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Re: [T3] Separating heat exchangers from muffler


> > Both appear to still be good, so I wanted to blast them, paint with POR-20
> > and keep as extras. I wanted to separate them so I would have more
flexibility
> > when replacing.
>

I clean the heat exchangers up with a wire bevel brush in an angle grinder and
paint them with
zinc rich primer.  Eastwood do a good one in a spray can, which then looks just
like the original coating (which it is!). Cold galvanising is another name for
the 'paint' .  Most people use glossy grey on their FI runners - it's not the
right stuff - this cold galvanising coating is the original stuff.  It lasts
well, and looks right.

Blasting would certainly do a better cleaning job.

The coating does not do as well on the hotter parts of a muffler, though.

Dave.
UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club
http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/
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