Painting Exhaust Pipes

[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?

[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.

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[sam]

When you say touchup what exactly do you mean? Was your pipes chrome with a little rust that needed covering for example?

[BiggestNizzy]

chrome, use some acidic scale remover (bebs altrans) and a toothbrush

[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....

[BiggestNizzy]

No no I was just trying to workout what he was touching up exactly,

ooh it's fun taking things out of context

[sam]

sh*t I just realised what I said

[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