Re: CLeaning Header What to Clean With?

["Brian Wagner" <scirocco_88_16v@hotmail.com>]

Try DOT3 Brake fluid, it will eat the paint but good. Then wipe the surface 
of the header with denatured alcohol, lightly sand and paint with a high 
temp paint.

Brian

88 16v
87 16v
86 8v (sold to neighbor)



>From: "Daniel Brideau" <dan@hobbyetc.com>
>Reply-To: "Daniel Brideau" <dan@hobbyetc.com>
>To: "Tyler Pease" <uberzip@home.com>, "List \(E-mail\)" 
><scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Subject: Re: CLeaning Header What to Clean With?
>Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 01:10:12 -0400
>
>If it were me, I wouldn't worry about it.  In a week of running, you will 
>have
>enough dirt and road grime on it to cover any rust spots you painted over.  
>Then
>two weeks later, the high-temp spray paint will cook itself to another 
>color...
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Tyler Pease" <uberzip@home.com>
>To: "List (E-mail)" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 12:19 AM
>Subject: CLeaning Header What to Clean With?
>
>
> > I bought an exhaust header for my 8v.  It's never been used but was 
>sitting
> > in a guys garage and got some surface rust on it.  It was originally 
>painted
> > black but I descided to strip it down to the bare metal and repaint it a
> > nice color.  I've mostly sanded and dremeled it down but some of the 
>smaller
> > spaces are really hard to get to and the inside has a little rust too.  
>I'm
> > trying to think of something I can just let it bath in and have all that
> > stuff come right off.  What I was think was antifreeze.  I remember I
> > container I use to carry in my truck leaked and stripped some of the 
>paint
> > down the the bare metal so I thought this my be a nifty idea.   Any 
>other
> > solutions I could soak it in.  Nothing too toxic, I can at least touch
> > antifreeze with my hands  and not have them melt away :o)  so no
> > hyrdochloric acid suggestions!  Thanks!
> >
> >
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