Anyone know if you can spray your radiator with radiator paint or some other high temp paint? My pals is a bit old looking and he wanted to get a new one or paint it if pos.
well what i meant was you can paint it but dont paint it with a plastic based paint i.e powdercoat vht paint should be ok.
Yeah but its painted anyway from factory.. so scotch it and spray over it and no ones surely gunna even think of powder coating PMSL just spray the sides not the actul rad its self.
they dont, but heat still needs to disipate from them, which powdercoating prevents... you wouldnt powdercoat an exhaust would you
vht should be ok mate yeh just some people want to go too perfect and so they get it powdercoated, which is as you probably know a plastic coating, which doesnt like heat lol
Christophe: Yes you can, but do it very lightly, as said heat needs to dissipate. Sw1fT: Powdercoating isnt a paint, Its pretty much what its named - A coat of powder (usually applied to blasted and electrostatically charged metals then baked to allow the powder to melt and form a coat of plastic) and i've seen exhausts that have been powdercoated, Tends to blister on the downpipe but the rest is usually ok. I'd also never consider getting a radiator powdercoated as it needs to get blasted first (= useless radiator) and the coats would be too thick for the radiator itself anyway Nrg-Jay: Would only rub down the sides, not the fins etc...
spray as thick as you want. no ammount of spray will cover the fins. brush painting a rad is a big NO NO tho
get a new rad if your old ones looking tatty, b+q do special radiator paint probably rebadged vht though
