John Junkins

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I'm looking to Powder Coat or Paint My Polished Supercharger and tubing Matte Black to match Vehicle and less noticeable. Question is has anyone Powder Coated the casing, how far did you tare it down. OR should I just have the body shop paint it.. IF it would last.. Any input would be greatly appreciated..
God Bless
John Junkins

stevieturbo

I think A&A were offering factory black units for a while.

They arent hard to take apart though, but painting is probably easier, and no reason for it not to last.

itsslow98

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I've also seen hydrodipped compressor housing for turbos. Not too knowledgeable about the heat limits of it but may be worth looking into.

ss performance

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Not sure which supercharger you have but I would suggest powder coating.

Most superchargers have aluminum bodies. Aluminum is more susceptible to expansion when it gets hot. Paint doesn't like expansion and contraction, it will crack. Powder coating is more tolerant of expansion and contraction.

If you powder coat you would need to tear it down completely.

Good luck

John Junkins

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Yes Aluminum Casing.. Hydro Dipped Wonder what the temp range is.. If not hate the thought of taking it apart.. But I only want to do it once..
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John Junkins

Project GatTagO

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I recently did my water pump with VHT wrinkle black paint. It turned out pretty decent. I don't know about the expansion and contraction tolerance, but it would be easier to do than powder coating, since you wouldn't have to tear it all down and possibly mess up putting it back together.



Andrew

John Junkins

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That's the look I'm looking for^^^.. Don't know how hot my blower get being oil feed.. If I have to disassemble it mine as well rebuild it.. It's a used low mileage unit I purchased off here.. Might talk to my powder coat guy today and see how to go about this.. Engine paint???
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John Junkins

Project GatTagO

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John,

The VHT wrinkle paint is pretty tough. People use it on all kinds of engine components. I can't imagine it would be a problem on your blower.

Andrew

John Junkins

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Andrew,
Is that a engine paint.. Want it to sort of match the Chevrolet Valve covers..
Really like that look..
God Bless
John Junkins

Realcanuk

I considered the same thing but in the end I only did the piping. The oil fed blowers get pretty hot. I just figure that although I really like black, it would look worse if it doesn't adhere properly.
The blowers look awesome when bought black from the start though.

Piping powder coated....

John Junkins

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Could the blower be powder coated without taking it apart.. If the inlet and outlet covered or capped.. I don't want it to peel that would look horrible..
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John Junkins

Project GatTagO

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John,

It's this stuff:

http://www.vhtpaint.com/products/wrinkleplus/

Has a high temp rating.

Andrew

stevieturbo

The blower will not get hot enough to bother most paints.

if it does, you've bigger things to worry about

John Junkins

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Steve,
So the VHT paint Andrew is talking about will work.. It shows it being baked for 20mins @ 200 deg.. And no problems of the expansion and contraction of the blower.. Would be something I could do in my garage..
God Bless
John Junkins

Project GatTagO

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John,

Looks for some tips online as to how to do the wrinkle paint. I sprayed mine fairly think in three coats, like the directions said, then I took a heat gun to it to make the paint wrinkle up. Then I let it sit overnight and then baked it.

Andrew

stevieturbo

No idea on the VHT, but I'd have no concerns using normal car bodywork paint.

The VHT crinkle finish needs the heat to achieve the crinkle, if you just wanted plain flat paint, I dont think you do heat it up.

JRENIGAR

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I sprayed some old ls1 valve covers I had in duplicolor truck bed coating in a spray can from Walmart for $10 and they looked great. I also had another set powder coated in a wrinkle black color for $65 from the local specialist. They turned out fine but looked almost identical to the truck bed coated ones for a lot more $. I cant say how long the truck bed coating will last on aluminum but I sprayed the inside of my kids lil red wagon over 5 years ago and it still looks good being left out in the weather every day. I just roughed up the inside with a scotch brite pad to knock the surface rust off and wiped it down with a dry rag before shooting it. I bought a 4l80 conversion dipstick from Madman racing and used the truck coating on it. I wiped it down with a rag and mineral spirits to get the oil film off the bare metal and sprayed it. The truck bed coating dried rock hard with no primer under it on bare metal and looks as good as my powder coated valve covers do. I have actually thought about coating my Procharger headunit with it. I am going to coat the FMIC piping though.

John Junkins

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JRENIGAR,
Never thought of that.. Figures with the weather the powder coat place wasn't open.. Winter Sucks.. But anyway going to look into both, Man just don't want it to peel.. It would be a Bit** to clean off..
God Bless,
John Junkins

conan

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I painted just about every thing I could on my last build, I used 4 different paints. VHT 2,000 deg flat black on the brake calipers and exhaust. VHT 900 deg gloss red on the brake caliper brackets. Stainless steel paint from my hardware vender, for some engine parts. Then I got Valspar "Senia Red Pearl" enamel paint mixed up in a rattle can, the paint shop I bought it from used a hi-heat additive. I used this paint for the J-bracket, oil pan, water pump, rocker covers, intake manifold, motor mounts. No problems with anything pealing off. I was a little nervous painting the Y pipe and cat back exhaust with the flat 2,000deg paint but after 1,000 miles of driving and a dyno tune session the exhaust looks like it did the day I painted it.

Prep is the key to making this last for you. I took a wire brush on a die grinder and went to town on everything, then a light scuff with some 800-1,000 grip sand paper. Wiped everything down with acetone then painted.

I wouldn't hesitate to paint my blower with any of the 4 paints I used on the rest of the car. The oil pan and water pump get pretty hot, same with the brakes and exhaust. Just take your time, disassemble everything, and clean, clean, clean the paint surface.

Here are a ton of pics from my build with every thing I painted https://camaroversion20.shutterfly.com/

DopeFedZ

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Powder coating holds up just fine. I only pc'd the front cover on the blower. Didnt want to mess with taking the blower apart.