exhaust paint

[Damnit Bob]

I am thinking about repainting my header pipes, and i need some tips. How should I prep them, i am thinking shot blasting to remove the old paint and rust spots. Then some type of high temp paint, what kind should i use?

[KaosBanshee44]

I've been trying to find a good answer to this question for quite sometime now

[wayfast1500]

Ive done quite a few exhausts with the 2,000 degree stuff at auto parts stores, usually I wirebrush it with a wirewheel, clean it real good with some acetone, put a few coats of the paint on then install it and get the pipes nice and hot. It says your suppose to bake it on, I never have I always let it dry normally, then very carefully reinstall it and never had a issue. I painted the exhaust tips on my daily driver f150 and the paint lasted over a year until I traded it in.

[PACIFIC NW BANSHEE]

I am thinking about repainting my header pipes, and i need some tips. How should I prep them, i am thinking shot blasting to remove the old paint and rust spots. Then some type of high temp paint, what kind should i use?

 

 

I say bead blast them but as far as high temp paint .I have never been able to find any over the counter hardware paint that will hold up to the level of heat that header is going put out .So if you check around you can find high temp powder coating that you can do yourself and holds up a little better good luck

[zach45]

i use rusto BBQ paint holds up fine.... thin layers...

[04sand4]

use duplicolor high heat w/ ceramic 1200deg formula.

[Damnit Bob]

I thought about PC on them except I work at a fab shop and we do PC and when we mess up we burn it off in an oven that is only 750 deg for only a few hours, so i dont think PC will hold up as long as the high temp paint would.

 

Thanks for your tips, i think im going to bead blast them at work on monday, clean em nice with acetone like wayfast said and paint em with some high temp from autozone.