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General => Cosmetic and bodywork matters => Topic started by: Walkerboy on 26 January 2011, 21:31

Title: inlet manifold paint
Post by: Walkerboy on 26 January 2011, 21:31

i want to paint-spray my inlet manifold built been told it has to be special paint,is this true?????
sorry use to this spraying game.lol

Title: Re: inlet manifold paint
Post by: Wayne on 26 January 2011, 23:42

Not really smoothrite will be fine

Title: Re: inlet manifold paint
Post by: Thom89 on 27 January 2011, 01:04

Any aluminium parts have to be etch primed, prior to normal priming and painting, to do the job without etch, would lead to the paint flaking off

Thom

Title: Re: inlet manifold paint
Post by: tech1889 on 27 January 2011, 23:30

is etch prime intolerable to heat ??

Title: Re: inlet manifold paint
Post by: Walkerboy on 30 January 2011, 17:44

oh booooooooooooooo.lol
what is etching primer dude?????lol

Title: Re: inlet manifold paint
Post by: Thom89 on 30 January 2011, 18:37

Quote from: Walkerboy on 30 January 2011, 17:44

oh booooooooooooooo.lol
what is etching primer dude?????lol

Etch primer chemically bonds to (in this case) Aluminium using an acid base, without it, any other paint will eventually flake off aluminium
So, if you were to paint your inlet manifold, lets say Matt Black, you would need.. assuming that you would be getting aerosols from Halfords
1 acid etch primer aerosol
1 acrylic primer aerosol
1 matt black aerosol, or any colour you like, (you may also need aerosol of lacquer if the colour is a basecoat)
and applied to the manifold in that order

Thom

Title: Re: inlet manifold paint
Post by: Walkerboy on 30 January 2011, 18:47

excellent,cheers dude
wanna spray it the same colour as my sfs lime green hoses  :laugh: