chris-g
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| posted on 27/7/11 at 12:54 PM |
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Exaust or High Temperature Paint
Hello all. I have just bought a new standard steel exhaust for my MK1 Golf. The majority of it is coated but the welds are unprotected. Therefore I
would like to give the whole thing a coat of paint to keep the nasty road salt and muck off it. I will also be painting the exhaust on my Spyder
Silverstone as what ever was on it start with burned off the fist time I ran the engine. I have previously used barbecue paint on a barbecue but it
didn’t last very long and I am not sure it will be up to coping with road use. Please can anyone recommend a good hight temperature or exhaust paint
and suggest some suppliers. I know Halfords do a paint and that POR15 have a hight temperature variant. Has any one any experience of these
products.
Thank you for you help.
[Edited on 28/7/11 by chris-g]
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D Beddows
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| posted on 27/7/11 at 01:07 PM |
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I've tried cheap exhaust paints and expensive exhaust paints and tbh the only real difference is the price and perhaps a month longer before it
all burns/flakes off. The expensive paints say you can either cure them by either running the engine up to temperature or by baking them in an oven -
I suspect they might last a bit longer after having been in a oven for a bit but I still suspect it would burn off quicker than you would like 
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paulf
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| posted on 27/7/11 at 03:11 PM |
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I have used aluminium paint available from Wilkinson etc. in the past.It is not sold as heat resistant but is fine for the back half of an exhaust
system, I have even used it on cast iron manifolds with some success.
Paul
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RichardK
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| posted on 27/7/11 at 03:54 PM |
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Best stuff I've use is plasticote bbq satin spray paint, top stuff if you want black.
Cheers
Rich
Gallery updated 11/01/2011
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johnemms
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| posted on 27/7/11 at 05:33 PM |
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I'll second the black BBQ STUFF 
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chris-g
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| posted on 29/7/11 at 09:31 PM |
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Thanks for that chaps. Screwfix and Toolstation do cans of high temp paint good for around 650 degrees so I'll probably give that a go.
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