Can rusty heat exchangers and mufflers be sand blasted ... |
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Can rusty heat exchangers and mufflers be sand blasted ... |
914Owner |
Jul 7 2009, 11:01 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 17 Joined: 5-July 09 From: Vancouver, Canada Member No.: 10,533 Region Association: None |
and then the holes welded or patched up in some way? Has anyone tried this? I couldn't even find heat exchangers in Pelican's catalog.
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yeahmag |
Jul 7 2009, 11:57 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,422 Joined: 18-April 05 From: Pasadena, CA Member No.: 3,946 Region Association: Southern California |
it's just metal...
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shelby/914 |
Jul 8 2009, 12:08 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 804 Joined: 24-August 05 From: Foxfield, Co Member No.: 4,655 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
I believe they are NLA from any source except used. Mine were bead blasted and welded up, so the answer is yes.
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914Owner |
Jul 8 2009, 12:25 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 17 Joined: 5-July 09 From: Vancouver, Canada Member No.: 10,533 Region Association: None |
Cool. I thought I might have to look for a more expensive solution.
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charliew |
Jul 8 2009, 05:55 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,363 Joined: 31-July 07 From: Crawford, TX. Member No.: 7,958 |
Eastwood sells a stainless steel high heat paint that works great on clean rust free exhaust. I've had it on three vehicles for over 5 years and it looks at least as good as some ceramic coated headers on my k5 blazer that are about 5 years old.
It's supposed to be baked on at 400 but I used a heat gun and a infrared thermometer gun and it seemed to work ok. On a short system you may get by just running the motor to bake it. Thats what I did on some vw headers. It needs to air dry about two days depending on how thick you put it on. It is really hard to clean the spray gun up afterward though. Don't plan on spraying any clear after using the ss paint or you will get little sparkles in the clear. Don't ask why I know. But my hd tank has sparkles in it. |
Wilhelm |
Jul 9 2009, 12:00 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 408 Joined: 7-September 07 From: Hooterville, OR Member No.: 8,088 Region Association: None |
I've used the stuff I've mentioned in this thread and am quite happy with it...... Ceramic Paint Certainly much cheaper than Eastwood and possible the same stuff.
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