Exhaust Paint

[Mark65]

Exhaust was sanded cleaned and sprayed with Plasticote BBQ paint, gave it 5 coats so will leave it 2-3 days to dry berfore fitting, see if it stays on unlike the halfords crap.
And just to check, can anyone confirm the torque tightness of the two small bolts that fix the pipe into the cylinder head and should there be washers?. It took no effort at all to unscrew them out.
Bike is a 2007 YBR125.

Thnx
Mark
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07 Yamaha YBR125, 07 Honda CG125 , 15 CBR300R (Chocolate Crank, Deaded), 16 CB500FA, 19 Honda Forza 300, 70 Suzuki SV650

[Fisty]

Yeah, looks good but plastikote bbq paint burns off.
I know cus I used it. Looked shite after a 10 min ride.

I ended up stripping it off and using sperex, a proper VHT paint.
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[Mark65]

Oh poo i hope not spent two days sanding.
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[steven_191]

lol thats a shame cos it looks brand new

[Mark65]

Well so far so good, put it on this morn and ran idle for 5 min then let cool repeated that for 10 then 20 min let cool for 40 min, then went for a ride for 15 min. It dulled a little near the cylinder head but all seems well so far, will go for another ride in an hour or two. I assumed the halfords didnt work because it was one heavy coat and ridden 30 miles 10 hours later, fingers crossed for today an tommorow.

Mark
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07 Yamaha YBR125, 07 Honda CG125 , 15 CBR300R (Chocolate Crank, Deaded), 16 CB500FA, 19 Honda Forza 300, 70 Suzuki SV650

[Frost]

The thicker you put it on the slower it burns off. I painted mine with HT paint and it was fine for a week before it then stripped itself over the course of week 2. Used VHT paint next time that lasted longer but looked shit

[Mark65]

Some one give me some positive words......
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07 Yamaha YBR125, 07 Honda CG125 , 15 CBR300R (Chocolate Crank, Deaded), 16 CB500FA, 19 Honda Forza 300, 70 Suzuki SV650

[Katier]

I used Halfords high temp 'engine enamel' paint on an exhaust and it proved incredibly resiliant.

[DrDonnyBrago]

I have used halfords high temp engine enamel a few times on the car, sump, headers and a bit of the gear box.

Lasted very well on sump and gear box, burnt off a wee bit on the headers - wasnt a cosmetic job anyway so I didnt really give a fook tbh

[Frost]

[Mark65]

Well 158 miles later its still looks good, maybe its all down to preperation and many thin coats, im very happy with it , nice an tidy now.

Mark
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07 Yamaha YBR125, 07 Honda CG125 , 15 CBR300R (Chocolate Crank, Deaded), 16 CB500FA, 19 Honda Forza 300, 70 Suzuki SV650

[Frost]

Glad to hear it!

[Dazbo666]

I used BBQ paint on the downpipes of my old GPZ. I made the mistake of just 2 or 3 thicker coats instead of a higher number of thin coats though.
It all looked great ... until I started riding it. Nearest the cylinders burned off first, leaving a mottled tarnished look - although it wasn't really a cosmetic problem because the bike had the fairing lowers fitted.

As ever it's a lot to do with the preparation - I always remember a work colleague telling me about "The 7 P's"...
Proper Planning and Preparation Prevents Pi$$ Poor Performance
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[27cows]

I've never found a high temp paint that actually lasted well. Chrome, stainless or ally pipes are the way to go
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[Cigaro]

I've painted exhausts with bbq paint before and they've been fine.

Looks good