ryanleiker

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Good? Bad? Thoughts? Experiences?

conan

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I rebuilt a little 2.4L ford 4cyl in our Zamboni at my work and used that to paint the exhaust manifold. It burned off in a couple hours of run time. Definitely would not take the heat of a hot side.

Brian Hoss

Yeah but it looks like you can BBQ the sh*t out of it!

Brian Hoss

The again, if you have a Zamboni at work, you're a bad ***.

1bdbrd

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Rustoleum now has a high temp automotive paint that is supposedly good to 2000 degrees. I used a can of it and the matching primer on my manifolds and it looks very nice. Haven't tested it yet so I'm not sure how it'll last.

I got both cans on Amazon prime for like $15.

conan

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^^^
Hope that works better than the BBQ paint. I thought the same thing as the OP that if it can handle a grill it could handle a exhaust manifold.

I used the VHT 2000* paint on my Y pipe and catback on the camaro and it is holding up just fine. My headers were left bare stainless so the heat isn't as great down stream.
http://www.summitracing.com/search/p...oof%20Coatings

1bdbrd

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I haven't ever used the BBQ grille paint but remembering how the paint felt on grilles I have put together in the past, the new Rustoleum paint feels thicker. It actually smoothed out a majority of the rough casting feel my manifolds had and feels more like the ceramic coating on the exhaust housing of my turbo.

ryanleiker

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hmm... I've seen the Flame Proof paint at the AZ... but I've also heard inconveniences about the curing process...

I'm going to wrap the manifolds and the hot side tubing, but i'd like to coat everything with something, just for rust prevention purposes.

A guy that tunes and builds turbo cars recommended this stuff... Idk.

RonSSNova

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I used it in my down pipe. But I also wrapped the under hood portion. Seems to be holding up well.
I used VHT on my manifolds and it's doing fine. Would have preferred to have them coated.

Ron

JoeNova

This is the stuff I've always used for exhaust coating:

http://www.techlinecoatings.com/Exhaust.htm

The black satin stuff works great for headers and manifolds.

I've never tried the turbo X stuff. They offer it in black and blue. Given the luck I've had with their black satin coating, I imagine its some good stuff. Its air-drying also, no baking required.

chris406

That is the exact stuff I've been using for 10 years. I paint it on and then use my propane torch to let it cure. Works far better than any exhaust specific spray paint I've seen.

Tally TransAm

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i didnt use that brand but used grill paint on my crossover. held up fine for 1.5 year until I wrapped it

vht

I built a set of headers several years ago and used a silver coating from Eastwood, used a torch and run some heat up the collector after I applied it. I ran them for 2 seasons and they hung in the building for 3 yrs after that sand they still looked good. I'll try and find the name of it, if they still make it.

ryanleiker

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Good idea about the torch to cure it.