I bought an aluminum intake and it's been painted silver. I want to strip it but I don't want to sandblast it. They never look/feel right once they are blasted.
What is a good way to get it back to the original finish?
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
I'd love to do a chemical strip if I could since I don't have a blaster but some of the reading I've done suggests there are some chemicals that will stain the finish.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
I'd love to do a chemical strip if I could since I don't have a blaster but some of the reading I've done suggests there are some chemicals that will stain the finish.
I have a blast cabinet that is currently filled with glass bead, if you cant find an alternative means of stripping the paint.
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pontiax- (canadian pontiac X frame)1964 Parisienne 2dr. Hardtop ,lagoon aqua metallic (Q) ,421 cid Dart Industries block and heads. 550 hp. 575 ft lb of torque.
Buy some paint stripper and try a small patch. If it lifts it nicely without marking the aluminum, then do the whole thing, don't leave it on a minute too long, and powerwash all the loose paint off right away.
Then try the comet scrub.
At worst you can always repaint it.
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65 Laurentian post, 67 Grande Parisienne 4 door HT.
Buy some paint stripper and try a small patch. If it lifts it nicely without marking the aluminum, then do the whole thing, don't leave it on a minute too long, and powerwash all the loose paint off right away.
Then try the comet scrub.
At worst you can always repaint it.
I'm hoping to find the natural look for it again. And if I don't like it, then the repaint will have to happen but this time it will be Chevy orange. It really will look original if I do that. Only those in the know will spot the Winters Foundry "snowflake" and realize it's not a cast iron intake.
To keep it natural once you get through the paint, youd need to clearcoat it anyway?
After lifting the paint, test a bit of fine steel wool, 0000, it should shine up the aluminum without leaving scratches?
-- Edited by DonSSDD on Sunday 26th of September 2021 09:52:48 AM
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63 Parisienne sport coupe (The Big GTO), black, maroon interior, 409 4 speed; former owner of a 59 El Camino, 63 Corvette SWC, 62 Chev Bel Air SC. 1963- Pontiac top selling car in Canada
Mahone Bay, NS Still not old enough to need an automatic
I'm hoping to find the natural look for it again. And if I don't like it, then the repaint will have to happen but this time it will be Chevy orange. It really will look original if I do that. Only those in the know will spot the Winters Foundry "snowflake" and realize it's not a cast iron intake.
I wanted to keep the "factory" look,
so I painted my new 4 barrel Edelbrock aluminium intake the "chevy orange" on my 63.
And you're right most people looking at the motor don't even notice it's not factory.
I wouldn't use oven cleaner, I'd expect it to whiten the aluminum. I've always had mine glass bead blasted and I liked the finish. You can also wipe the fresh manifold down with WD to soften the clean look a bit.
The last one I had I used paint stripper then pressure washed it. It turned out like I had just taken it out of the box brand new. Matter of fact, it's the one I used on my "Chief's 468 BBC. That was a life time ago it seems.........
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"No matter how much you change, you still have to pay for the things you've done".
That is the reply I was hoping someone would give!
That might have been back when you could still buy good paint stripper? Or is it still available to the trades? It sure isn't out there for retail customers it seems.
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1966 Strato Chief 2 door, 427 4 speed, 45,000 original miles
1966 Grande Parisienne, 396 1 of 23 factory air cars
