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I used the spray can stuff from Paragon for my recent 65 project and it looks just like the picture above before it cures. In my case, I baked the manifolds in an oven before I installed them. The guy at Paragon promised that the gold color would suddenly change to the correct color when the temp reached 550 degrees. It did just that. At 549 degrees, everything was still gold. At 550 degrees it instantly changed to a nice cast gray. It has only been 1 year since installation, but they still look great. I used the Eastwood brush on coating for my 67 and it was super simple and still looks great 12 years later.
Can the POR-15 be brushed on and can it be done while on the car? Thanks in advance.
Marty
It can and I did.. You need to brush off the manifolds as best you can with small and medium wire brushes getting in the nooks and crannies; if you have a lift you can get pretty good access....then a good rub down with lacquer thinner all over. Let that dry and then paint on the POR-15 Exhaust Gray per the instructions. I made a rectangular cardboard 'shield' to lay against the heads while painting the stuff on to avoid getting it everywhere...one of those super thin plastic kitchen cutting boards is even better.
It'll smell a bit funky the first time you start the engine afterwards but that'll go away quickly.
Its better to take the manifolds off but I just didn't have time prior to judging... They look fine anyway..
Last edited by Frankie the Fink; Sep 30, 2017 at 02:19 PM.
Just wait until someone connected with one of the reality car shows sees this thread. Gold headers should soon become all the rage and will spread to the rest of the shows like the plague! Dave on Bitchin Rides will soon be talking about his "killer" gold headers
My manifolds weren't just mildly gold they were WILDLY gold. I kept hoping time and heat cycles would dull things down - it didn't, just kept getting a brighter and brighter hue of gold...
I got scared and took that crap off and went to POR-15 when the gold started actually appealing to me and I was considering getting a diamond in one of my front teeth.
I am guessing that the Paragon stuff is not VHT. It cost something like $20 for a very small can. Even though my manifolds did change color, I would not go that route again. I like the paint on stuff on my 67.
My manifolds weren't just mildly gold they were WILDLY gold. I kept hoping time and heat cycles would dull things down - it didn't, just kept getting a brighter and brighter hue of gold...
I got scared and took that crap off and went to POR-15 when the gold started actually appealing to me and I was considering getting a diamond in one of my front teeth.
Looks like an original Bloomington Gold candidate to me Frankie...
