anybody have a media blaster?

[TurboMinivan]

I'vve got a pair of shorty headers for my V8 Miata. They are 'finished' in the black shipping coating which is not paint. I'm thinking I ought to slap a quick coat of paint on them before installation, which necessitates removing the shipping coating. Can anybody help me out here?

My only option available to me personally is to put them in our parts washer here at work... but I have my doubts that this will remove the coating. Or am I wrong? Should I try it?

 

[mbryson]

That could work? I’m getting some wheels blasted for @lbryson’s XJ. Pretty reasonable at $25 per wheel. I’d imagine headers would be similar cost?

 

[Tebbsjeep]

I have a sand blaster at work, but I'm in Ogden.

 

[TurboMinivan]

I brought the headers to work today. When I put them in the parts washer, I turned on everything--the heater, the oil skimmer, etc--and set it for an hour. After that first cycle, some of the coating is softened and lifted off. Cool. I wire brushed off everything that was loose, then set it for another cycle. Maybe this will get the coating entirely off there... eventually.

 

[Hickey]

I brought the headers to work today. When I put them in the parts washer, I turned on everything--the heater, the oil skimmer, etc--and set it for an hour. After that first cycle, some of the coating is softened and lifted off. Cool. I wire brushed off everything that was loose, then set it for another cycle. Maybe this will get the coating entirely off there... eventually.

You could try soaking them in Heinz cleaning vinegar. It's like $5 a gallon and you could dilute that quite a bit.

 

[sLcREX]

Aircraft stripper might do the trick. Then finish it off in your washer.

 

[TurboMinivan]

You could try soaking them in Heinz cleaning vinegar. It's like $5 a gallon and you could dilute that quite a bit.

Is that a thing? I didn't know that was a thing.

 

[Hickey]

Is that a thing? I didn't know that was a thing.

It's definitely a thing.