Exhuast Paint - Powdercoat or Ceramic

[gaillarry]

I've always disliked the dull finish on the aluminum mufflers on my bike, I pefer gloss black to match the rest of the bike. Powder coating them will cost $80-100, or ceramic coating $150. Whichever one I choose they'll be high gloss black. Has anyone tried one of these options? Which is best in high heat, looks, durability?

[starion88esir]

Powdercoat is known for not withstanding exhaust temps.

[benzo007]

http://www.caswellplating.com/powder/powder_colors2.html

You can get hi temp silicone based powder from these guys. Supposed to be better than ceramic

[Sasquatch]

Columbia has high temp gloss black, but I have never see what it looks like after being on the pipes for a while.


I myself would do a ceramic, as it will stand up to the heat, and look good.

[chinto]

no experience in either, but I have been told that ceramic is the way to go.

[danp2630]

Don't know about high temp powdercoat, but I do know that ceramic coated headers on cars are the ''Kats'' meow!

[gaillarry]

Looks like ceramic is the way to go. I'll post pics when I get them back.

[stingray2772]

Eh, I'm not sure if this fits in or not, back when I was in a powdercoat craze I did a car exhaust (just one piece to try it out)... that thing didn't last long before it burnt... I would go ceramic, but thats just me

[ctandc]

Ceramic coating on exhaust works and looks great....but out of all the project cars I built / helped wrench on, I only saw one time where the guy used a black ceramic coating...and it turned a pretty nasty chocolate brown after awhile.

Coulda been just that job, but who knows.

[The CyberPoet]

In my experience, ceramic coating will not be high-gloss... at least over time (the porous surface of the coating will hold impurities that ruin the shine and there's no way I know of to polish it after the fact). That said, ceramic coating (typically about 92-96% ceramic by volume) would be the only viable choice I can think of for a header or other part that gets really hot, esp. if the bike runs lean.

Cheers,
=-= The CyberPoet

[GSXFJim]

I have sprayed the Columbia Hi-Temp black with good results.
The first piece was an straight 6 exaust/intake combo... after a few months it still looked like i took it out of the oven. I was a bit nervous to use it for fear of having to rework the part if it failed.
Over all it works well. I'd use it on my stuff for sure.

[gaillarry]

I have sprayed the Columbia Hi-Temp black with good results.
The first piece was an straight 6 exaust/intake combo... after a few months it still looked like i took it out of the oven. I was a bit nervous to use it for fear of having to rework the part if it failed.
Over all it works well. I'd use it on my stuff for sure.

Is the Columbia stuff ceramic or powder coat?