Exhaust paint

[fat-mal]

Can any of you good people recommend a heat resistant matt black to paint/spray the exhaust on my 700 TA. I have used Plasi coat High temp spray coat but it rubs off. Cheers fat-mal

[StumpyFingers]

Do hammerite make a heat resistant paint?

[mad4it028]

barbique paint from b&q

[largewayround]

I got some BBQ spray paint from Halfords.. last year .. did the job fine.

[piguglyshandydrinker]

I have tried a few over the years, ultimately they all need need re applying occasionally. I generally use something like Sperex VHT in an aerosol, brushed on stove paints look, errm, brushed on!

High temp paints are porus to let the heat out. Unfortunately this means that they let moisture in......


Phil

[Zenarchy]

I used some barbecue spray paint from B&Q on my old end can. I think it was plasti-kote brand so not sure if that's different to what you've already tried but it worked OK for me and didn't rub off or peel.

I think you needed to get the exhaust up to a certain temperature within a certain time after applying it from what I remember or it doesn't cure properly. I warmed the exhaust up (though not too hot) between coats too (and kept the coats light) after reading a tip on a forum somewhere. Maybe that helped.

The Africa Twin end can is mild steel though so if it's to paint stainless then maybe it wouldn't work.

High temp paints are porus to let the heat out. Unfortunately this means that they let moisture in......
Phil

That's the problem I had eventually. Looked great at first, but over the course of a year, it'd obviously started rusting again underneath the paint.

Eventually I had to replace it with a stainless can, but it did a surprisingly good job of making the old one look reasonable in the mean time considering how bad it was before I started.

[oggy]

Plastikote wood burning stove paint spray can worked for me. Key the old paint - first removing any corrosion - immerse can in hot water for 5 minutes to avoid runs and a more even application of paint. Shake very well, apply 2 or 3 thin coats with suitable drying time in-between and rub down each coat lightly with wet/dry. Good matt/satin finish to match rest of bike. Original paint is poor and very liable to flaking off.

Exhaust fairly simple to remove on 700

[fat-mal]

Thanks for your help. fat-mal

[funny]

Hi, have you tried"graingers pot black " ?.It is painted on but smooths out really well with no brush marks visible,I have used this product on exhaust down pipes and silencer fitted to a transalp .
Sperex is a brilliant product but more suited to auto applications.
I have tried other products but keep going back to Pot Black.
Hope this helps

Mike