Painting the muffler

eddiekay · July 15th, 2012, 11:03 AM

Does anyone have any first hand experience with the hi-temp, rattle can paints. Simply....want to paint my muffler white but dont want to have to have it looking like a zebra after a few months. ALL of the manufacturers claim their product will work "up to a zillion degrees" but I've never seen a hi-temp coating that didn't flake. First hand experience with one that does work ?

oblivion007 · July 15th, 2012, 11:22 AM

You can ask this guy. I'm thinking of using grill paint alike.

http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showp...88&postcount=1

PsHYk · July 15th, 2012, 11:27 AM

vht header paint should work and maybe even engine paint but for sure you might want to go with header paint because its rated for higher temps...

7oxSin · July 15th, 2012, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by PsHYk

vht header paint should work and maybe even engine paint but for sure you might want to go with header paint because its rated for higher temps...

he is right, header pint will work fine, i repainted the headers and mufflers on a 01 250 (the first one i had) did the headers in header paint and grabbed the wrong can for the mufflers, it stunk for 5 months, and bubbled lol.

eddiekay · July 15th, 2012, 11:40 AM

Grill paint....man...I wonder if that works....exposed to an open flame and grease and all that tasty stuff.????
VHT brand has a good rep too but I've seen car headers with white VHT and what I've seen bubbled after a few runs....which I gota believe was in part due to lack of prep. Hmmmm....
OK...now...forgive my inexperience but better to ask a dumb question than to make a dumb mistake...right ? It's a stock '11 muffler off an SE...painted reall;y nice black....would you guys wire wheel the paint off, chemical and emery cloth...emry cloth alone...time is not the issue...I'm guessing that the best chance of having the paint last is to give it a residue free surface. Or am I making more of this than i need to ?

7oxSin · July 15th, 2012, 11:48 AM

I have this stuff called misty. I found out about it at my work, its 15-20 bucks shipped but it takes off any thing, I used it to take off valspar spraypaint the oold owner had put on the bike to patch scratches. U could try that, if u need a pic let me know
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garrisonboobs · July 15th, 2012, 12:18 PM

I used bbq paint on my honda haha. Just don't use like paint on with a brush kind. doesn't come out as clean looking.

PsHYk · July 15th, 2012, 12:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eddiekay

Grill paint....man...I wonder if that works....exposed to an open flame and grease and all that tasty stuff.????
VHT brand has a good rep too but I've seen car headers with white VHT and what I've seen bubbled after a few runs....which I gota believe was in part due to lack of prep. Hmmmm....
OK...now...forgive my inexperience but better to ask a dumb question than to make a dumb mistake...right ? It's a stock '11 muffler off an SE...painted reall;y nice black....would you guys wire wheel the paint off, chemical and emery cloth...emry cloth alone...time is not the issue...I'm guessing that the best chance of having the paint last is to give it a residue free surface. Or am I making more of this than i need to ?

make sure its clean and lightly sand it down...nothing to crazy on grit...then clean it up using mineral spirits or denatured alcohol to make sure no oils (including body oils from fingers and hands) and then use the header paint and it should be fine...and i guess you could go all out and use the header primer,base,and clear coat and all but i would just use the base paint and you should be alright...

eddiekay · July 15th, 2012, 01:22 PM

OK...header paint...paper and mineral spirits it is guys. Hey...a thought came to me not directly related to this post:
I can rememeber rattle can painting my CB350 back on '70 or '71. The metal was easy but....2 guys in a garage type set-up....we also had to paint plastic side covers and the headlight shell. Dust was the problem and I can rmemeber how we solved it....within seconds of completing a plastic part....we dropped it in a bucket of water and left it there overnight. As I recall...all 3 parts came out absolutely perfect with not a speck of dust nor a sag in the paint. Has anyone ever heard of this or seen it done ? No...this is not some flashback of something that never happened...somewhere..I have pix of that bike and getting into the muffler paint job brought the recollection back. Anyone else ever heard of this ?

bdavison · July 15th, 2012, 02:20 PM

Sprayed mine with flat black high-temp paint. It works fine temperature wise, stuffs rated to 1500F...the exhaust on the new gen will never go over 400F.

No problems with it. I bumped it on the door frame to my house, and the screen door scratched off the paint....but a quick touch up, and its good to go.

