Ram Air resto???

I'm almost done restoring my Ram Air aircleaner for my 69 Stage 1. But I cant find any posta on what to seal the fiberglass snorkels with?? I sanded them down and got them all preaty and my houing got powdercoated, but the 'glass looks off w/o the shine... What do I seal/paint it with???? o No:


Michael

 

So what did you do?????????

 

here's what I did to mine

This a shot of the fiberglass piece after I polished it by hand I then sprayed a coat of Duponts Jambing clear over it to give it that semi-gloss look.

 

Here you go step by step

First I cleaned the unit using my old favorite "spray nine" and a brush. Then I cleaned all the excess glue from around the inlets with a razor blade.Now for the work
I started out cleaning up all the rough spot with some 400 grit sand paper on a block sander. Now when I say rough spots i'm talking about the edges that get damaged from years of careless handling. Now I did NOT sand these to the point of perfection "YET", I went from 400 grit wet/dry all the way up to 1200 grit wet/dry to achieve that. I should tell you that I wet sanded these parts it goes faster and beter in my book but you decide if you choose to try it. I then used "0000" fine steel wool over the outer surface after it was dry. The fine steel wool will give it that kind of polished look even though the 1200 does just as nice of job. (it maybe overkill but this is what did).After all those steps were done I wiped it down and sprayed a coat of DuPonts Jambing clear over the entire surface. Only one good coat so as NOT to make it to glossy, If you recoat twice the jambing clear will really shine but that's up to you. Now if you are the type that will worry about where or not your product will turn out the same it totally depends on how much time you put into it. Trust me when I started I had a good ideal what it was going to look like when I was done.....my worker looked at it and thought I destroyed it. Don't "panic" because if you just take the time it will turn out the same maybe even better. Here is a shot of what the top side looked like when I was done.

Please note that I didn't spray any clear into the inlets of the intake only to give it a nice contrast. That raw fiberglass look I liked so I left it alone.

 

70'-71' piece

Here is one I did with 2 coats of jambing clear. You decide. :TU: