Painting exhaust questions...

[Albert257]

I am thinking about painting my exhaust black. I assume I need to find a High-temp paint of some sort. Does anyone have any suggestions as far as what paint to use and where to get it?
Do I need to use primer first?
How many coats of high-temp paint are needed?
I assume no clear coat?

Thanks for any and all advice!

[Jethro]

You can get 1200 degree paint at just about any hardware store or Home Depot and it will work fine. However, be forwarned that you will probably have to do it once every year or other year, because it's thinned so you can spray it, and not a catalized paint. If you really want a lasting finish you won't have to deal with, I'd see if there is a ceramic coater in your yellow pages (under "coatings"). I had a V&H header ceramic coated for $80 about 7 years ago.

[mixongw]

Check out 7832T1 at mcmaster.com. At $5.00 a can, it works as good as VHT and is about $3.00 a can cheaper in my experience. I have found that when I get a scratch or ding on this paint, I can just touch it up and it blends great. They also have some 2500 degree stuff but I have no experience with it.

Don't use a primer. Don't use a top coat. I used black.

[gsgeezer]

Don't laugh, I have used BBQ grill paint and had good luck. You just have to prep well before painting, but will need to do that anyway.
I have also used Jet-Hot coating. It looks great, but much more money than the few dollars for the BBQ grill paint.

[antiwinter]

Its just the smell for hours it seams like when you paint your headers. You bike smokes for an eternity, but it does work. You may have to paint them let the bike get good and hot to cure the first coats. Let them cool and give them another good coat and it should stay with you for a while.

[txironhead]

Dupli-Color High Temp Exhaust paint (believe it says "diamond hard" somewhere on the can, could be wrong) has always worked great for me. Keep in mind that for the paint to adhere properly, you have to remove or at least seriously scuff up any chrome. Lasts a long time, works on engines, too. The aluminum colors come very close to looking like smooth-cast or satin engines from the factory. You find the best selection at O'Reilly's.

The smell is unholy, I'll agree.

[Pharkmeh]

this thread is a keepr for an arty farty like meh

i can actually do some art design etc on my pipes n engine

way kool


and if i do it all in flames - no one will notice when it does just bursts into flames....\\/ \\/ \\/

[rustybronco]

Mr. MEH, you keep coming over to the tech side we're soon going to enlist your help skoolin people on engine overhauls.