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Re: Purists - Look Away!

Posted: 10/11/11 9:31pm Message 11 of 44
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Vette(s): 1976 Silver/Firethorn. L48, 4spd. Original 2 bolt, vortec heads, 9.4:1 CR, Speed Pro Cam: 224/224@0.050, 112 LSA, Eagle Steel Crank.
So was there a tell-tale smell in the kitchen when you were done?  That's what I'm concerned about.  Good idear on the toaster oven, Joel.  I have some valve covers that I want to do, though - I think I'll be OK with the gas grill.  It has a thermometer and as long as I can raise them off the grates I think it'll work out.  

Wish my garage had room for an oven (&220 - would have to do some wiring) - I'd pick one up off Craigslist for $50 or so.   But then I'd want to get that Eastwood powder coating kit to do this kind of stuff.  





 

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Re: Purists - Look Away!

Posted: 10/12/11 6:55am Message 12 of 44
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daveo76 said: So was there a tell-tale smell in the kitchen when you were done?  That's what I'm concerned about.  Good idear on the toaster oven, Joel.  I have some valve covers that I want to do, though - I think I'll be OK with the gas grill.  It has a thermometer and as long as I can raise them off the grates I think it'll work out.  

Wish my garage had room for an oven (&220 - would have to do some wiring) - I'd pick one up off Craigslist for $50 or so.   But then I'd want to get that Eastwood powder coating kit to do this kind of stuff.  



Dave, yes there was "the smell"....kinda/sorta. I put on the hood exhaust fan and also the Jennaire exhaust fan. I opened the patio door to bring in fresh air to replace the smelly exhaust air. ................I have a toaster oven in the garage, but it can only do small stuff. I used it to powder coat steel pieces that were rusty inside my AC/heat ductwork. I had to drill out the rivets. then re-install new rivets later. The rack inside left little marks were the parts rested. (no one will actually see them) That's why I like to hang the parts by wires........but not enough room in the small oven. By the way I used the cheapy Harbor Freight Powder Coat set up.........it worked ok. I'm sure the Eastwood would be a bit better


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Re: Purists - Look Away!

Posted: 10/12/11 8:14am Message 13 of 44
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Hey Dave. I like it. I've often thought about doing that to mine. I just didn't know how much it would show with Rally's. If ya don't mind could ya post a pic when you have the wheels on? Thanks, "T"


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Posted: 10/12/11 10:29am Message 14 of 44
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Dave, here is a picture after the curing...............my wife took it. She gets mad at me for not taking pictures, she says no one will know all that I did. I tell her that I'll know, but she sneaks around taking pictures.           


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Re: Purists - Look Away!

Posted: 10/12/11 9:59am Message 15 of 44
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Also Dave, VHT Caliper paint also makes a clear coat. After I installed the calipers I recoated them with clear...............I get kind of fanatical about stuff!


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Re: Purists - Look Away!

Posted: 10/13/11 5:09am Message 16 of 44
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daveo76 said: Larry, I can't access the pic - I get an "Invalid URL" error. Any thoughts? Would love to see what they look like. Thanks for the info. Terry - will do! I'm still waiting for the caliper rebuild kits to come from Zip, then I'll actually have to rebuild and install. But when that's done (hopefully in a few weeks) I'll mount a wheel and take some pics. I'm pretty curious myself!

Dave's above response got posted as a new thread somewhere else....don't know why. I couldn't move it here like we used to be able to, so I had to do the "Quote" thing....


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Re: Purists - Look Away!

Posted: 10/13/11 10:31am Message 17 of 44
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Adams' Apple said: daveo76 said: Larry, I can't access the pic - I get an "Invalid URL" error. Any thoughts? Would love to see what they look like. Thanks for the info. Terry - will do! I'm still waiting for the caliper rebuild kits to come from Zip, then I'll actually have to rebuild and install. But when that's done (hopefully in a few weeks) I'll mount a wheel and take some pics. I'm pretty curious myself!

Dave's above response got posted as a new thread somewhere else....don't know why. I couldn't move it here like we used to be able to, so I had to do the "Quote" thing....

Here they are again...........I dumped a bunch of old stuff and probably dumped the picture also.............

http://www.c3vr.com/member_uploads/8901_9000/8997/A427D_101_0422.jpg

http://www.c3vr.com/member_uploads/8901_9000/8997/A54D3_101_0422.jpg


(converted LARGE images to links-aapple).....Uh...............THANKY Joel!!!

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Re: Purists - Look Away!

Posted: 10/13/11 7:16am Message 18 of 44
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What a complete dufus............I am. I can build anything on my Corvette, but can't resize pictures. That's why I do the work and my wife sneaks around taking pictures. Yikes!


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Posted: 10/13/11 7:52am Message 19 of 44
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Joel, I tried to make pitures life sizeWink..........but I couldn't. Thanks in advance for fix-in the pics so that people won't need a movie theater sized screen to view them


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Re: Purists - Look Away!

Posted: 10/14/11 5:01am Message 20 of 44
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daveo76 said: Thanks, Joel for fixing my thread.  Hopefully it wasn't something I did?  

Larry - thanks for re-posting the pics.  They look great!  Guess red wouldn't look right for your carSmile




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