carburetor paint
Melting Slicks
Joined: May 2001
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From: May help you? You can sure as hell try!
No. Typically Holley and Rochester carbs were chemically treated with a dichromate finish to get the yellow appearance. IMO you can spot a painted carb (or any other part for that matter) that attempts to mimick this finish.
Eastwood sells carb paint and paint that is meant to imitate the Zinc Dichromate finish, but it won't fool anybody.
There are some outfits out there that will re-dye your carb parts for under $100. I can forward you some names if you'd like.
Eastwood sells carb paint and paint that is meant to imitate the Zinc Dichromate finish, but it won't fool anybody.
There are some outfits out there that will re-dye your carb parts for under $100. I can forward you some names if you'd like.
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Safety Car
Joined: Apr 2001
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From: Middleboro/Boston MA
OK, I just cleaned it up and polished the brass pieces.
I discovered that it had the wrong sized gasket on it too, on the body to baseplate. It was a size too small
, should run a bit better now 
I discovered that it had the wrong sized gasket on it too, on the body to baseplate. It was a size too small
, should run a bit better now
Pro
Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 677
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From: Cary North Carolina
I refreshed my Q-jet with Rub 'n Buff
This is from a post in the C3 section
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=932375
With some experimentation in color mixing you could probably emulate the "correct" color pretty close.
Here are the colors available:
http://www.misterart.com/store/view....1&group_id=467
possibly European gold or Gold leaf with some emerald or jade
This is from a post in the C3 section
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=932375
With some experimentation in color mixing you could probably emulate the "correct" color pretty close.
Here are the colors available:
http://www.misterart.com/store/view....1&group_id=467
possibly European gold or Gold leaf with some emerald or jade
