I'm looking for a DECENT paint to use on my pipes. I read a can of "Krylon BBQ and Stove" paint that It's to be good only at 1000°F for "short periods", 600°F for "prolonged periods". Kinda sounds like a waist of time. :confused:

Looking online I found Hi Temp Exhaust & Manifold Paint (http://www.hirschauto.com/acb/showdetl.cfm?&DID=27&Product_ID=11&CATID=1) <= LINK I&#39;m wondering if anyones used this stuff and what they thought of it? At $25/pint it seems affordable enough to try.

Bill Hirsch Auto (http://www.hirschauto.com/) has a few products I&#39;d like to try, a gas tank sealer and a chemical rust stripper along with the paint.

I&#39;d like to get some feedback on this idea, has anyone used this stuff before? I&#39;ll be back with results if I ever &#39;git &#39;er done&#39;

Not too sure about that stuff. I was in a local store, and found some nice brake caliper paint, I think it&#39;s made by Dupli-color if I remember right. Says "ceramic technology" on it. Was on clearance at Meijer for $5 per package ($30 regular retail), so I picked up a few. I am going to see how it will hold up as pipe paint. I think it said good for 1400*F.

Worst thing was the only color they had left was YELLOW. :-)

I think the Rustoleum brand BBQ paint is good to 1800 degrees.

automotive header paint is what ive used . it holds pretty well , the only thing is that damm y pipe . it never stays on it to long .

Originally posted by 97mach1@Apr 11 2005, 04:54 PM
Not too sure about that stuff.* I was in a local store, and found some nice brake caliper paint, I think it&#39;s made by Dupli-color if I remember right.* Says "ceramic technology" on it.* Was on clearance at Meijer for $5 per package ($30 regular retail), so I picked up a few.* I am going to see how it will hold up as pipe paint.* I think it said good for 1400*F.

Worst thing was the only color they had left was YELLOW. :-)
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Try the Duplicolor high heat with ceramic p/n DH1602. I use the satin black finish like the factory uses. It recommends a heat soak cure for maximum protection, if your married and want a divorce try putting them in the stove. Its better than the BBq paint. made in USA- www.duplicolor.com I got it here at Canadian Tire for $10.00 ($2.50 US?) Also if your looking for black tunnel touch up paint that blends perfectly, the trim or roll bar paint in satin finish is incredible. Good luck

I ran out of high temp paint when we were getting my neighbors sled ready for the winter season, he ran to the hardware store and bought "ACE" brand gloss high temp black paint. Where ever the pipe was painted it turned orange/brown. I use "Plasticote" header paint. It has worked good for years now.

Originally posted by mudweiser@Apr 18 2005, 08:17 PM
I ran out of high temp paint when we were getting my neighbors sled ready for the winter season, he ran to the hardware store and bought "ACE" brand gloss high temp black paint. Where ever the pipe was painted it turned orange/brown. I use "Plasticote" header paint. It has worked good for years now.
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I had that same problem with the Duplicolor Hi temp "with ceramic". As soon as it got hot, it turned the pipe orange. It seemed to chemically react with the stock Arctic Cat paint. Another of my friends tried it on his Cat, and it did the same thing as mine.

DUPLI-COLOR!!!!!

I swear by it.

sand and steel wool the pipe to get rid of any rust.

Apply SEVERAL thin coats and heat pipe between coats.

Here is a 6 coat outcome.
I&#39;ll try to post an after season pipe picture. this same pipe put on 1500 miles this year and still looks just as good.

Originally posted by madsledhead@Apr 20 2005, 04:51 AM
DUPLI-COLOR!!!!!

I swear by it.

sand and steel wool the pipe to get rid of any rust.

Apply SEVERAL thin coats and heat pipe between coats.

Here is a 6 coat outcome.*
I&#39;ll try to post an after season pipe picture. this same pipe put on 1500 miles this year and still looks just as good.
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I&#39;m sure it does hold up well. The Duplicolor on mine didn&#39;t peel or melt off from the heat, but it looked like crap because it turned orange. It wasn&#39;t due to rust, it was just a chemical reaction with the Cat paint. It would be too much work to strip off all of the original paint, so I&#39;ll just stick to other brands of paint for Cat pipes. Although the new Cats are using a different paint on them (than the Zr and ZRT that gave us problems), so it might be OK to use on them.

How many cans of duplicolor do you think I would need for triple pipes? Has anyone tried to use the 500 Degree grabber greeen negine enamel as a top coat? I thought it might look cool - but don&#39;t know if it would hold up, even with several coats of high temp first.

Anyone have pics of the aluminum color high temp? I can&#39;t tell if I&#39;d like that over the black or not.

Madheadsled - how did you heat the pipe between coats? I&#39;ve heard you use either the oven or a torch??

I don&#39;t have any experience painting sled pipes but the best product I have found for vehicle applications is made by POR 15. If you search it on the internet you can find it. It is a rust prohibitor paint but they make some Hi-temp stuff also. You can paint right over rusty frames and suspension parts and it sticks and sticks good. Beat it with a hammer or take a grinder or wire wheel to it and it just shines up a little. It is pretty expensive but for my uses it is well worth the money. I&#39;m sure someone knows the temperature difference on car and truck exhaust compared to that on a sled but I don&#39;t. I know a guy who painted his skis with their topcoat black on an old Skidoo he was working on to ride in Indiana. Crossing a lot of cleared roads his carbides got trashed and the POR is still looking good.

Well last year I used the can of exhaust paint that was rated to 500 deegrees and it burnt off on the first ride, man did that stink. This year I am using the copper colored can and it is rated to 1200 degrees. I hope it works better. I have been doing some cleaning under the hood over the last couple days. Has anyone ever used the 1200 degrees paint like this? did it work?

Sorry, old topic revisited.
Saw some paint I may try at my local Autozone. It&#39;s called Fame Proof paint by VHT. Says it&#39;s good up to 1900°F
It&#39;s specifically meant for headers. Anyone try it. It&#39;s only about 7.99 a can. They were out of the black though. So I was waiting.

Dont bother buying exhaust manifold paint for a sled muffler.....it&#39;s just gonna burn off. The local stores don&#39;t sell the specialty paints needed for PROLONGED temperatures of 1600 degrees. A 2 stroke engine runs 3 times hotter than a car engine. So grab a can of that manifold paint, check the temperature rating, multiply that by 3 and you&#39;ll have a proper heat range.

I spend the money and get mine powdercoated. Or.....if you got BIG Bucks......have it chromed, and keep it polished.

I was told by a local powdercoat shop that powdercoat will not withstand the temp, as I was going to have my truck manifold done before I went with the POR 15. ANy powdercoaters out there got an answer for me, is there a different powder used for high temp?

I dunno about powedercoating, but I had mine ceramic coated by a local place for about $125. Do it right the first time and forget it forever. You get performance benefits from the insulating properties as well. And even if it does start to look a bit ugly years down the road, the insulating properties will allow your high temp paints to hold up better since they don&#39;t get as hot as they would on an uncoated metal pipe.