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bad paint on my carbs. What happened?

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I painted my carb tops & float bowls with VHT caliper paint then baked them according to the can directions. I used this paint because baking makes the paint gas resistant & I wanted the added protection. But when I put the new stainless hex screws w/washers back in, the paint chips. It has ruined my beautiful paintwork.

After I strip them again, can I use regular paint then use VHT clear coat caliper paint then bake it or would you recommend something else? I need the paint to be hard but not chip when I put the screws back in.

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Flat washers are the key as hjfisk stated. No paint is hard enough to withstand someone torquing a screw against it. Well, at least none that us mortals can get our hands on.
 
Use a nylon or Delrin washer if you can find them. It'll flex when you torque the bolts down and not chip the paint.

The caliper paints and engine paints are the same thing. Good up to 500F and has *resistant* (it will stain when exposed to gas, but it won't peel unless you leave it on there for a good while. It's not gas proof.) Most of those engine and caliper paints contain ceramic bases, which makes them heat resistant and hard but the side effect is they become brittle. The paint won't "flex" like regular spray paint.
 
if you need to strip and start again try PJ-1...it comes in satin and gloss....I have had lots of success with this stuff... damned need indestructible....

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I know you said you baked them after you painted them.....not sure if this makes a difference or not, but how long did you let them cure for, most paints have a 7 day curing period at minimum, again I don't really know if this will help or not.....probably not, as someone suggested the paints we get out of a spray can are not as good as what the manufacturer uses......

best you can do, is put the screws in and just touch up the spots that end up cracking, or have the screws in place while painting, so as not to have paint in that area, and once you put it all back together, there is no paint to crack...
 
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Use a nylon or Delrin washer if you can find them. It'll flex when you torque the bolts down and not chip the paint.

The caliper paints and engine paints are the same thing. Good up to 500F and has *resistant* (it will stain when exposed to gas, but it won't peel unless you leave it on there for a good while. It's not gas proof.) Most of those engine and caliper paints contain ceramic bases, which makes them heat resistant and hard but the side effect is they become brittle. The paint won't "flex" like regular spray paint.
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Any idea where to get them? Fastenal can't help me.
 
home depot should have some, check where the nuts/bolts are, if not there, head over to where the handles and such are for your kitchen cabinets, you will find all sorts of plastic washers there....

I will be in Home Depot probably tonight, I will take a look and if I find them get you the part/SKU number
 
Get some nuts for the bolts and put them in and then paint and bake..remove the nuts and bolts and all else should remain on the cover unscaved.
 
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Found them

Well I went to my local Home Depot and found the nylon washers, I think you could use, check your store, they must have them as well, even rubber ones...

Hope this helps you out, I even got in chit for taking pictures, by one of the staff, he just wanted to make sure I was not the competition and I wasn't taking pics of the Cashiers area where the vault is....LOL


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Thank you so much for looking. Unfortunately, I want the really thin ones & those are all too thick. Plus, I need 64 of the #5 washers & 8 #6's.
 
OK, then check with these guys

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HD Supply Brafasco /
CTF Supply
1398 Wellington Rd., Units 12-28
London, Ontario. N6E 3N8
T 519.649.7333
F 519.649.7731
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and the ones at home depot you can always sand down to the thickness you need, just rub them on some coarse sandpaper
 
Funny, I was at Fastenal Friday in the same plaza. I looked at Brafasco but didn't go in. I will tomorrow, thanks.
 
ace hardware, a main hardware company will have them ,but the stainless steel will look better , and are inexpensive to
 
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