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just had my Valve covers powdercoated today

Reply #15 –
Quote from: jcassity;209420
what was the deal with the boss 302


it was put on there by a guy I bought my red stang from years ago...  just a NOS sticker that he had kicking around so he used it on them...  looked neat, and got quite a few comments, LOL...  I may get a set made up in white and throw on them...:hick:

just had my Valve covers powdercoated today

Reply #16 –
for those of you interested in getting that same "shotgun peppered frying pan look" it's called hammertone. we ran that pretty much every day in various different colors at lifetime products when i used to work there. looks so good that i might just talk to my old supervisor about running my covers through. thanks for thinking outside the box man!
It's always fun until someone loses an eye. then it's fun ya can't see.

-James Hetfield back when metallica was still making good music.

just had my Valve covers powdercoated today

Reply #17 –
Quote from: 1WLD BRD;209417


My block, heads and intake are going to him next...


You should drop off those Ponies too. black spokes and polish the lip then trade me for mine
1986 Cougar LS

just had my Valve covers powdercoated today

Reply #18 –
RJ that looks freaking awesome man!, how much do you think he'd charge to do an entire car? LOL

just had my Valve covers powdercoated today

Reply #19 –
Quote from: billboehm;209500
for those of you interested in getting that same "shotgun peppered frying pan look" it's called hammertone. ...thanks for thinking outside the box man!

um no it isn't...  it is called silver vien...  BIG difference...  type in powdercoating on ebays search bar and take a look at the hammer tone pics....  nowheres near the same as mine...  and thanks...
Quote from: cougar86_89;209526
You should drop off those Ponies too. black spokes and polish the lip then trade me for mine

we talked about doing the rims...  by the time he would be done stripping and coating them....  I could buy a set of Hawks rims...  (slight exageration, but not by much).  the engine block is going to be quite expensive, but I think it will be worth it...  especially for the durability of the powdercoating, and the show finish it will give it.
Quote from: baxo;209528
RJ that looks freaking awesome man!, how much do you think he'd charge to do an entire car? LOL

Thanks man..  an entire car...  his over isnt quite big enough... LOL.

just had my Valve covers powdercoated today

Reply #20 –
Quote from: 1WLD BRD;209535

we talked about doing the rims...  by the time he would be done stripping and coating them....  I could buy a set of Hawks rims...  (slight exageration, but not by much).  the engine block is going to be quite expensive, but I think it will be worth it...  especially for the durability of the powdercoating, and the show finish it will give it.



 That much huh. Ill just go with paint then. thats crazy. and 5lug keeps floating around in my head after BEARMAX made it look so easy.
1986 Cougar LS

just had my Valve covers powdercoated today

Reply #21 –
well it looks exactly like a hammertone we used at lifetime products a few years ago. we even ran blue. call it what ya want but i'll call it hammertone.
It's always fun until someone loses an eye. then it's fun ya can't see.

-James Hetfield back when metallica was still making good music.

just had my Valve covers powdercoated today

Reply #22 –
to clarify, i talked to my dad. he was the powdercoating supervisor, then department head totalling for more than 5 years. they are the same principle. the difference is which color pulls away from the metal. with your silver vein, if you used the same 2 colors but switched which one was your secondary color, it would be hammertone. i was referring to the texture not your coloring, which looks very nice btw.

powdercoating is done with magnetics. the metal run through the oven is negatively charged and the powder is charged positively. so obviously it would just stick right on there. with 2 colors both the same polarity with the metal being the other, they both stick to the metal while trying to repel eachother. gets a look that is not possible with paint, plus much more durable.

and for those who would like to see comparison,

http://www.firedrakewroughtiron.com/colors.html

still has that shotgun peppered look, (which is what i was referring to i should've been clearer) but the colors are transposed and the hammertone we ran at lifetime was more metallic.
It's always fun until someone loses an eye. then it's fun ya can't see.

-James Hetfield back when metallica was still making good music.

just had my Valve covers powdercoated today

Reply #23 –
thanks for the tips..  I know how powdercoating works... ;)

saying they are the same, is like calling your cougar a thunderbird...  get the idea?  sure they are similar...  but they are NOT the same.
 

just had my Valve covers powdercoated today

Reply #24 –
ya got me there, although not everybody knows how it works. so i share. and you're right it is different, i was merely referring to the scattered 2 color scheme. i thought "silver vein" was just the name of the color scheme, not a different branch of the process.
It's always fun until someone loses an eye. then it's fun ya can't see.

-James Hetfield back when metallica was still making good music.