 anyone clear coated their fan housing?, or just let it stay crappy looking |
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| brer |
 Apr 20 2006, 04:14 PM
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Advanced Member  Group: Members Posts: 2,555 Joined: 10-March 05 From: san diego Member No.: 3,736 Region Association: None  |
mine is getting bead blasted and i had thought of getting a clear on it.
they always look like hell after ahile uncoated. but then i saw one that had been clear coated and it had white issues under the clear. whats the deal with that? dont really want to do a color. good and bad pics anyone? |
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| Allan |
Apr 20 2006, 04:21 PM
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Teenerless Weenie Group: Members Posts: 8,373 Joined: 5-July 04 From: Western Mesopotamia Member No.: 2,304 Region Association: Southern California |
I got mine blasted then painted it with Rustoleum aluminum.
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| d7n7master |
Apr 20 2006, 07:02 PM
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Gary# Group: Members Posts: 663 Joined: 13-March 03 From: The O.C, Ca. Member No.: 421 |
I used Orange Power, a wire brush & then steel wool to prep.
And then I applied Por-20. Attached image(s) 
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| d7n7master |
Apr 20 2006, 07:04 PM
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Gary# Group: Members Posts: 663 Joined: 13-March 03 From: The O.C, Ca. Member No.: 421 |
and... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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| brer |
Apr 20 2006, 07:41 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,555 Joined: 10-March 05 From: san diego Member No.: 3,736 Region Association: None |
Those look awesome!
do they look painted in person? or are they convincingly aluminum looking. But i think i'm going for a more natural look. (perfect hair smiley?) is this housing aluminium or magnesium? |
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| Series9 |
Apr 20 2006, 08:14 PM
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Lesbians taste like chicken. Group: Members Posts: 5,444 Joined: 22-August 04 From: DeLand, FL Member No.: 2,602 Region Association: South East States |
My last /4:
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| 914rrr |
Apr 20 2006, 08:22 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,828 Joined: 1-July 03 From: Knoxville, TN Member No.: 874 Region Association: South East States |
Fan housing is Magnesium. What about powder coating, maybe in a grey color? If you spray aluminum paint with a clear afterwards it mutes it to look more like 'real' aluminum.
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| So.Cal.914 |
Apr 20 2006, 10:06 PM
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"...And it has a front trunk too." Group: Members Posts: 6,588 Joined: 15-February 04 From: Low Desert, CA./ Hills of N.J. Member No.: 1,658 Region Association: None |
I sprayed mine with aluminium paint and than a clear and it did come out looking like aluminium. Spill oil on it and wipe it up, no mess. Chromed the tin's and it looks good. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smoke.gif)
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| mightyohm |
Apr 21 2006, 01:31 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Benefactors Posts: 2,277 Joined: 16-January 03 From: Seattle, WA Member No.: 162 Region Association: Pacific Northwest  |
Warren at Accurate specifically recommended that I not powder coat my fan housing. He said the magnesium underneath would bloom and bubble the coating, and it would be very hard to strip the powdercoating in order to fix it. He recommended to have it soda blasted, and then just paint it with spraypaint or leave it bare. Mine has been blasted and is now a light gray color. I am thinking of applying WD-40 to it like Britain recommends to get back to the darker finish that we're used to seeing, and hopefully slow down oxidation.
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