intercooler pipes
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Do yourself a favor and have them powder coated. I have done both and wouldn't bother painting again.
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From: Millbrook Alabama
While powder coating is great, for those of you that dont have someone close by that does it, or dont want your truck down for a few days, the key to painting is the prep.
Wear gloves, After removing your pipes, clean them with a non-residue, solvent based cleaner, use a scotch brite pad while you are cleaning them, prime with a chromate based primer, use 3 or 4 coats of primer, it helps to fill in imperfections in the metal. Use a high quality spray paint, not the $.99 a can special at the hardware store. Take your time, You are going to need about 4 to 5 coats of paint on top of the primer. While the primer dries and is recoatable in 5 minutes, the paint will take up to an hour between coats. Follow the directions on the paint cans, if its 50* outside, and the metal is cold, paint is not going to adhere as well as if it was 80 and the metal was warm.
Wear gloves, After removing your pipes, clean them with a non-residue, solvent based cleaner, use a scotch brite pad while you are cleaning them, prime with a chromate based primer, use 3 or 4 coats of primer, it helps to fill in imperfections in the metal. Use a high quality spray paint, not the $.99 a can special at the hardware store. Take your time, You are going to need about 4 to 5 coats of paint on top of the primer. While the primer dries and is recoatable in 5 minutes, the paint will take up to an hour between coats. Follow the directions on the paint cans, if its 50* outside, and the metal is cold, paint is not going to adhere as well as if it was 80 and the metal was warm.
