Painting Exhaust?

[Frewsky]

What are some good products that seem to last when you paint your exhaust pipe?

 

[polemite.productions]

never tried it myself, but i would start with the vht paint you can get at candian tire or lordco. maybe someone here can post some common egt nubers, and that would give you an idea of what grade of vht to buy.

 

[jaysonfreerider]

ive always just used some high temp rattle can from the hardwear store. seems to last quite awhile, just clean up the pipe good before you paint.

 

[sledtahoe]

auto store

Any auto store will have vht exhaust header paint does work well.

 

[Mjunkie]

I lightly sanded the pipes and then just used some high temp barb-e-cue grill spray paint I got at the hardare store and it has lasted several years.

 

[SnowBound]

I always lightly sand my pipe, y-pipe, and
Can to remove some of the old paint,rust, and dirt. Then go to any auto parts store and get the best heat resistant header paint I can find somthing that says 1200-1500 degrees. Has always worked good for me. First ride out it will smoke so don't worry if you start smelling a weird smell. The y pipe still seems to get to hot for most heat resistant paint and will sometimes turn grayish.

 

[f7firecatkid]

i took a red scotch pad to my y pipe and pipe blowing if off and wiping it down in between each time. then put 3-4 light coats of the vht paint on them. did 1000-1200 miles out in the mountains and about 1000 here in minnesota and it looks just like the day i sprayed it.

 

[Dekk]

The best thing i have done was to wire brush it with a drill and give it a few coats of Rust Olem high temp paint rated for 1000 degrees.

Read this, lot of good info

http://www.snowmobilefanatics.com/forum/topic/55476-rusty-pipe-painting-101

 

[boone]

I used the VHT Flame Proof ceramic paint. Rated to 2000 degrees. Works very well. The curing process is kinda a pain but it seems last better than others i have used.

http://www.vhtpaint.com/flameproof.html

Boone

 

[tcpeterson]

Powder Coat

The best I found was taking my pipes in and having a high-temp powder coating put on them. I had this done to my 2000 MM700's triple pipes back in 2005 and the paint has held up ever since.

I tried the spray paints for a couple years prior to this and didn't have very much luck.

 

[Midwest_Cat]

^ do you mean ceramic coating? i havent heard of a high temp powder coat before.

 

[fou]

I've alway use BBQ paint as a base/ primer (rated for 1900 degrees) and then use the high heat paint color that you want for the finish. work very well. Must remove all the rust 1st.

 

[tcpeterson]

No, it wasn't a ceramic coating.... I went rounds with ceramic versus just painting them myself and found a place in Lewiston, ID (Custom Coats) that did a high-temp powder coat. As mentioned above, it has lasted extremely well over the years.