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Message started by jef.savage on 10/24/10 at 07:28:47

Title: Painting over chrome
Post by jef.savage on 10/24/10 at 07:28:47

What's the best way to prepare a chrome exhaust pipe for high heat black paint?

Title: Re: Painting over chrome
Post by Oldfeller on 10/24/10 at 09:03:39

Fairly coarse 180 to 220 grit silicone carbide wet or dry sandpaper (sanded wet and a lot of it in a criss-cross fashion) -- you need lots of scratches for the paint to adhere well.

Title: Re: Painting over chrome
Post by Charon on 10/24/10 at 09:10:19

Might work to have the chrome sandblasted off, then have the pipe powder coated.

Title: Re: Painting over chrome
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 10/24/10 at 12:43:03

Maybe leave your header alone & have one made at a muffler shop. Then paint it.

Title: Re: Painting over chrome
Post by Edgar on 10/24/10 at 12:53:15

Hey Jog how much you think a shop would charge for a whole one piece exhaust with baffles

Title: Re: Painting over chrome
Post by Lupo on 10/24/10 at 14:29:01

Now to answer your question. What I did with mine was wire wheeled (with my bench grinder and a mini grinder) the chrome enough to see the change in material. Your removing the chrome plate layer. Then I painted with VHT silica-ceramic header paint. Do the curing according to directions and it comes out very durable.

Title: Re: Painting over chrome
Post by buggs on 10/24/10 at 15:36:59

Jef, when I did mine I used a media blaster like a sand blaster took all the chrome off then painted with high temp paint.

Title: Re: Painting over chrome
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 10/24/10 at 20:35:47

Dang, Edgar, thats gonna vary, shop to shop. Id expect a whole exhaust to be pretty spendy, but if youre willing to just get a header & poke a muffler on it, then it shouldnt be too crazy.

Title: Re: Painting over chrome
Post by Lupo on 10/25/10 at 00:37:28

What you could do is have an entire pipe and silencer made of titanium and ceramic coated inside and out. Or just heat paint the stock pipe.

Title: Re: Painting over chrome
Post by skatnbnc on 10/27/10 at 12:57:15

0A170D020716610 wrote:

What you could do is have an entire pipe and silencer made of titanium and ceramic coated inside and out.

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