Fan housing, What’s the best way to clean and paint one. |
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Fan housing, What’s the best way to clean and paint one. |
jsaum |
Nov 24 2018, 06:29 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 530 Joined: 12-June 07 From: Everett, WA Member No.: 7,809 Region Association: None |
I’m disassembling a 1.7 parts car engine and want to paint the fan housing for a future engine build. After a couple of hours of scrubbing and cleaning I can see metal underneath all of the caked on grease and oil! What’s the best next step cleaning and prepping process before paint? Is oven cleaner ok to use?
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Mikey914 |
Nov 26 2018, 01:57 PM
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The rubber man Group: Members Posts: 12,711 Joined: 27-December 04 From: Hillsboro, OR Member No.: 3,348 Region Association: None |
Cerikote is good stuff. Especially if it's baked on. You can argue the heat form the engine may do this, but I suspect that you will have zero issues with it, as long as the surface has no grease or crud on it. We use a acid pre treatment when we coat to get all imperfections off. Muriatic acid works well and is readily available. This will give you a finish that will not oxidize or stain easily. Aluminum is porous (especially castings), so the surface picks up crap easily.
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