# cover deep scratches on headers???

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**Category:** SON240sx Automotive\
**Created:** [July 26, 2007, 9:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cover-deep-scratches-on-headers/108004 "2007-07-26T21:14:49Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 27, 2007, 6:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cover-deep-scratches-on-headers/108004/3 "2007-07-27T06:26:39Z")

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> [@DeTomaso Pantera](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/detomaso-pantera/13413/17):
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> raw metal… etching primer? just to protect it.

An etching primer is still porous and will not “protect” the metal from rusting.

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