July 15th, 2012, 11:03 AM	#1
eddiekay ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: eddie Location: Lawnguylind Join Date: Nov 2009 Motorcycle(s): 300, WeeStrom Posts: A lot.	Painting the muffler Does anyone have any first hand experience with the hi-temp, rattle can paints. Simply....want to paint my muffler white but dont want to have to have it looking like a zebra after a few months. ALL of the manufacturers claim their product will work "up to a zillion degrees" but I've never seen a hi-temp coating that didn't flake. First hand experience with one that does work ?

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July 15th, 2012, 11:22 AM	#2
oblivion007 "scandal!" Name: Adan Location: Somewhere Join Date: May 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2011 250R(Crashed 2/26/2014), 09 ER6n Posts: 660	You can ask this guy. I'm thinking of using grill paint alike. http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showp...88&postcount=1

July 15th, 2012, 11:27 AM	#3
PsHYk ninjette.org member Name: Pshyk Location: Fairbanks,AK Join Date: Jun 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2012-250R Posts: 202	vht header paint should work and maybe even engine paint but for sure you might want to go with header paint because its rated for higher temps...

July 15th, 2012, 11:40 AM	#5
eddiekay ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: eddie Location: Lawnguylind Join Date: Nov 2009 Motorcycle(s): 300, WeeStrom Posts: A lot.	Grill paint....man...I wonder if that works....exposed to an open flame and grease and all that tasty stuff.???? VHT brand has a good rep too but I've seen car headers with white VHT and what I've seen bubbled after a few runs....which I gota believe was in part due to lack of prep. Hmmmm.... OK...now...forgive my inexperience but better to ask a dumb question than to make a dumb mistake...right ? It's a stock '11 muffler off an SE...painted reall;y nice black....would you guys wire wheel the paint off, chemical and emery cloth...emry cloth alone...time is not the issue...I'm guessing that the best chance of having the paint last is to give it a residue free surface. Or am I making more of this than i need to ?

July 15th, 2012, 11:48 AM	#6
7oxSin MSF Coach! Name: Lupe Location: Antioch, Tennessee Join Date: Jun 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2003 ninja 250 Posts: 886	I have this stuff called misty. I found out about it at my work, its 15-20 bucks shipped but it takes off any thing, I used it to take off valspar spraypaint the oold owner had put on the bike to patch scratches. U could try that, if u need a pic let me know Posted via Mobile Device

July 15th, 2012, 12:18 PM	#7
garrisonboobs ninjette.org member Name: Garry Location: san francisco CA Join Date: Jun 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2012 Ninja 250r(sold), 2005 ZX-6r 636 Posts: 34	I used bbq paint on my honda haha. Just don't use like paint on with a brush kind. doesn't come out as clean looking.

July 15th, 2012, 01:22 PM	#9
eddiekay ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: eddie Location: Lawnguylind Join Date: Nov 2009 Motorcycle(s): 300, WeeStrom Posts: A lot.	OK...header paint...paper and mineral spirits it is guys. Hey...a thought came to me not directly related to this post: I can rememeber rattle can painting my CB350 back on '70 or '71. The metal was easy but....2 guys in a garage type set-up....we also had to paint plastic side covers and the headlight shell. Dust was the problem and I can rmemeber how we solved it....within seconds of completing a plastic part....we dropped it in a bucket of water and left it there overnight. As I recall...all 3 parts came out absolutely perfect with not a speck of dust nor a sag in the paint. Has anyone ever heard of this or seen it done ? No...this is not some flashback of something that never happened...somewhere..I have pix of that bike and getting into the muffler paint job brought the recollection back. Anyone else ever heard of this ?

July 15th, 2012, 02:20 PM	#10
bdavison Wartown, USA Name: Bryan Location: Warner Robins, GA Join Date: Nov 2009 Motorcycle(s): 2009 Ninja 250R SE, 2007 Ninja 650R, and assorted other bikes Posts: A lot.	Sprayed mine with flat black high-temp paint. It works fine temperature wise, stuffs rated to 1500F...the exhaust on the new gen will never go over 400F. No problems with it. I bumped it on the door frame to my house, and the screen door scratched off the paint....but a quick touch up, and its good to go.