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<html><body><font face=3D"Helvetica">Should be the case for headers; I used=
it on my exhaust and I thought it might not get hot enough (400degF IIRC).=
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riginal Message ------<br><br><b>From: </b>Keith Mott<br><b>To: </b>Bob Spi=
dell<br><b>Cc: </b>healeys<br><b>Sent: </b>November 15, 2015 at 8:37 AM<br>=
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Healeys] Jet-coating, wrap or do nothing to stainless =
headers?</blockquote><blockquote><div dir=3D"ltr">Thanks. I'll give it =
a try when I get the headers back from sandblasting. I'm curious =
though, why did you heat-cure it with a propane torch? I would think =
the heat from the headers would be sufficient.<div><br></div><div>Keith<br>=
<div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sun, Nov 15, 2=
015 at 9:31 AM, Bob Spidell <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:bspidel=
l@comcast.net" >bspidell@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote c=
lass=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;=
padding-left:1ex"><div><div style=3D"font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color=
:#000000"><div>Forgot to mention, this stuff needs to be heat-cured. =
I use a propane torch with a spreader attachment. When you heat it, y=
ou can see it going from wet and glossy to dry and 'matte' finished=
.<br></div><div><br></div><hr><span class=3D""><div style=3D"color:#000;fon=
t-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetic=
a,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><br><div><br></div><div style=3D"font-fa=
mily:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#000000"><div>I CAN recommend this stuff:&n=
bsp; <b><a href=3D"http://tinyurl.com/q2z9tod"; >http://tinyurl.com/q2z9tod<=
/a></b><br></div><div><br></div><div>Can be sprayed on bare metal (no primi=
ng needed) and holds up better than paint.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Bob=
<br></div><div><br></div><hr><div style=3D"color:#000;font-weight:normal;fo=
nt-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif=
;font-size:12pt"><br><div><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">This is a really inter=
esting survey, but what about paint? I have a set of mild steel heade=
rs that I plan to put on a bugeye I'm restoring. I don't real=
ly want to leave them bare, and I was planning on painting them with high-t=
emp paint.<div><br></div><div>On a slightly different note, my experience w=
ith heat and rough running in my BT7 is exactly the same as Bob's. =
; I have come to accept that it is 'normal' behavior for these cars=
although I've always wondered about wrapping the the exhaust manifold =
to decrease the heat load on the carbs. </div><div><br></div><div>Keit=
h <br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><br></div></div></div></div></div><di=
v><br></div><br><div><br></div></div><div><br></div></span></div></div></bl=
ockquote></div><br></div></div></div>
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