Exhaust Manifold Painted

[Henry S.]

Thursday I painted my exhaust manifold and really liked the way they turned out. I did a search of the archives to see how others have painted them and thanks to Mike (Murray) I settled on the VHT Flameproof paint. One other method I looked at was what John (Hinckley) did to his, Jerry MacNeish's re-skinning. I wasn't sure on the turn around time with having Jerry re-skin them but I wanted to get them done this week. To prep the manifolds I sandblasted the old stuff off and wiped them down. I then primed them with the VHT white Flameproof primer. After that I applied the Flameproof Cast Iron followed by the Flameproof Clear Satin. A LOT OF FLAMEPROOF THERE!! I did put the manifolds on yesterday but still have a couple other small stuff to do before I can fire it up and bake the paint on. (I flipped a coin with my wife to use the oven but I lost. haha) Anyway I hope to get the car started tomorrow and be ready for cruisen. It was late last night before I got it back together but I hope to post some pictures tomorrow after I fire it up. Right now I'm headed down to MidAmerica to their Swapmeet to see what goodies I can find. Thanks again Bill for your advice, as always you were RIGHT ON!! Take care, Shooter

[Stuart F.]

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henry;

Good informative thread. Let us know how it works out.

Watch out for the rain. My Brother in SE Wisconsin told me they got 4.5 inches late last week.

Stu Fox

[Henry S.]

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henry;

Good informative thread. Let us know how it works out.

Watch out for the rain. My Brother in SE Wisconsin told me they got 4.5 inches late last week.

Stu Fox

Thanks Stu,
We have had soooo much rain here the last three weeks, we're wearing our scuba gear!! It's hell looking for morels when they are under water, of course at least you don't have to soak them after picking. Take care, Shooter

[Henry S.]

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Got some pictures taken last night. I was pretty happy with the way they turned out. Thanks again Mike for the VHT Flameproof suggestion. Here they are:

[Timothy B.]

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Henry, I also used the VHT nu cast paint on my 1963 manifolds, waited for a day the wife was out and baked them in the oven with window open.

Worked out great, dinner tasted a little different that night though..

[Henry S.]

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Henry, I also used the VHT nu cast paint on my 1963 manifolds, waited for a day the wife was out and baked them in the oven with window open.

Worked out great, dinner tasted a little different that night though..

Tim, Dang, I didn't think of doing that. Good idea. As a plus you probably got your doctors recommended iron intake for the day.

[Roy V.]

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Henry, is there a curing proceedure you must follow, for example, a couple of short heat cycles to let the paint "bake" on, or can you just start the engine and go?. Thanks

[Henry S.]

Re: Exhaust Manifold Painted

Henry, is there a curing proceedure you must follow, for example, a couple of short heat cycles to let the paint "bake" on, or can you just start the engine and go?. Thanks

Roy, Yes there is a curing process. I'll post the website so I don't leave something out. But you can either cure them on the car and I believe the procedure and times if I remember correctly is idle for 10 minutes, cool for 15, idle for 20 minutes, cool for 20 and finally run for 30 at normal operation. Or of course depending on what relationship you would like with the Mrs. for the remainder of your marriage you can do them in the oven as Tim so bravely did. Since I knew the chance of me being able to talk the bride into using the oven was greater than world peace I didn't check into the off the car curing process too long. I want to mention I used the Flameproof Cast Iron for the color but Mike (Murray) used the Flameproof Aluminum. He then shot them with the flat black and lightly wiped the black off leaving some in the crevices. His turned out great looking also. Anyway here is the website:

http://www.vhtpaint.com/flameproof.html

I might also mention, I checked all the places they said you could find the paint but couldn't find anyone locally that actually had it on the shelf. NAPA did order it for me and had it in 2 days. If you have any more questions don't hesitate to ask. Good luck, Shooter