hi all
whats best process and best way to spray my aluminium rad, its 10 years old and looks a wreck!
so i want to spray it black or even a dark grey to match the rest of the engine bay, was going to jet wash it and clean in with white spirit or brake cleaner and spray with hammerite or bad idea?!

any advise will be appreciated

thanks
gav

 

Buy a new one you tight-wad Greek.

 

I'm not tight you tart! Its not broke so why replace it :P

 

Have it chemically dipped and anodized

 

use silver radiatorhouse hold paint in a spray its thin enuf not to clog it up dont use hammerite its too thick

 

thanks all except christian of course malaga!

 

Malaga? WTF?

 

Scotch brite it to get a key ,splash of etch primer then dust coat it with satin black spray warming with a hot air gun

 

DONT HIT IT WITH A JET WASHER !!!, it will fuck the little fins and youll end up haveing to buy a new 1

a bloke had a bad exsperiance at work doing that to a rad and it had the same effect , all the little fins in the rad got bent donw , thus stoping air being able to flow thru it

use a cleaning agent and mabey a compressed air blow gun , and blow it lightly over the fins