Clear coat powder coating??
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St. Jude Donor '09
Clear coat powder coating??
Thinking of having my intake clear powder coated. Anyone had this done and have any pictures.
I've seen prices of about $125 for an intake.
I've seen prices of about $125 for an intake.
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I haven't had a manifold clear coated but it shouldn't cost that much. Typical rates are about $5-10 per part but a $60 flat fee is charged until you have enough parts to exceed the flat fee (they all have to use the same color). If you can get a few friends to have several things coated you can have it done for a reasonable cost
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Just had my crossmember, transmission perch, and a exhaust bracket blasted and powered coated and it cost me $75, which was their minimum charge per color. Said my crossmember would have been a $15 part. I was going to have a pair of valve covers powered coated in silver, but it would have been $75 more. So they just blasted them for me as part of the $75 for other pieces.
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St. Jude Donor '09
That seems way high...the guy that is doing my stuff is charging me 40$ I'm haveing a pair of valve covers (cut to adjust valves) all my accessory brackets, my plug wire standoffs, exhaust manifolds, dist cover and bead blasting my aluminum intake...
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Silver takes 2 coats - 1 color and 1 clear.
Silver powder coat needs a clear coat anyways. Read it looks nearly like chrome - probaly matches ceramic coat nicely. If u use the 2 coat method u don't need to polish the intake (just clean).
I wanted to do some under-hood parts and prices out 'bout $150 for Eastwood equipment. But an electric oven big enough to cook parts to 400*F for 20 min required too.
Good luck and please post ur results.
cardo0 
I wanted to do some under-hood parts and prices out 'bout $150 for Eastwood equipment. But an electric oven big enough to cook parts to 400*F for 20 min required too.
Good luck and please post ur results.
cardo0
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I had mine powdercoated & cleared for $60...That's the way to go...it resists almost everything and always looks great...I'll try to find the pictures...Found one...Also had the valve covers & fan P/C...
Last edited by mvftw; Feb 27, 2005 at 10:12 PM.
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Originally Posted by mvftw
I had mine powdercoated & cleared for $60...That's the way to go...it resists almost everything and always looks great...I'll try to find the pictures...Found one...Also had the valve covers & fan P/C...
I love that engine bay
it's like heaven and hell
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St. Jude Donor '05-'06,'11,'13-'14,'16,'18,'19,'24, '25
mine is powder coated silver, no clear coat. We just got through powder coating some parts in translucent blue man they are perty. I will post some pics as soon as I can.
Neal
Neal
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St. Jude Donor '05-'06,'11,'13-'14,'16,'18,'19,'24, '25
Mine is powder coated silver, no clear coat. We just got through powder coating some parts in translucent blue, man they are perty. They look like anodized blue chrome, I will post some pics as soon as I can get some.
Well looks like my pic wont work. We have sprayed clear on a few parts works very well.
Neal
Well looks like my pic wont work. We have sprayed clear on a few parts works very well.
Neal
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St. Jude Donor '09
Originally Posted by chevymans 77
Mine is powder coated silver, no clear coat. We just got through powder coating some parts in translucent blue, man they are perty. They look like anodized blue chrome, I will post some pics as soon as I can get some.
Well looks like my pic wont work. We have sprayed clear on a few parts works very well.
Neal
Well looks like my pic wont work. We have sprayed clear on a few parts works very well.
Neal
Please post the other pictures when able.
Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '05-'06,'11,'13-'14,'16,'18,'19,'24, '25
The intake is powder-coated silver without clear. The clear really smoothes the finish out when you put it on thick. Powder coating is very tough, we tryed to beed blast a part that we powder-coated, it would have taken a month to blast it off. We ended up putting it back in the oven and putting the oven in the cleaning cycle to bake it off(don't do this in your kictchen we about blew the door off the oven, the powder flashed when it turned to ashes 
).
Neal
).Neal
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St. Jude Donor '05-'06,'11,'13-'14,'16,'18,'19,'24, '25
Here is a thermostat housing that we done in translucent blue. We have also done a set of valve covers and a timing chain cover, I am also thinking of taking my intake off and doing it to. The pics do not do it justice.
Neal
Neal
