flat black bbq paint on exhaust?

[Guest]

Ok so I did what everyone says I should do...I painted my exhaust with heat proof bbq paint.





Now whenever I pick up the exhaust, the oil from my hands leave an oil mark on the flat black part....Is there anyway I can stop this from happening?

It was black or rust or replace....I'm thinking to replace with a 4-2(if anyone is selling) whenever one comes up...in the meantime its this.

[cowboyup3371]

I'd wear latex gloves when I did mine. Still had some smudging but not much.

[spyug]

I think if you read the instructions it mentions that heat is needed to properly cure it. Bolt them on and fire it up. Ride and see what happens. Repaint if necessary.

Looks good.

enjoy.
spyug

[Dave8338]

Dude, stop touching the pipes with lotion on your hands.

You'll be fine. If it is truely "oil" as you say, it will burn off when the pipes get hot a few times.

Stop getting all worked up about it. By the way, I think the flat black looks LOADS better than the rust.

[OldVet66]

I've had better luck with VHT Flameproof. After you have run them for a while. wipe them down with a WD-40 rag and a clean rag, they will take on a semigloss sheen. The muffler on mine never gets hot enough to cure, so you can use any good semigloss spray on that later.

[TheCafeKid]

Why in gods name did you paint the Aluminium Yosh muffler can??? You do realize that will polish and look like chrome if you use a buffing wheel right?
That pipe and can are some rare and sought after bits. Don't hide the Yosh!!

[Octain]

I used the high heat on mine but I etched the hell out of em with 80 grit on a D/A sander. Put on several, 7 or 8 coats with the final coat being very thick. It dries fast so it's a fairly quick tast.

Holding up ok but there are a few scratches that I have no idea where they came from. Seems to scratch pretty easily.
Easy enough to re-coat to cover em.

[Octain]

Why in gods name did you paint the Aluminium Yosh muffler can??? You do realize that will polish and look like chrome if you use a buffing wheel right?
That pipe and can are some rare and sought after bits. Don't hide the Yosh!!

Chrome? Heh, chrome only looks good on those other bikes.
I like the black!

[Dave8338]

Why in gods name did you paint the Aluminium Yosh muffler can??? You do realize that will polish and look like chrome if you use a buffing wheel right?
That pipe and can are some rare and sought after bits. Don't hide the Yosh!!

A closet L fan... I knew it !

[GateKeeper]

Why in gods name did you paint the Aluminium Yosh muffler can??? You do realize that will polish and look like chrome if you use a buffing wheel right?
That pipe and can are some rare and sought after bits. Don't hide the Yosh!!

could have it done like this....

[1_v8_merc]

Been thinking about BBQ'ing my kerkers too.
I have 500 deg primer on it now, and is holding up very well
except for the upper elbows. They are turning dry-white...but that's expected since they can exceed 500 deg.

[TheCafeKid]

could have it done like this....

Yeup. I've had a couple three of those..love em

[JEEPRUSTY]

Yeah bu by polishing you totally destroy value. Same is true of restoration of any kind. Unless you are the greasy guys on Pawn Stars who use both actions as a reason to screw a patron one way or the other.


There are some decent custom Chinese pipes available on ebay.

[GateKeeper]

Yeah bu by polishing you totally destroy value. Same is true of restoration of any kind. Unless you are the greasy guys on Pawn Stars who use both actions as a reason to screw a patron one way or the other.


There are some decent custom Chinese pipes available on ebay.

you can't tell me leaving them like this would have been better ??





in time the shine will go away and they will be back the way they were, I didn't put anything on the pipe once I polished the can



by the way anyone have a dent free set of the headers ??????? so I don't have to try and fix mine.....

[providedrailroad]

I bet you could cure the paint using a heat gun at a low temperature. Just an idea though.