really wanna do the wrap but don't feel like doing new pipes (and all that comes with it) just yet so i'm thinking about taking some s-paper to my heat shields and slip ons and hitting them with some hi-temp black.

anyone see any issues w/ this?

is it gonna be very durable? course, as hot as they are gonna get, i guess it kinda bakes it on there huh?


the next logical question is which paint?


and i know i gotta watch keep the can moving to keep an even coat and all.

 

looks like krylon makes one of course but it also looks like they make a silver. maybe i could tape off some flames like on the tins.

or would that be just a little too much. maybe just around the heads?

 

prep it good and it'll stay for awhile...then just redo it

 

ok, i got a couple of cans and i am ready to go but i am getting conflicting input on how i should proceed.

some tell me to scratch them up good with steel wool and others are saying to use like 180grit and i've hear use upwards of 400grit.

so, i'm a little unsure now?

mostly everyone says once that is done, clean with alcohol and hit it with 3-4 coats. but i have heard that i am pretty much guarenteed that it will eventually bubble.

yes, no?

 

Get the powder coat equiv of high heat spray paint.Last and finish will be better.

 

Guy I know sprays his thunderheaders with hi-temp black BBQ paint. The stuff you can get at Home Depot.
Works like a charm, every spring he just gives them another coat and he's good to go.

Dale

 

Best paint you can use to do this is Briggs & Stratton high temp flat black. It'll outlast any other that I've found, and since "I hates chrome", I've tried a ton of 'em!

 

yeah guys, i got the paint!!!!!!!!!!! it's the prep part BEFORE the paint i'm getting conflicted on.

had a fourth guy tell me today that they have to be bead blasted or it won't stick at all. so thats:

1- steel wool
2- 180 grit
3- 400 grit
4- bead blast


who's right here?

 

I agree the prep is a very important part. You need to rough up that surface. I don't know about the Briggs paint, but I used the hi-temp krylon and it worked great. I've used it on the inside and outside on pipes works great.

 

OK..................................how did you rough up the surface!!!!!!!!!!!!??????????????


PLEASE!!!!!