Does painting engine fins reduce cooling.

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Re: Does painting engine fins reduce cooling.

19 Aug 2021 17:43 - 19 Aug 2021 17:53
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I believe the original Gun Kote is what KG calls their series 1600 coating.

Gun Kote has to be sprayed on parts pre-heated to 100 degrees or so.

Then after spraying the parts have to be baked at 300 to 325 degrees for at least one hour. 

I use my family oven to cure my Gun Koted parts.   The next 5 or 6 pizza's I cook in the oven do taste a bit funny after baking the Gun Koted parts!!!!!

 
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Re: Does painting engine fins reduce cooling.

19 Aug 2021 18:40
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That reminds me of an old joke

Two cannibals are eating a clown, one  cannibal turns to the other and says " does this taste funny to you?"

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Re: Does painting engine fins reduce cooling.

19 Aug 2021 20:12
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Seems like there was a build thread around here in which the builder used gold gun coat on his engine.
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Re: Does painting engine fins reduce cooling.

20 Aug 2021 01:58
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I believe the original Gun Kote is what KG calls their series 1600 coating.

Gun Kote has to be sprayed on parts pre-heated to 100 degrees or so.

Then after spraying the parts have to be baked at 300 to 325 degrees for at least one hour. 

I use my family oven to cure my Gun Koted parts.   The next 5 or 6 pizza's I cook in the oven do taste a bit funny after baking the Gun Koted parts!!!!!

 
Here's a link to the data sheet for the 2400/2500 series, they refer to it as gun kote

shop.kgcoatings.com/kg/wp-content/upload...Data-Sheet-Rev-B.pdf
 

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