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Gonna paint my trickflows engine color. Anyone have any ideas or prep techs or paint preference to get this shit to stick to aluminum heads?

Funny it sticks to the timing cover like a mofo but not the intake and heads...go figure.

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http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/general-q/74478-how-do-you-get-paint-stick-aluminum.html

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Adhesion promoter works great on painting chrome, not sure about aluminum but worth lookin into

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heres another
http://www.hotrodders.com/forum/prepping-aluminum-41313.html

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I used a red scotch bright pad and wd40 to roughen the surface a little.

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blind that shit looks deadly!! nice engine

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Tape them off good and run them through a bead blaster.

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that engine painted black looks good...
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