TimC
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| posted on 20/2/07 at 08:44 AM |
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Ceramic Coating for Exhaust
Mornin' all
I'm cinsidering having my headers and collector pipes ceramic coated.
Has anyone done this and are the benefits worth the expense?
Cheers
TC
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TimC
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| posted on 20/2/07 at 09:00 AM |
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Reasoning is twofold:
1. Underbonnet temps
2. I want my headers etc to be black.
Hmmmm......
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DarrenW
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| posted on 20/2/07 at 09:55 AM |
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Just a thought, and hopefully someone will comment ref how robust, if you just want them black could they not be chemi-blacked?
Ive seen this done on industrial machine tools and it looked good but dont have experience of it in high temp environments. i seem to think there is
another blacking process as well but cant remember the name. One is more robust than the other iirc.
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macnab
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| posted on 20/2/07 at 09:57 AM |
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In one of my previous jobs I tested ceramic coatings on offshore drill bit nozzles. I was very impressed indeed. On one sample a piece of aluminium
bar, was coated in a white ceramic. The coating was very thin yet even a knife could not make a scratch in the surface and I mean pushing down on the
blade! I then got some aluminium nozzles made (coated on the insides) and flowed abrasive mud though them, incredibly after hours of service they
withstood the abrasion as well a steel nozzles. So these coatings although sounding rather improbable do sometimes work miracles.
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UncleFista
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| posted on 20/2/07 at 12:27 PM |
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I know John Beardmore (JB on here) has used ceramic coating on his pistons, and I "think" on his Minor's exhaust.
John's website
Tony Bond / UncleFista
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Avoneer
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| posted on 20/2/07 at 06:03 PM |
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Wrap under the bonnet and BBQ paint from B&Q.
Worked fine on my Avon and black finish was tough and lasted.
Faded a bit, but 2 minutes to spray again.
http://www.mytigeravon.co.uk/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=615
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