Matt black exhaust paint recommendation

[Zapnut]

Hi all.
I have noticed the exhaust on my STR are starting to turn sort of a dark purple colour at the engine and i was wondering, as the engine is sexy matt black what is the best paint to use to get the same colour on the exhaust? i have heard some stories about the halfords paint peeling off.

Anyone here painted there exhaust and if so what did you use?

Cheers
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[Lipsmoker]

Halford's paints are cheap but do the job.. You obviously want high temp they do Matt black BBQ paint or "HOT" paint in wickes and B&Q you're going to pay more for the better stuff

I painted my 125 exhaust with the "Hot" stuff that i got from a random hardware store in my local town.. £8 a can

did the job

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[WannaBeDude]

I used this, good stuff.LAST one apparently ..

https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350441838154&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
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[Fisty]

PJ1 and sperex I have found to be excellent at painting exhausts.

Just make sure that the exhaust is free from rust prior to painting it! You know that chromed/stainless exhausts turn allsorts of colours with heat right?
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[Lipsmoker]

[Nope.]

I just use the stuff from halfords that comes in a tin in the spray gun. Works a treat . I Imagine they're spray cans are the same stuff. Remember to cure it properly otherwise it will peel.

If your exhaust is chrome and is blooming, autosol should get rid of the purple discolouration.
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[Frost]

High temp paint won't do it, i'll all burn off. You need VERY high temp paint. The stuff halfords sell is even higher temp in a pot than a rattle can.

[Zapnut]

[pepperami]

[pepperami]

Can you not use that BBQ paint for exhaust pipes?
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[Fizzer Thou]

Many moons ago I chanced upon a product called Kal-Gard Exhaust Kote.It sprayed or painted onto a cleaned and heated metal surface like exhaust down pipes and was then baked on/cured.I visited the Kal-Gard factory when I was working in Los Angeles a few years after and blagged a few freebies as well as buying some more products to bring home with the duty-free.

It is just a shame that they no longer sell Exhaust-Kote or Gun-Kote anymore.This was the stuff that they used on Freddie Spencer's Superbike at Daytona-which proved that it was race ready.
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[Nope.]

[stinkwheel]

[Frost]

Haha, the words of a man who has clearly owned a rat bike
Put it on in layers nice and thin letting each dry properly. If you just slap a load on it'll drip everywhere and not be fully dry underneath when you start the bike it. Then it'll crack, peel and within 10 miles your exhaust will look unpainted again.

[stinkwheel]

[HD]

I used a VHT silver paint on my exhaust. You can also get VHT laqcuer which would make it look shiny. Father used it on an RC exhaust on top of VHT blue paint and it looked good.

Theres a before and after below. The before is shit because it was quite a few weeks before I decided to paint it and the after is just a little bit of the mid pipe because the main was all wrapped up.

It was cooked in my dads oven though, mother would go mental haha!

Its not that much worse now. Bit of tarnishing right by the head but the majority is alright. Apart from a few scratches and a small petrol spill.

Looks much better than black IMO. I'll get a pic of it currently, later on. And I'll try and find the can, too!
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[Fizzer Thou]

This is a pic of my old 750 Honda after application of the Kal-Gard Header-Kote.

https://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv23/WiNot_Rhencullen/LatterDays028-1.jpg

The chrome was shot blasted off so as to give the paint a good base,then heated up to what was required on the tin,then cured with various warm-ups once mounted onto the bike.It was good stuff when you could get it.
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[Zapnut]

Thanks for the replies, would it be best to get the exhaust off to paint it, i reckon it will ge a bit of a pain in the ass to do it on the bike.
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[HD]

[Ariel Badger]

Blued up pipes are the dogs, it shows that you have been trying like minimal chicken strips. Keep them blue.
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