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Question: What kind of "high temp" paint would you guys recommend for painting the inside of the OEM Cooper S exhaust tips?
I recently purchased a pair of these from a fellow NAMer, and they looked great - they were black on the inner edge, which I like. They looked fabulous for a few weeks, then a large bubble appeared in the paint, which quickly flaked off, leaving a fugly, exposed patch.
I plan to sand down the existing paint and re-paint, but I need to know what to buy for this high-temperature application and where to get it, please.
Thanks!
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~Matt Cook | Dublin, Ohio | '92 Classic Mini Sprite: "Fiona" + Purple Haze 2005 MCS Cabrio: "Dawn". See old MODs from "Nano" HERE - post #166 - many with How-to links!
BBQ... good idea. Just from the local DIY store? Did you have to do any special prep?
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~Matt Cook | Dublin, Ohio | '92 Classic Mini Sprite: "Fiona" + Purple Haze 2005 MCS Cabrio: "Dawn". See old MODs from "Nano" HERE - post #166 - many with How-to links!
Sounds PERFECT. Thanks - I never would have thought to go that direction...
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~Matt Cook | Dublin, Ohio | '92 Classic Mini Sprite: "Fiona" + Purple Haze 2005 MCS Cabrio: "Dawn". See old MODs from "Nano" HERE - post #166 - many with How-to links!
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~Matt Cook | Dublin, Ohio | '92 Classic Mini Sprite: "Fiona" + Purple Haze 2005 MCS Cabrio: "Dawn". See old MODs from "Nano" HERE - post #166 - many with How-to links!
ThermoTec from www.summitracing.com - About $7. I did the front pipe in silver and rear section in satin black. It's good to 1200F and cures with heat cycling. I sprayed the exhaust housing on the turbo on my Subaru with it and it's holding up great (which says alot as a turbo gets MUCH hotter than the exhaust tips)
I used some black spray paint I had from a fireplace store. Made by "Rutland" and called 1200 degree stove paint. It's used to paint the bricks inside your fireplace or to repaint a wood-burning stove.
That all-black look is really nice... I may have to consider doing that... Hmmmmm.... I wonder how I'd prep the chrome peices of I decided to go that way, though.
I fear that the old paint won't strip off well... Should I use sandpaper or steel wool or what to prep the tips? My fear is that I'll paint over the existing stuff that looks solid and that it will peel later on.
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~Matt Cook | Dublin, Ohio | '92 Classic Mini Sprite: "Fiona" + Purple Haze 2005 MCS Cabrio: "Dawn". See old MODs from "Nano" HERE - post #166 - many with How-to links!
Just give it a good scrub with some steel wool or an SOS pad and then give it a bunch of coats of BBQ paint. About 5 coats will coat it nicely. The other day I decided to clean mine with my tire brush for the first time and come black paint scratched off, but im not worried, it soots up in that area anyway so you would never tell that a little paint is missing (as long as I dont try to clean them again with the tire brush )
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