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jef.savage Serious Thumper Offline ridin' n slidin' Posts: 638 Boston, MA Gender:	Painting over chrome 10/24/10 at 07:28:47 What's the best way to prepare a chrome exhaust pipe for high heat black paint?
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Oldfeller--FSO Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline Hobby is now "concentrated neuropany" Posts: 12671 Fayetteville, NC Gender:	Re: Painting over chrome Reply #1 - 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.
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Charon Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1811 Harvard, NE Gender:	Re: Painting over chrome Reply #2 - 10/24/10 at 09:10:19 Might work to have the chrome sandblasted off, then have the pipe powder coated.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Painting over chrome Reply #3 - 10/24/10 at 12:43:03 Maybe leave your header alone & have one made at a muffler shop. Then paint it.
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Edgar Senior Member Offline Are you a lucky little lady in the city of light? Posts: 353 San Diego	Re: Painting over chrome Reply #4 - 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
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Lupo Senior Member Offline Posts: 356	Re: Painting over chrome Reply #5 - 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.
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buggs YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 38 Jefferson, Ohio Gender:	Re: Painting over chrome Reply #6 - 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.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Painting over chrome Reply #7 - 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.
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Lupo Senior Member Offline Posts: 356	Re: Painting over chrome Reply #8 - 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.
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skatnbnc Serious Thumper Offline Spinning Pink Posts: 1286 New Bern NC Gender:	Re: Painting over chrome Reply #9 - 10/27/10 at 12:57:15 Lupo wrote 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. Ohhhhh, I think I just found what to put on my Christmas WISH LIST!!!
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