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SinglesGoinSteady Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks like Bon Scott! Posts: 130 From Seattle, now in Savannah. Gender:	Finish on bare aluminum exhaust? 03/15/12 at 10:38:36 I got my supertrapp all cleaned up and polished. It needs some type of chemical conversion coating to protect it from corrosion. Anyone here ever use Alodine? I think it gets way too hot for clear coat. Any suggestions? I don't want to paint it black. Maybe have to get it anodized.
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Re: Finish on bare aluminum exhaust?
Reply #1 - 03/15/12 at 12:17:33

I'm not sure how good an idea it would be for aluminum but I had my stock header pipe ceramic coated. I keep saying that I'll do the same to my MAC muffler one of these days but the BBQ black seems to still be working on it, so I'll wait. I have been very happy with the ceramic coated header and many places have various colors available.

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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28908 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Finish on bare aluminum exhaust? Reply #2 - 03/15/12 at 13:03:31 aluminium supertrapp exhaust? didn't know they made one for the savage. alodine will treat bare aluminum, but not as good as anodize. and not sure about the heat.
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SinglesGoinSteady Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks like Bon Scott! Posts: 130 From Seattle, now in Savannah. Gender:	Re: Finish on bare aluminum exhaust? Reply #3 - 03/15/12 at 13:47:47 It's an old old one, off some old twin a buddy had. Got it for next to nothing and it came "broken in".
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Finish on bare aluminum exhaust? Reply #4 - 03/15/12 at 19:04:17 Alodine? Whassat? Cosmoline for aluminum?
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SinglesGoinSteady Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks like Bon Scott! Posts: 130 From Seattle, now in Savannah. Gender:	Re: Finish on bare aluminum exhaust? Reply #5 - 03/15/12 at 23:26:51 It's an acidic etching that oxidizes the surface of the aluminum and acts as a sacrificial/protective layer against further corrosion. It's not as effective as anodizing which is a dip in a tank and similar. Both are ideal for prepping for primer then paint. Or something like that.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Finish on bare aluminum exhaust? Reply #6 - 03/15/12 at 23:55:20 Cool,, thanks
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SinglesGoinSteady Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks like Bon Scott! Posts: 130 From Seattle, now in Savannah. Gender:	Re: Finish on bare aluminum exhaust? Reply #7 - 03/16/12 at 18:23:19 Problem solved hopefully. I got this clear coat at NAPA, $6, can't go wrong.
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