Will spray painting a aftermarket HE harm any cooling
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Will spray painting a aftermarket HE harm any cooling
I bought a used aftermarket HE and I want to clean it up some and spray the front so it looks new again. Will this harm the functionality of the HE?
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I'm on the fence with this one. Does painting raw aluminum alter how fast it can transfer heat, absolutely. Will it be enough to make a measureable difference if you just paint the face, probably not.
Just throwing this out there, the h/e from FB is painted. I haven't heard anyone report anything negative concerning the painted finish.
Just throwing this out there, the h/e from FB is painted. I haven't heard anyone report anything negative concerning the painted finish.
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Paint would be last resort, I would clean it with Alumaprep 33 first (like an acid dip).
It will actually clean & bleach the aluminum and it will look lighter and mat, no shine.
If you don't like how it turns out after the alumaprep, at least it will be prepared for paint.
It will actually clean & bleach the aluminum and it will look lighter and mat, no shine.
If you don't like how it turns out after the alumaprep, at least it will be prepared for paint.
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I'm on the fence with this one. Does painting raw aluminum alter how fast it can transfer heat, absolutely. Will it be enough to make a measureable difference if you just paint the face, probably not.
Just throwing this out there, the h/e from FB is painted. I haven't heard anyone report anything negative concerning the painted finish.
Just throwing this out there, the h/e from FB is painted. I haven't heard anyone report anything negative concerning the painted finish.
Do avoid glossy coatings. One need only look as far as his stove to notice tea pots are polished to keep their heat in. Had my aftermarket piece bead blasted to a natural patina during recent downtime. Does any of it amount to measurable IAT differences? Don’t know.
It’ll continue to wear its ensuing rock chips and bug splatters with pride.
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I painted it hypersilver with a gloss clear coat finish. I will put up some before and after shots tonight for you guys. It turned out real good in my opinion. I did about 4 light coats each side and one coat of gloss clear coat.
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Are most of the aftermarket HEs all aluminum? I could anodize one black or clear just for kicks. I would not want to risk a new one though. At least not until I know how the current in the tank will flow through the part. It would be possible to burn one up in the tank if it isn't handled right.
If someone has an old useless HE or some of the fin material, I would be happy to drop it in one of our anodize tanks and report back to everyone.
If someone has an old useless HE or some of the fin material, I would be happy to drop it in one of our anodize tanks and report back to everyone.
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You might run into some problems with the clear coat finish, most clear coats are urethane based, urethane is an olyfin and olyfins do not disapate heat well, they retain heat. For some reason black coatings disipate heat better than any other color. As you may or may not know I own a trucking company, all of our trucks have big turbos on them. When we are detailing our trucks and they are in for maintanance we spray the product below onto chipped up radiators and intercoolers and it works great. It is a high heat, heat disapating ceramic aerosol spray paint, about $10.00 a can available in many colors including silver. Ceramic disaptes heat and that is what you need for a radiator or intercooler.
http://www.kpg-industrial.com/produc..._with_ceramic/
http://www.kpg-industrial.com/produc..._with_ceramic/
You think spraying that over the gloss clear will help?
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Well, I guess I will use the alumaprep 33 like yachtmaster recomended to clean off all my hard work, loll.
Then I will finish it off with the duplicolor high heat dissapating ceramic paint like jr cart suggested.
I see that they have silver and white, hmmm
A white dusting sure would pop hard through the black mesh grill.
Then I will finish it off with the duplicolor high heat dissapating ceramic paint like jr cart suggested.
I see that they have silver and white, hmmm
A white dusting sure would pop hard through the black mesh grill.
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If I had that kind of time, I would do it. Leave the house at 6am, go to gym, hurry to my 8am-6pm job, come home, play with my 3 yr old girl and 1yr old boy, chat with the wifey and voila it is 10pm. Maybe pull the cover off the AMG, stare at it, smile and then go to bed.
I just sprayed the HE with alumi prep 33 and it blistered all the hypersilver paint right off, loll.
I just sprayed the HE with alumi prep 33 and it blistered all the hypersilver paint right off, loll.
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finished the face lift today. Alumi prep is the best product I have ever used. I sprayed this stuff on and it literally peeled both the gloss clear and basecoat off like an orange peel. Some after spray got on my skin and it hurt like hell. The aluminum got so clean it almost lookked white.
I then sprayed the heat disapaiting ceramic back on there in white
It looks killer, just waiting for my CM30 to get in and I will throw them on there together.
I then sprayed the heat disapaiting ceramic back on there in white
It looks killer, just waiting for my CM30 to get in and I will throw them on there together.
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