Folks, I am taking my JE housing down to get it blasted clean, then coated/painted.  What I'd like to inquire is, what do you recommend painting/coating it with?  Brand, # of coats, type of primer, etc, etc.  What do you think or recommend on this?

Yep I got mine powder coated foe 50 bucks hehe. That's the way to go.

Powder coat is the best way to go about it. But if you want to paint it you can, just make sure you prep the pump right and spray away.

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+1 for powder coat.  Hard anodize would also be a great choice.  Both if you are not on a budget.  Nothing will be as durable or look good as long as powder coat.

Precautions with powder coat.  You don’t want to blast or coat the entire pump.  Pay particularly attention to the machined surfaces for the thrust bearing, all mating surfaces, especially the register for the bowl to suction and the thrust bearing cap mating surfaces.

Blasting these areas will loosen up the fitment between the components and could cause issues upon reassembly.  Coating these areas could prevent the components from fitting together as the coating (depending on color) can add 1/64” to 1/32” thickness to each surface.  Diverter and nozzle pin bores and ball sockets can also cause drama.

If you go the powder coat route, make sure your coater is familiar with coating jet pumps.

Cheers,

Joe

I used appliance on the intake.  I didn't want to pull it out and had powder on the rest... good match.

They were hard anodized....
Or so I was told...

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