Paint Exhaust?
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Paint Exhaust?
Thinking of going cheap on the slip-ons and getting Cycle Shack since they perform well too. As far as I know, they only come in chrome. Can chrome slip-ons be painted with high heat flat black and hold up? If so, any particular prep required? Any particular paint brand? Thanks in advance for the help.
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Might help:
Edit: Also good info on painting exhaust: http://faq.ninja250.org/wiki/I_want_..._exhaust_pipes
Edit: Also good info on painting exhaust: http://faq.ninja250.org/wiki/I_want_..._exhaust_pipes
Last edited by AjaBra; Apr 16, 2013 at 10:24 PM.
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Chrome is hard to get paint to stick on, but can be done. If you want to paint chrome sand, sand and sand them, I would starter with around 280 grit then work up to about 400, then paint them, The VHT high temp paint is good, but you have to follow the direactions-it says to bake the part after painted. I have never baked the parts i have painted and it seemsed to hold up, I painted dirtbike and quad exhaust, but they were not chome to start.
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Chrome is hard to get paint to stick on, but can be done. If you want to paint chrome sand, sand and sand them, I would starter with around 280 grit then work up to about 400, then paint them, The VHT high temp paint is good, but you have to follow the direactions-it says to bake the part after painted. I have never baked the parts i have painted and it seemsed to hold up, I painted dirtbike and quad exhaust, but they were not chome to start.
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i checked this stuff out and they offer heat cycling as an alternative to baking on their instructions. was going to sand down my heat shields and use a satin clear on it so they don't rust.
so yeah, it should work practically the same.
so yeah, it should work practically the same.
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Sand Blasting the Chrome pipes is the most effective way to get paint to adhere well extremely well. Of course as others have mentioned, a LOT of sanding will work too. If I were to sand chrome in prep for paint, which I have done, I would cross-sand so that you see horizontal & vertical sanding lines. Then when you're ready to paint the, give then 3 light dusting coats ... known as tack-coats. Then follow that with 3 wet-coats. Doing so will offer maximum paint adhesion. Though not everybody follows it, that is basically standard procedure in the industry.
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