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Powder coat cures at 160 C to 190 C.
Exhaust header temperature will burn it off in minutes.

Eibar wrote:even barbecue paint & fire grate paint both done by plastikote do burn off on the header section of the pipe virtually strainght away, I've found they are not as resilient as powdercoat.

My expansion chamber costs me a tenner to get coated and i'll get all year riding out of it for 2 years at stretch, so works out cheaper than plastikote and the effort of sanding and cleaning the pipe.

Never had a problem with BBQ burning off but then I do use the expensive wilkinsons paint....

My downpipe isn't coated with anything. It's not rotted away yet..

Obviously mine is special. But are people buying downpipes made from cheese, or is there another reason for coating them with something?

I use hammerite smooth.Its stayed on for over a year,will burn off the cone area but what you can see seems to stay on and it looks fine,used it on both my clubmans.The u bend started with BBQ paint but has burnt off but its solid and fine without it.

I Don't know if you can get this stuff over there but I've used POR-15 "Black Velvet" High Temp Paint. Comes in a tin and I thin it a little and shoot it with my HVLP gun. It's expensive but the tin lasts a long time. I've painted my taffy exhaust 3 times with a pint and I've got about half left. It won't stay looking great on the header but I wouldn't say it's burnt off. Anything that POR-15 makes is top notch. Find it if you can.

chimnea paint 650c

tha83 wrote:I Don't know if you can get this stuff over there but I've used POR-15 "Black Velvet" High Temp Paint. Comes in a tin and I thin it a little and shoot it with my HVLP gun. It's expensive but the tin lasts a long time. I've painted my taffy exhaust 3 times with a pint and I've got about half left. It won't stay looking great on the header but I wouldn't say it's burnt off. Anything that POR-15 makes is top notch. Find it if you can.

We have everything over here
All good on the Paisans front ???
http://www.frost.co.uk/automotive-paint ... paint.html

used to use blackboard paint, in case anyone got any laying about

Tim it's all here

~ Powder Coating is a great way to improve a products appearance while giving it a rugged finish and can resist consistant temperatures up to 325°F.

~ Ceramic Coating is another form of powder, but can withstand temperatures in excess of 1400ºF. Ceramic is ideal for exhaust manifolds, turbochargers, downpipes, etc.

~ Anodizing is only applicable to aluminum, but is one of the strongest anti-corrosion coatings available and depending on the specific type of anodizing can actually increase the fixtures strength.

~ Black Oxide is generally used for Steel and Stainless and is used primarily to prevent corrosion while changing the color of the material.

Some B&Q emulsion Beige in colour :freak: