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Old school chopper fix for keeping new headers from turning blue was to pack the pipes with bearing grease & fire er up and let it smoke till it carbon coated the pipes. Yep, carbon is an insulator. Of course this was the early 70's , before oxygen sensors & convertors.

I looked into the DIY air dry Cerakote header formula a few years ago, just never finished my headers to try it or research any further.. From what I understood people say about it, it needed to dry a week or 2 to obtain durability before use. also some colors like the silver chrome weren't...

One thing with fiberglass is that it continually shrinks to the hottest temp it gets exposed to. so a little sitting in the sun before and or after epoxy can help get it closer to it's final cure. If it sits till next year or later in epoxy primer, that's not a bad thing either. Just be sure to...

I noticed how harbor freights lineup and pricing has changed in the last few years. Looking into their Icon socket & rachets lineup, as I've heard somebuddy say it's supposedly the old snap on lineup. Definitely not low priced though. Use their step bits & countersinks. They have been busted in...

My grandpa used cars for erosion control along the intercoastal canal in sw La. in the 60's & 70's. Those 1940's to 1960's chrome bumpers sticking out the water were still shinier than a 5 year old bumper on an 80's vehicle.

If having to use more filler than most of us would like to admit to , particularly near an edge or a body line that could get hit hard enough to chip, vette panel adhesive is pretty hard & tough compared to poly fillers, but sands reasonably easy. I'd prefer it over all these glass based...

If I absolutely had the need to use such an item in an odd application, my gentler 20v battery grinder along with full face shield is about as brave as I'd get. Eh, make it my older 18 volt grinder with a weak old battery.:rolleyes: I'll never understand the point of some of these odd...

Also thought I'd mention I think that hood props look cheap on hot rods, but everyone is entitled to their own opinion as well as restricted by time, money , and capabilities. That being said, gas shocks I feel give a better function than springs giving a more consistent and lineal amount of...

I modified my busted Harwood hood back in 2010 with hammerformed aluminum side perimeter strips with punched & flared holes. It's strong enough for my parallelogram lift & tilt back mechanism. What you did should be fine. You will see some dampness shadowing in some weather conditions such as...

If the filler is just slightly thick & dry, some ever coat honey can be added back in to rejuvenate it. I'd do a small sample of the epoxy, Can just brush on something. if it hardens , it's ok.

Such experiments are great to test limits.

What I did on an 01' black 300m when new the wife had was lightly hit it with a festool 2000 grit mesh paper & then a hint longer time with their 4000 grit before hitting with meguiars diamond cut, which is a diminishing type of compound. I still like it today for time vs results on quick...

Getting there. I could say as an el camino owner it's not hard to improve on the factory gaps & alignment, but actually it is a lot of work. But like a good color sanding & buffing on good paint, so worth it and so above average looking when done.

Been wanting to try cf overlay for years. One rep at an online supply company actually recommended their crystal clear surfboard resin over epoxy for high heat under hood areas where I was first wanting to try out. Flood coating with the boat stuff as Jim said, then switching to automotive clear...

You can also just use the epoxy for block sanding just before paint if you want. The evercoat bonds plenty good enough directly to fiberglass , so should come out fine.

Of all the price increase shocks these days, steel is the one that surprised me the most. Need some 24" long metal tubing for a building project. Right now I can get aluminum tubing for structural use cheaper than galvanized steel through suppliers that deliver to my workplace. Never saw that...

If it cures after a few days to where you can sand through a spot& the edges feather back smoothly with no peeling, it's likely just fine.

If I'm saying this right in simple terms, SPI ss clear is like production clear with colorants in it, so that's what it sprays & buffs like. So not at all like spraying basecoat. Even many old types of industrial paints, such as coronado alklyds came see through in the can till the distributors...

I have an 83 el camino that in 1998 I sprayed epoxy over the solid factory lacquer paint, sanding through repainted door panels though. Still have some of the parts painted then that I haven't modified yet and other than 1 little retarded splitting spot above door handle that must have been an...

Aww, is someone seeing red after all the work hours. :p Looks way better that the red I see most days.