I made a mistake and tried to clean an older Edelbrock manifold with oven cleaner... it turned dark gray/black and looks like hell now for sure... Is there a way besides being bead blasted that I can dip this into or spray on to get it nice and new looking again? I'm willing to try anything since it's already messed up.

Harleigh, I suspect you might have actually "blued" it somewhat. So whatever you do, it will have to entail removing some surface I should think.

Think you're at the glass beading tank. Or get some sanding cones and start a-polishing!

It WOULD NOT be a crime to paint an aftermarket manifold in a coat of orange if your engine bay has a stock feel to it, or black if you want to use one of Smokey's tricks.

I use Mothers alum/mag wheel polish on mine, but its polished.

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Gene Chaas
Gold Member 62/ACES
67 SS 427 (http://www.chevelles.com/feature/october2000.html)

You could always send it to Jet Hot or some other coating place, but that might cost more than a new intake would. Just an idea.

JP

Try some HD paint stripper. There's always the aluminum paint Eastwood sells, but bead blasted would look better IMO.

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von '69 300 Dlx SS TC #15 ACES #1575

well
bead blast would make it look new. Usually 10-20 bucks but it looks good when done. http://www.chevelles.com/forum/smile.gif

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Mr. D
72 454 El Camino
68 RS/SS Camaro
73 RS/LT/Z28 Camaro
99 Firebird TA WS-6 A4 Color: Pewter
1995 LT-1 Caprice
1976 Jaguar XJ12L Chevy 350 converted . . for sale.

Before painting my engine recently, I used a bit of paint brush cleaner (aka varsol?) and a fine wire brush, and a fair bit of elbow grease... careful where you get this stuff though. Let us know what does work.


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Ron Cook
'69 SS 300 Deluxe HT
(Bow Tied's 2¢ worth.)

Good thing it wasn't magnesium. Some acidic reactions between acids and metals are spectacular. Fire and stuff. Most oven cleaners are pretty foul stuff. Beads are the best way.