Exhaust Painting/Coating

[Deicide]

After a bit of advice on Exhaust painting/coating.

The Exhaust header and pipe on my CBR 600 (carbon steel) are rusting quite badly. I had a go at painting them about 4 months ago using VHT High Temp Paint but the paint is flaking off and the rust returning.

Keeping in mind the bike is quite old, ceramic coating is probably too expensive.

Can anyone recommend a cost effective coating/paint? or someone that can do a resonable job?

Cheers

[jules_1972]

Ring up CiC coatings and check out how much they will charge
for ceramic coating...

U just never know...

[Nero Diablo]

Sounds like a pot belly black job!

[BrenR1]

Got my full system double ceramic coated for $360 from the guys at CIC. Top job too looks flawless.

[jules_1972]

See, not that expensive...

$360 for full system, cheapo!!

[Hewie]

Did you prep them before you painted them ?

Id strip them back, wire brush all the rust and ranex it all then reprime and paint it again.

The ceramic coating is about $330 - $400 for a full exhaust.

[Nero Diablo]

Never really seen VHT last very long TBH the good thing about pot belly black is its black so blemishes rust comming through tends to blend in, it isn't very fussy about surface prep and basic wire brushing. It will look a bit crap after a while but a bit of a clean up and another cost fixes it really quick and usually the quanities it comes in you have quiet a bit left.

[Deicide]

Thanks for the reply's guys

Ring up CiC coatings and check out how much they will charge
for ceramic coating...

U just never know...

Yeah i'll give them a call

Got my full system double ceramic coated for $360 from the guys at CIC. Top job too looks flawless.

Did that include suface prep?

[Deicide]

Just got off the phone to CIC, im looking at ~$330-$350 blasted and coated.
Will give them a go and post up the results.
Cheers for you help

[Hewie]

Ive had a fair bit of work done by CiC ... they are very good.

[richie_b]

Sounds like a pot belly black job!

where do i get some pot belly black from?? cheers..

[Geeza]

where do i get some pot belly black from?? cheers..

Give bunnings a call!

[hammerhead]

can some one post a pic of ceramic coated pipes im interested as to what the end product looks like

[Hornet]

Can just make out the exhaust in this pic, up under the seat. I got it done in blek so it'd hide better, in relation to the rest of the bike.


You can also see the pipe down under the YAMAHA underneath the bike, done in a blek ceramic, here as well as the springs, which were Teflon coated. The straps on the cans were done in Teflon, too, as they were stainless and would have stood out like dog's bollocks.

[Hornet]

Or check this page out; R1SP - Mods by Hornet

[hammerhead]

nice job hornet might have to get my headers done

[Mr_FJ]

. I had a go at painting them about 4 months ago using VHT High Temp Paint but the paint is flaking off and the rust returning.

Ahhhh, if you used the 'Hi Temp Engine Enamel Paint' that is only rated to like around 287 DegC which isn't enough.

I have used the VHT Flame Proof Coatings which are rated at 815 Deg C with no problems on a car exhaust manifold. I used the Flat Red colour and it never flaked. Give that one a try... lots cheaper than coating and in my opinion looked pretty good !

VHT Flameproof Coatings from Speco Thomas
A few colours availble too
Colours available: Flat White (SP101), Flat Black (SP102), Flat Grey (SP104), *Flat Gold (SP105), Flat Silver (SP106), *Flat Yellow (SP108), *Flat Red (SP109), *Flat Blue (SP110), *Flat Orange (SP114), Clear (SP115), Flat Aluminium (SP117), White Primer (SP118)

Was still going stong after 10 years ! Not a flake in sight...

VHT Paints are very good in my opinion. Use the right product for the right application and you wont have a problem. I have also used the Hi Temp paint you most likely used. I painted the block and rockercover yellow and no problems.

I thought I had a pic of my manifod but I dont.... Sorry. Its covered by the heat shield in this pic. But you get the idea

[MattyA]

ive found the spray stuff works good if you sand blast the rust/entire pipe first and dont touch it with dirty fingers.

I used a white ceramic spray once and it wasnt to bad but it got very dirty quickly.

[Para045]

Ahhhh, if you used the 'Hi Temp Engine Enamel Paint' that is only rated to like around 287 DegC which isn't enough.

I have used the VHT Flame Proof Coatings which are rated at 815 Deg C with no problems on a car exhaust manifold. I used the Flat Red colour and it never flaked. Give that one a try... lots cheaper than coating and in my opinion looked pretty good !

Yeah I had the same when I painted the 351c in my truck, the std Hi temp didn't last long The FP is a lot better

[jjleo]

This could be a good advice on curing the exhaust pipe after coating:

Exhaust Temperatures