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Offline 6adan

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Painted carbs
« on: July 30, 2007, 12:53:06 PM »
  Has anyone ever painted your carbs? Was there any problems? I was thinking of painting the main body of the carbs and polishing or plating the bowls and top caps.Dannie
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Re: Painted carbs
« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2007, 01:10:13 PM »
I love to paint carbs...

http://www.sohc4.us/forums/index.php?topic=23258.msg250464#msg250464

Only problems is if you dump gas onto your paint ;D
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Re: Painted carbs
« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2007, 02:13:58 PM »
I think if you just paint the bodies you'll be fine as far as gas goes.

After all gas should not flow upwards.

I would recommend that you prime them with epoxy primer and us a good polyurethane paint. By good I mean NOT out of a @#$% spray can.

Give it time to set up and it should be fuel resistant.
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Re: Painted carbs
« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2007, 02:28:50 PM »
What about anodizing them?  Anybody done that? 
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Re: Painted carbs
« Reply #4 on: July 30, 2007, 02:36:10 PM »
Sounds to me like a perfect application for powder coating.
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Re: Painted carbs
« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2007, 06:04:39 PM »
My 70's cafe came w/ black carbs. Held up all these years, don't know what paint was used. Heres how they look.

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Re: Painted carbs
« Reply #6 on: July 30, 2007, 07:24:31 PM »
Enamel paints are really fuel proof. I had a puddle of gas next to the starter cover for days, I just wiped it up. No issues with the paint.
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