X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 21:08:23 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from smtpauth09.mail.atl.earthlink.net ([209.86.89.69] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.2) with ESMTP id 846090 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 25 Nov 2005 11:19:03 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.86.89.69; envelope-from=skipslater@earthlink.net DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=dk20050327; d=earthlink.net; b=NeKCzgKFdnPTH+wkrhBdQ0HueB/y56JYgURFAlM9/sfjog9NlIWcrW2vGKVJiaFy; h=Received:Message-ID:From:To:References:Subject:Date:MIME-Version:Content-Type:X-Priority:X-MSMail-Priority:X-Mailer:X-MimeOLE:X-ELNK-Trace:X-Originating-IP; Received: from [71.116.139.79] (helo=wbs) by smtpauth09.mail.atl.earthlink.net with asmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EfgH0-0002Zs-H3 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 25 Nov 2005 11:18:06 -0500 X-Original-Message-ID: <002501c5f1db$d1a83200$6401a8c0@wbs> From: "Skip Slater" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" References: Subject: [LML] Re: Ceramic coating X-Original-Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 08:17:16 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_001D_01C5F198.A5C68120" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-ELNK-Trace: cbee950bdf563876c8ad50643b1069f8239a348a220c26099aecda609d786cf8ed0a4af7a294e1dc350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 71.116.139.79 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C5F198.A5C68120 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Ditto Mike's experience with the 2000 degree gray Jet Hot coating. = While mine held up well over three years and about 275 hours of flight = time and allowed you to put your hands on the pipes within minutes of = shut down, it discolored badly into areas of light green mixed with the = gray. It looks hideous to me. I recently had a new exhaust made for my plane and have tried a = different coating in a shiny silver finish from a different place that = was advertised to work up to 1600 degrees. After only six hours, the = shine is gone and the coating starting to peel off in one spot. The = place that did it for me swears they've never seen that before and they = want to re-do it, using a higher temp coating on the inside of the = pipes. We'll see how it goes. Skip Slater N540ES ------=_NextPart_000_001D_01C5F198.A5C68120 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Ditto Mike's experience with the 2000 = degree gray=20 Jet Hot coating.  While mine held up well over three years and = about 275=20 hours of flight time and allowed you to put your hands on the pipes = within=20 minutes of shut down, it discolored badly into areas of light green = mixed with=20 the gray.  It looks hideous to me.
 
I recently had a new exhaust made for = my plane and=20 have tried a different coating in a shiny silver finish from a = different=20 place that was advertised to work up to 1600 degrees. After only six = hours, the=20 shine is gone and the coating starting to peel off in one = spot. =20 The place that did it for me swears they've never seen that before and = they want=20 to re-do it, using a higher temp coating on the inside of the = pipes.  We'll=20 see how it goes.
 
Skip Slater
N540ES
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