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Title: Painting header AND muffler Post by clueless on 02/04/06 at 06:40:56 Am in the process of painting my Savage. I know I'm going to paint the header black. No probs there. Has anyone painted their muffler too? Using 1500 degree paint on header. Muffler is HD. Also painted the left and right chrome pieces on top of engine black(500 degree paint) and really like that look. I had previously removed them, but like that look, now. I know Lancer used exhaust wrap on his after painting. I like the "retro" look but have concerns over heat. Comments please??? Thanks Jim |
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Title: Re: Painting header AND muffler Post by SAMM on 02/04/06 at 10:36:37 The only prob I see with painting the mufler is It seems to get bumped a lot and the crome will show through with every scratch or bump... :'( |
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Title: Re: Painting header AND muffler Post by Savage_Rob on 02/04/06 at 14:12:32 I had the wrap on mine but took it off for two reasons. First, it was bluing the crap out of my muffler. Second, if it got wet it steamed and stank. I'd read that using the silicon sealant for it would reduce that and I'd used it from the start. I can only assume it would have been worse if I hadn't. After I removed it, I used emery cloth to clean and slightly rough the header and muffler and used the high temp black paint. It seems to be holding up pretty well so far too. I still want to get it ceramic coated someday but that's not a big priority at the moment. I'd wondered if powder coating would deal with the heat but I had a some drinks with some old friends last night, including one who owns a powder coating company and asked him about its heat tolerances. He says its max is about 1300° F, which is not gonna cut it. He said ceramic would be the way to go. |
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Title: Re: Painting header AND muffler Post by diesel on 02/04/06 at 21:02:49 Savage_Rob: how about a web site or phone no. for that powder coating company. been trying to find powder coat for aluminum wheels. not had much luck, just not looking right place, I guess. |
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Title: Re: Painting header AND muffler Post by lancer on 02/05/06 at 06:35:11 The paint in got at Autozone, "black ceramic exhaust 1800 deg spray in a can" have worked very well for me on the header and 2 mufflers. I have had a number of whacks on both ends without visible damage to the paint. It is holding extremely well. This was the most expensive exhaust paint I could find in a can, and I prepped the surface with wire wheel and then washed it about 3 times with an alcohol cleaner made for cleaning ALL grease and stuff prior to painting. So the surface was roughed up and perfectly clean, and that enables the paint to stick properly. IT IS ALL IN THE PREP PRIOR TO PAINTING, THEN USE GOOD PAINT |
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Title: Re: Painting header AND muffler Post by threezukes on 02/05/06 at 08:47:19 I just used the cheap BBQ paint on both my muffler and header, with some light sanding and about 10 coats it still looks good enough for me(about a year since I painted it). |
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Title: Re: Painting header AND muffler Post by Savage_Rob on 02/05/06 at 14:58:38 diesel wrote:
http://contractpowder.com/ |
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Title: Re: Painting header AND muffler Post by diesel on 02/05/06 at 21:53:26 Thank you, Savage_Rob, wating for powder coating co. to return an e-mail now, just what I'd been looking for. looks like they will be able to handle a GL 1500 front wheel. Bill aka diesel. |
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Title: Re: Painting header AND muffler Post by SeeAPierce on 02/06/06 at 17:13:48 I'm thinking of doing this as well - do you have any pictures? clueless wrote:
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Title: Re: Painting header AND muffler Post by clueless on 02/08/06 at 04:27:35 Pics will be coming. Doing a few things all at once now that winter and rain are here. Thanks for the interest. |
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