FOAK: Heat resistant paint

Hi Chaps,

My exhaust down-pipes are mostly hidden by fairing but when I do catch a
glimpse of them I always think how rusty they look and how maybe they could
do with a lick of paint.

Google seems to be pointing me at NWE, Sperex, PJ1 or Tetrosyl. I'd prefer
brush-on rather than aerosol because I don't want to dismantle the system
and I'm thinking of possibly going white rather than black.

Anyone have any experiences to share, heat-resistant paint-wise?

Thanks in advance.

 

My experience of it is that it stinks and it's shit. Modern technolology may
have improved this, however.

 

Wot, stinks whilst you're applying it, stinks whilst you're out riding or
stinks whilst it's sitting in yer garage?

 

When it gets hot. It stops stinking when it flakes off though.

 

I've used VHT on calipers before and it's stayed on. IIRC you can get a
brushable enamel version - ISTR my sister painting a beetle engine with it
at some point.

 

None of the ones I've tried have been particularly good unless it was a
small component that could be baked properly in an oven. Spray-on Sperex
applied to the headers on the bike did last reasonably well if the pipes
were heated slowly and left to cool a couple of times, but it always
deteriorated sooner or later.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

"A scone and tea at half past three
Makes the day a little brighter
Keep your cakes and fancy tarts
And stick them up your shiter."

 

www.camcoat.u-net.com/Exhausts.htm
www.zircotec.org

 

Plasma-sprayed ceramic coatings? Feck me, I just wanted to slap a bit of
guck on it - that looks like it'll cost more than the old Teapot's worth!

The rust looks sort of noble, in a way. I might just hang a bead curtain in
front of the pipes, 60's-style.