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Any way to get paint to stay on a manifold?

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Yooper Farmall

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I was in a hurry to get my tractor running last year and installed the rebuilt head without painting it first. I'm going to take off the manifold to get the head all cleaned up, primed and painted. I'm trying to decide if there is any reason to wire brush and paint the manifold as long as it is off. I've seen 500 degree and 1,200 degree paint, will anything stick to it? Any powder coating or painting options that are worth doing? or is the manifold just going to look like a rusty manifold?
 
(quoted from post at 12:51:15 03/12/12) I was in a hurry to get my tractor running last year and installed the rebuilt head without painting it first. I'm going to take off the manifold to get the head all cleaned up, primed and painted. I'm trying to decide if there is any reason to wire brush and paint the manifold as long as it is off. I've seen 500 degree and 1,200 degree paint, will anything stick to it? Any powder coating or painting options that are worth doing? or is the manifold just going to look like a rusty manifold?
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Nothing will be permanent, but black bar-b-que paint will give the most bang for the buck.
 
(quoted from post at 12:51:15 03/12/12) I was in a hurry to get my tractor running last year and installed the rebuilt head without painting it first. I'm going to take off the manifold to get the head all cleaned up, primed and painted. I'm trying to decide if there is any reason to wire brush and paint the manifold as long as it is off. I've seen 500 degree and 1,200 degree paint, will anything stick to it? Any powder coating or painting options that are worth doing? or is the manifold just going to look like a rusty manifold?
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I just shot ya an email which will get you pointed in the right direction. Let me know if you have any more questions.
 
I have had moderate luck with this on auto manifolds and headers by sandblasting first and then doing multiple light coats of the highest temp paint (Eastwood Company is my favorite) and then "baking" it between coats by heating the part with a propane torch. Eventually rust forms though, and the paint starts to flake, in my experience anyhow.
 
If you REALLY want to be cool,sandblast it and then send it out and have it ceramic coated.They can do any color and it doesnt cost that much for a small manifold like these.
 
I have one that I had high temp powder coated, worked great for a couple seasons and then some rust started coming through. Used a high temp header paint to touch it up and I think it looks great. Did the muffler too, as F30's didn't come with shiny aluminum mufflers.

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i have used the bbq grille paint and had excellent results. apply the finish, let it dry, then put a small amount of charcoal in a grille, let it get hot, then set the manifold on the grill just like cookin a burger. gives a real nice baked finish. another option if you want to drop a little coin is sending it to jet-hot for ceramic coating. heres a link
jet hot
 
another vote for BBQ paint.
put it on and let it dry, start the tractor for a minute
to cure it.

Holds up pretty well, cheap, on the shelf everywhere.
 
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