Reply to "Clear Coating used Polished Edelbrock Intake Manifold to Prevent Tarnish? Advice?"

Hey Regvet AKA Ron Egidio.
The Zoop that I used. Yes it appears to be working really well. I would offer a couple of suggestions. Call the Zoops customer service line and ask every question that is on your mind, I certainly did, and they were very happy to talk to me. Second, the instructions will tell you that part of the prep is to use their cleaner/prep and get the surface "squeaky" clean. I found the mixture they recommend for their metal cleaner, was not very effective. So I used Palmolive dish washing soap and a sponge and DISTILLED water for many scrub and rinse cycles. I repeated this until I got the ZF to the point that it actually squeaked under my fingers. And then I cleaned 2 more times using the ZOOP supplied cleaner. And always rinsed with Distilled water. the water from your Tap will really mess up your work and piss U off. Also know that the Zoop kit supplies way more sealer that I could use on a ZF. So I took out the measuring cup, did a little math and mixed small batches. What I mixed up but did not use in a session, I put into the refigerator over night. The next day I took it out for an hour to get it up to room temp and used it. In the end I have enough un-mixed Zoop to do many many more recoats of the ZF which will hopefully happen this coming winter. And by the by, that really nice supper expensive finish that you get after it's all Zooped up, it is NOT scratch resistant at all. so wash that shiny ZF with loving care.

As a side note the guys from POR-15 are located in the town next to me. They have a guy who I think is Mike, I see him at the local cruise nights, he has a pretty cool 63 ford something or other, he has polished metal wheels that are sealed with Por-15's 2 part clear sealer and his wheel's look damm good. I did follow his personal directions to me, but got terrible results. I like the Zoops shine, but while I was sanding off my failed Por-15 attempt I realized that the Por-15 WOULD protect the surface from scratchs. Ok, thats 10 cent worth....good luck...Doug.H