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03-26-2008 #1
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Vacuum metalizing....
Alright - here's the deal guys... Customer wants to do an "Enduroshine" finish on a cross ram intake manifold... Edelbrock told him the manifold to too big to fit in their vacumme chamber...
Anyone know of a place that can do this ?
Location is in southern California...
Steve ? anyone ? any ideas ???
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03-26-2008 #2
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Do chrome powder coat,has a very simillar look.
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03-26-2008 #3
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Give these guys a call: http://www.americanpvd.com/
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I think I have seen what your talking about at Specialized Ceramic & Powder Coating in Huntington Beach. I think it's called Chromex, but not sure how close it matches the Endurashine finish. Another shop did not recommend Chromex and said it did not yield consistent results. Specialized had a couple pieces in their show room and they looked good to me.
Originally Posted by Restomod
Another idea is to just get the piece fully polished and then do a clear ceramic coat so you don't have to polish again in the future. Specialized should have more info on that too.
Link to shop:
http://www.specializedcoating.com/index.htmlRick
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03-26-2008 #5
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The guy does not want to powder coat it... he owns a powder coating business... he was specific about vacumme metalizing...
1966 Chevrolet Chevelle 300 Deluxe 350 / 350 auto
1968 Dodge Charger SRT8 6.1L Hemi / 6-speed
1964 Dodge Polara 8-71 Blown 440 / 4-speed
1998 Toyota 4Runner SR5 3.4L / 5-speed
2013 Dodge Challenger R/T 5.7L Hemi / 6-speed
03-27-2008 #6
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Google: vacuum metallizing
Lots of hits. including:
Vacuum Metalizing Co
Cucamonga, CA
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03-27-2008 #7
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No, it's "vacumme" ;-) Originally Posted by JMarsa
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Did you look at my link? That shop does what you're looking for and they're in Downey.
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http://www.vacmet.com/ Originally Posted by Rolling_Thunder
That is the place used both by Edelbrock for Endura Shine and by Weiand for EverBright.
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VacMet won't do it...
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Well they are the ones that do it for the companies that I mentioned. I guess keep calling until you find someone that will. Originally Posted by Rolling_Thunder
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I talked to a lot of people at SEMA about this process for my own project and learned most shops only do high-volume work not piecemeal for the hobbyist. For example they'll talk to you if you have 500 sets of wheels to coat, but not 4. Call these guys:
http://www.americanpvd.com/
When I talked to their reps last year they did say they'd coat with the endurashine process for the ordinary Joe off the street with just a few parts. Hopefully that hasn't changed since that last time I talked to them.
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I am currently awaiting a replay from the PVD guys... hopefully they will be more helpful and not ass rude as the guys at VacMet
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1964 Dodge Polara 8-71 Blown 440 / 4-speed
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It looks like Olympic Powder Coatings has purchased Vacuum Metal Coatings in Santa Ana. I have used them before with good results. You can find them on the web at http://www.olympicpowdercoating.com/. Follow the link to the vacuum coatings instead of the powdercoat.
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