December 8th, 2017, 08:31 PM
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Corner Chaser
Name: Thomas
Location: Eustis, FL
Join Date: Nov 2017
Motorcycle(s): 2006 GSXR1000, 1986 VFR750, 2004 Ninja 250
Posts: 89
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Originally Posted by Triple Jim
I painted some engine cylinders and heads with VHT engine paint back in the late '70s. About ten years ago I wanted to repaint them. I couldn't get anything to touch that stuff, including straight methylene chloride. It was so baked on it seemed more like ceramic than paint. Luckily the machine shop that bored the cylinders bead blasted the paint off the three cylinders and three heads for something silly like $30. I used VHT to repaint them, but I have doubts as to whether it was the same stuff 30 years later.
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Yeah, I'm thinking well applied and cured paint from back then was a whole lot more serious than what we have today.
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