Superorb

hey, a friend is sellin a manni but it is SS and he says it has a lil surface rust. how can i get ridda the rust and maybe paint w/ 1200 degree paint so it doesnt rust no more. or, is Ss manni a bad i dea for turbo manifold in the 1st place. i need to know ASAP!!!!


thx all,
ken

You_Get_Vapors

Stainless steel doesnt usually rust, but sometimes the welds do. Reason is they use mild steel in the welds to give it more flexibility to reduce cracking. Try some sand paper and then have it coated.

legendboy

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by You_Get_Vapors &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Stainless steel doesnt usually rust, but sometimes the welds do. Reason is they use mild steel in the welds to give it more flexibility to reduce cracking. Try some sand paper and then have it coated.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Stainless steel will rust after it has been welded (with stainless wire/rod) if it has not been pickeled or pasified. Welding, cutting, grinding...etc... breaks down the protective chromium layer that gives ss its resillance to rust. Also, if you cut or grind ss with a carbon steel tool that spot will rust since the carbon steel has kind of leached off onto the ss metal surface.