[DeTomaso] Exhaust coating questions?

[Tony DiGiovanna]

I had bought a set of mild steel aftermarket GTS-style headers, hand brushed
them with some header paint and abused them for about a year or two.  They
had some minor surface rust in a few places as usual.  Then I sent them to
jethot for ceramic coating.  Was no problem and have held up beautifully for
about 10 years.  It's like a weird dream: Once upon a time headers just
slowly disintegrated, but now they last forever. Also way lowered the
radiant heating in the engine bay.  If you work around the hot headers, you
will likely contact them before noticing they are hot.  Easier to burn
yourself than prior to ceramic coating.

-----Original Message-----
From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] On
Behalf Of steven.liebenow at att.net
Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 2:30 PM
To: mailing list detomaso
Subject: [DeTomaso] Exhaust coating questions?

Options.....

Jet Hot

Ceramic coating

Powder coating  (same as ceramic?)

Issues:  do the vendors blast and coat the inside and out of the headers?

Do the headers need to be virgin steel or can you give them your old nasty 
headers.....?  OK, not that nasty.....slightly nasty....

I have one set that was treated back in the 70s-80's with that rough
aluminum 
coating crap  (electrostatic spray??) that Hall used on his
headers......touch 
them with a greasy finger and they stay dirty forever....    This stuff
would 
need to be removed.....

Pluses and minuses anyone?????

What holds up, what doesn't?

Chipping/peeling?

Discoloration?

Yes I tried the search..... :)
Thanks!
Steve

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