Paint or Polish?
- Thread starter Jeff Sine
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Polishing is a lot of up keep. Some guys have powder coated them. The color spectrum is vast. From shiny aluminum look to all colors of paint.
powder coated mine.
That looks Xcellant, Don.
I polished mine. 
I Sanded, Polished , Sanded, Polished, and Polished, some more. Wore my fingers to the bone. 
When I finished, I cleaned it off with Thinner, let it dry, and painted Eastwood's, Diamond Clear, on it. It looked Beautiful.
It should. Probably spent 50 or more hours, doing it. After a couple of winters, the clear started failing.
Looks like CRAP now. If I ever do it again, it will be Powder Coat.
I polished mine. I Sanded, Polished , Sanded, Polished, and Polished, some more. Wore my fingers to the bone. When I finished, I cleaned it off with Thinner, let it dry, and painted Eastwood's, Diamond Clear, on it. It looked Beautiful. It should. Probably spent 50 or more hours, doing it. After a couple of winters, the clear started failing. Looks like CRAP now. If I ever do it again, it will be Powder Coat.
If you have it powdered you will have to remove the underneathplate and clean . I removed mine before installing on motor ,all kind 's of grit in there from the process of coating.That will chew up your bearings fast.
Is it true that a polished part will hold more heat?
If so I would want my intake to run as cool as possible but I am always trying to make one faster not easy to drive on the street.
If so I would want my intake to run as cool as possible but I am always trying to make one faster not easy to drive on the street.
That looks Xcellant, Don.
Thanks for teaching us all a valuable lesson ........ so sorry you had to learn ......The hard way
I bead blasted my intake and then used high temp clear. Still looks good after a few years.
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Blast and run natural as it came