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Painting Exhaust Pipes
Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 5:03 pm
by sam
Someone had suggested this to me on here a wee while ago,
So just wondered what the reccomended paint would be, I knoe Japlac is heat proof but would it withstand the heat from a tail pipe?
Re: Painting Exhaust Pipes
Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 9:09 pm
by dr al
I used hamerite barbeque paint to touch up my car's tail pipes (probably not what you're wanting to do) - seems to work ok.
A.
Re: Painting Exhaust Pipes
Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 9:16 pm
by sam
When you say touchup what exactly do you mean? Was your pipes chrome with a little rust that needed covering for example?
Re: Painting Exhaust Pipes
Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 9:44 pm
by BiggestNizzy
chrome, use some acidic scale remover (bebs altrans) and a toothbrush
Re: Painting Exhaust Pipes
Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 9:47 pm
by sam
No no I was just trying to workout what he was touching up exactly, my pipes are just steel that has badly rusted so was thinking of giving them a lick of black paint, just dont know what type to go for....
Re: Painting Exhaust Pipes
Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 11:38 pm
by BiggestNizzy
sam wrote:No no I was just trying to workout what he was touching up exactly,
ooh it's fun taking things out of context
Re: Painting Exhaust Pipes
Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 9:42 am
by sam
sh*t I just realised what I said
Re: Painting Exhaust Pipes
Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 10:39 pm
by grittle
You can also get car-specific paint that can be used on cylinder heads and disc hubs. Think I used hammerite on an exhaust 100 years ago and it was fine.
'bout to say something really dumb about the exhaust not being that hot, but I know how hot the Caterham exhaust gets (and the indescribable smell when you drive through cow sh*t and it splats on the exhaust
