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halifaxhops said:
Hey @PosiRon turned me on to something for finishing cast iron, looks great like new slip plate spray
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I've been using spray graphite on manifolds and headers for a few years now. Is that what that is? It works so great!! Looks like raw cast iron, easy to touch up. Spray on a rag and wipe. Or can be sprayed in the lid and put on with a brush. That's how I do the application originally if they are on the cars.

Yes, it requires occasional reapplication, but it's so easy. Prevents all rust, and looks good. Apply, wait a few minutes, then buff with a rag for nice shine.
 
midnight340 said:
I've been using spray graphite on manifolds and headers for a few years now. Is that what that is? It works so great!! Looks like raw cast iron, easy to touch up. Spray on a rag and wipe. Or can be sprayed in the lid and put on with a brush. That's how I do the application originally if they are on the cars.

Yes, it requires occasional reapplication, but it's so easy. Prevents all rust, and looks good. Apply, wait a few minutes, then buff with a rag for nice shine.
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Any particular brand you like better than others?? Where do you get yours??
 
I think I picked it up at NAPA. Supposed to be a lube I think.... I first saw that idea on some Olds restoration site. Tried it on some 440 cast iron manifolds and it was like magic. So have been doing the 340 headers like that ever since.
 
midnight340 said:
I've been using spray graphite on manifolds and headers for a few years now. Is that what that is? It works so great!! Looks like raw cast iron, easy to touch up. Spray on a rag and wipe. Or can be sprayed in the lid and put on with a brush. That's how I do the application originally if they are on the cars.

Yes, it requires occasional reapplication, but it's so easy. Prevents all rust, and looks good. Apply, wait a few minutes, then buff with a rag for nice shine.
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Does it dry? Or will it rub off if you get against it later?
 
midnight340 said:
I've been using spray graphite on manifolds and headers for a few years now. Is that what that is? It works so great!! Looks like raw cast iron, easy to touch up. Spray on a rag and wipe. Or can be sprayed in the lid and put on with a brush. That's how I do the application originally if they are on the cars.

Yes, it requires occasional reapplication, but it's so easy. Prevents all rust, and looks good. Apply, wait a few minutes, then buff with a rag for nice shine.
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Be curious if that is similar to this stuff.
Calyx Manifold Coating
 
ZMan67S said:
Any particular brand you like better than others?? Where do you get yours??
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Speaking of that 440, do you happen to know anyone around Topeka with a '56 2 dr. post Savoy. I built the car years back, stubbed the frame, used a Volare front end, added a '73 440/727 and 8-3/4. When I sold it it was John Deere Blitz Black, white top. Have missed it ever since.
 
midnight340 said:
Speaking of that 440, do you happen to know anyone around Topeka with a '56 2 dr. post Savoy. I built the car years back, stubbed the frame, used a Volare front end, added a '73 440/727 and 8-3/4. When I sold it it was John Deere Blitz Black, white top. Have missed it ever since.
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Nope I remember that one, haven't seen it.
 
zkx14 said:
Does it dry? Or will it rub off if you get against it later?
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Dries pretty well. If you are working and keep rubbing against it you might get a bit of gray. Not too bad. It has really prevented rust, and I only touch it up once or twice a year.
 
midnight340 said:
I drove it to a few Mopar local meet ups, was that on Gage? Some shopping plaza location, don't remember what it's called now.
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I think it was the shopping center's on Fairlawn. I wasn't in the MOPAR club then, but have a friend who originally started the club. It lasted a few years until internal nonsense put it under. Classic car people here still have Saturday cruise night April-October. I brought my Barracuda down to the Rev it Up show in your town and won in 2018. Nice show and location.
 
midnight340 said:
Dries pretty well. If you are working and keep rubbing against it you might get a bit of gray. Not too bad. It has really prevented rust, and I only touch it up once or twice a year.
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I originally did mine with VHT spray after sandblast. Had rust speckles popin out all over in a couple years. Last summer I brushed this stuff on with it in the car. Looked good. Will have to see if it holds up...

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ZMan67S said:
I think it was the shopping center's on Fairlawn. I wasn't in the MOPAR club then, but have a friend who originally started the club. It lasted a few years until internal nonsense put it under. Classic car people here still have Saturday cruise night April-October. I brought my Barracuda down to the Rev it Up show in your town and won in 2018. Nice show and location.
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Thats the one! And, yes, the Rev It Up car show in Lawrence has turned into a nice event. (Congrats by the way!) Steve and Michelle are in my neighborhood, and have done a great job getting that going.
 
zkx14 said:
I originally did mine with VHT spray after sandblast. Had rust speckles popin out all over in a couple years. Last summer I brushed this stuff on with it in the car. Looked good. Will have to see if it holds up...

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Good luck. Never used the POR but tried several, including Eastwoods that was not supposed to rust. Everything I used did though, until I started with the spray graphite.
 
When I say the graphite prevents rust, I'll mention that I'm running a set of mid-length "home made" headers, as in chopped up and rerouted the pieces of a barely used set of cheap long tube headers. ....Don't try this at home! (It took me as long as it did to build the 340 the first time.) But I made them up in '93, so probably close to 80-100K miles. Finally had to redo the collectors.
 
midnight340 said:
Good luck. Never used the POR but tried several, including Eastwoods that was not supposed to rust. Everything I used did though, until I started with the spray graphite.
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I didn't use POR15 products before, but see many guys swear by them. Figured it has to be better than the VHT did. If nothing else just the thickness of the coating as a brush on vs spray should help. And as you said the graphite requires regular touch ups so I guess there ain't much getting around it...
 
zkx14 said:
I didn't use POR15 products before, but see many guys swear by them. Figured it has to be better than the VHT did. If nothing else just the thickness of the coating as a brush on vs spray should help. And as you said the graphite requires regular touch ups so I guess there ain't much getting around it...
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Mine require an occasional touch up. I brush it on and run the engine up to 300-350 degrees and then let it cool off a few minutes. I do it three or four times and then let it sit for a day. Works for me.
 
midnight340 said:
Well, I gotta run get some food ...or just eat some coffee grounds.
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Not the grounds, but beans are good. @Stephen Hotz are awesome right out of the bag :thumbsup:. I need to figure out how to chocolate coat them. Love dark chocolate beans, but most make the chocolate to thick. His beans with a light coat of dark chocolate would be an awesome treat.
 
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