cleaned up headers

[Swims350]

x2 that's why you don't break it in with ceramic coated headers or some you spent big bucks on to make em look good, it'll ruin them or not look right anymore.

[bobcooter]

Thanks.

[fitz]

Any thoughts on using SEM self etching Primer as a header coating?
I know it only comes in 1 color (Grey) but that stuff seems bullet proof.
After the axles in my truck were sandblasted they were sprayed with that stuff.
When I went to install them I had to tweak 1 of the shock mounts so I heated it up with a map gas torch before tapping it into place it. The primer did not burn off. 

[Swims350]

I would think nit would just burn off. the vht stuff claims uyp to 1400-1500 degrees, and it burns off.

I had it work on my manifolds too, maybe it's a header thing for vht to not work on.

[Jim Rockford]

Unless you can blast em, Wipe em down with wax and grease remover, ad then paint em, with VHT, then stick em in a oven (not the one your wife or mom uses..) or a BBQ grill and bake em and slowly cure the paint,  its not gonna last. Also the paint that comes on headers, Is not ment to stay on , Its only to keep em from rusting until you buy em.
http://www.fordmuscleforums.com/exhaust-articles/472399-coating-headers-high-temp-ceramic-paint.html