reheat the SS chrome PCed manifold before I shoot the clear coat? Any tips would be appreciated. Don't want to F it up.

[JTW37]

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Isn't that a Single Stage Chrome? If it is, why would he want to clear it also?

[GatorHyde]

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You know customers...they always want everything to look "perfect". He says the SS chrome is not glossy enough and wants a gloss clear shot on it. I just don't want to F it up and have some cloudy effect happen. I know not to put the clear on too thick...I did it yesterday over Black Chrome on a test panel and had disaster throw away junk results. Just wondering if I should reheat the mainfold to say maybe 140 and pull it out to shoot the clear

[Areomyst]

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For what it's worth GatorHyde, I think it looks pretty sharp! After some looking around, I don't think that the chrome colors really get much more reflective than that, do they? Keep us posted about the clear! I'd give you my two cents, but I don't have that much in my pocket yet, just started up my powder coating.

Best of luck!

~Josh

[Harleydad]

Re: 1st Intake Manifold!!!

You know customers...they always want everything to look "perfect". He says the SS chrome is not glossy enough and wants a gloss clear shot on it. I just don't want to F it up and have some cloudy effect happen. I know not to put the clear on too thick...I did it yesterday over Black Chrome on a test panel and had disaster throw away junk results. Just wondering if I should reheat the mainfold to say maybe 140 and pull it out to shoot the clear

That cloudy look is most likely undercure.

[Harleydad]

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Isn't that a Single Stage Chrome? If it is, why would he want to clear it also?

Here are a couple reasons:


http://forum.eastwoodco.com/showthre...t=Clear+chrome

[Harleydad]

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Isn't that a Single Stage Chrome? If it is, why would he want to clear it also?

Jt, start reading on page 4, post #32.


http://forum.eastwoodco.com/showthre...me+powder+coat