Re: How would you clean up some rusty headers in the car?
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One of my young turbo-dude friends turned me on to Bar-be-cue black.may not appeal to you, but you just quickly sand off the surface rust, throw a sheet on anything you need to protect from overspray,and it's easy to touch up if needed every so often. IMHO C
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Re: How would you clean up some rusty headers in the car?
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06/09/12 11:46 AM
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Re: How would you clean up some rusty headers in the car?
Simple, decide that it's hopeless, remove them and get them refinished properly.
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Re: How would you clean up some rusty headers in the car?
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06/09/12 11:53 AM
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Re: How would you clean up some rusty headers in the car?
Simple, decide that it's hopeless, remove them and get them refinished properly.
Hopeless....never!! Not while J.C. Whitney is still in business!
I know that's the right thing to do but not having a garage to work in i need a way to do it fairly quick and easy.....I know what you are going to say...... no such thing!
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Re: How would you clean up some rusty headers in the car?
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Careful with the header wrap it will degrade the pipes way faster than just letting the cancer go how it is.
Is that because it keeps the moisture in the pipes??
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Re: How would you clean up some rusty headers in the car?
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06/09/12 01:54 PM
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I would rather see a set of rusty headers then look at a set of rusty headers with paint cover up,IMO.
We call it "textured"
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Re: How would you clean up some rusty headers in the car?
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BTW.. slightly off subject... Did you know that Ron's place in San Mateo is still in business? I've been leary of going there because Ron was such an ***... but now that he's gone, I'm waiting for feedback from other before I have anything done..
Yes now that Ron passed the place is reopened by my buddies son. So get a quote there and Sandersons too!
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Re: How would you clean up some rusty headers in the car?
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06/10/12 01:37 AM
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Careful with the header wrap it will degrade the pipes way faster than just letting the cancer go how it is.
Is that because it keeps the moisture in the pipes??
Yes and it also keeps the heat in which is good for keeping gas velocity up and engine bay temp down but speeds up the metal breaking down.
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Re: How would you clean up some rusty headers in the car?
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06/10/12 01:48 AM
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You could paint them with some high temp POR 15. I used a foam brush to paint some and then ran them up to temp several times and they still look good.
Hecho en Mexico and stayed in Mexico
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Re: How would you clean up some rusty headers in the car?
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Careful with the header wrap it will degrade the pipes way faster than just letting the cancer go how it is. [/quot Brush suluric acid on the rust& when the metal is shiney again rinse with water heat them up to dry & while they're still really warm spray the barbque paint on them I've done that a bunch of times & it works
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