Powdercoating question

WIspartan1026

WIspartan1026

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I need to powdercoat my headers. My question is, will regular powder be fine for headers? Or do I need to buy ceramic powder?
 
Might be good as long as they dont get hot. You need to check into some high temp stuff, which in my experience doesn't stay on very well.
 
Standard powder will NOT survive.
High temp powder will take the beating better but is still only rated 600-1200 degrees.
 
Headers, depending on a few things, can vary by a few hundred degrees...a lean engine also has hotter exhaust. Turbo cars obv. run hotter.
 
Ceramic all the way. Using high temp or regular powder will only disappoint you in short time, unless you are just going for a certain color not offered in ceramic?
 
beats me, I have un-coated stainless headers. I don't think it's very cheap though unfortunately. If they aren't stainless I'd just save up for stainless, but that's just me :-)
 
When I bought them I was told they were ceramic-coated. A year and a half later, they looked like this:



And now they look like this:

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Yeah that's not ceramic coated....

That looks like a shitty ass high temp paint job.


The headers on my car... THIS is ceramic coating...

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And since we're talking powder coat.... here is a piece I just did in satin black for a 3-wheeler.

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here's what mine looked like new (well, new-used, had only a couple hundred miles):

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I feel like even if the high-temp powder doesn't hold up as well, it will be WAY better than what I have now. And it's not like the engine bay is pristine the way it is anyway.....


And speaking of prep work, what do you recommend for cleaning after media blast?
 
If oil gets on the parts, it will have a great chance in ruining the coating.

From how I would prep the parts to be coated would be to sand the part down (by hand, with blaster, or media/soda/nut shells when applicable) then thoroughly wash the parts with a cleaner that leaves no residue behind following up with clean hot water and a lint free cloth. After its wiped down, toss it in an oven to bake anything that I might have missed off. Let it cool, prepare the coat process. That is how I would go about it, however I am not in the business of powder coating and it may not even be correct to follow.
 
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