Has any one ever had their exhaust manifold heat shield power coated? And if so any pictures of them ?

 

do you mean powder coated?

 

I don't think you can powder coat aluminum.

Why would you want to anyway, why not just paint it?

Do you know what powder coating is?

 

didn't of17 do something like that?

and if you powdercoat it first it looks nicer (i believe, but maybe thats from watching too much american chopper)

 

I had a '59 VW bug a while ago. I had the entire pan (frame & floorboards) powdercoated and it was f'n awesome! Powdercoating is very durable as well. You can't really scratch it, but it will gouge.

The way it works is this: the metal is painted with an electrically charged coat of paint (for lack of a better term) and let to dry. Then, painted with an oppositely charged paint in the color of your choice. Then, baked in a huge oven. The baking cures the paint while the electrical charge binds the paint to the medal.

Very cool concept and like I said, very cool look.

It really wouldn't be worth it for such a small piece, but again, i don't think you can do it to aluminum. You could get it anodized, but that's a whole other story.

hih

 

ok, so i was right

my friend has a VW, and he's got an assortment of items in his engine powder-coated. they look pretty sweet to, gets rid of that cheapy look.

 

first off yes aluminum can definetly be powder coated, think of all the aluminum car wheels people powder coat.

2 im not sure wat kinda powder coatin your talkin about when two different types of "paint" i think u meant powder.

i powdercoat stuff at my dads work a good amount and basically all i do is bead blast watever i wanna powder coat to make it a rough surface and clean one, then take it into the spraying booth and put it on a rack, pick up the powder gun spray the ish with the powder. move it to a rolling rack and slide that bish into the oven to cook for about 30 minutes at 400 degrees. its not really a hard process just pricey, i mean ive heard of people using home ovens to bake powdercoated stuff. but yea the thing your coatin needs to be grounded when spraying and then the powder is electrically charged to the piece your coating

 

i might try to powdercoat that thing just for kicks and to get u a picture, i go outa town saturday so im not sure if ill be able to by then but i will try

 

Dumb question, but can powdercoated items even stand the heat that the exhaust manifold headshield faces?

 

i'm not powder coating expert, but they sell kits to powder coat at home, and one of the ways powder coating works is yo uheat up the powder and put apply it to the surface you want.

those powder coating kits for the house require you to bake whatever you powder coated to get it come out nicely.



i wanted to do this when i removed my suspension;

sand blast all the metal pieces and
paint them all chassis black so they came out looking really nice.

didn't have a chance to do all of that.

but with little to no money you can do this at home.

if you got an old oven you don't need try to powder coat it at home.