Microlighters

My Trikes Rotax’s exhaust / silencer - system is starting to look old. So what do you do, paint it and with what ??

As long as it's not rusted to hell there is a guy here in CT that sand blasts it and then coats it with aluminium. It get's a matt silver colour and lasts forever

Robin 0215921457

I painted mine(Trike's) with exhaust paint that I bought from our local Midas,but the aluminium with silver colour would look better.
Nico
ZU-AWA

If you want it black, buy the stuff they paint chimneys and braais with. It is heat resistant and sticks to most surfaces.

Slider wrote:My Trikes Rotax’s exhaust / silencer - system is starting to look old.

Hi Slider,

Had the same problem.

Use a 50/50 mix of raw linseed oil and turps. Paint the exhaust as soon as you land - the hotter the better. Bakes in and turns black. Does not get hard and any drips left underneath can be removed.

Also has a "lekker" smell - something like "newness". Cover exhaust to protect hanger cover.

Regards
John ZU-CIB

Tower wrote:If you want it black, buy the stuff they paint chimneys and braais with. It is heat resistant and sticks to most surfaces.

Called "COAST COTE" and made by Plascon

Cool, thanks guys. I know what to do now

Try a product it is called ORAPI painted my exhaust last week works like a bomb!

Quentin Ferreira
ZU-ATP
Newcastle

Cool, thanks i will go with a list of all the "paints" and see what i can find

thanks

Guys

I once got hold of a few cans of spray paint called SPEREX. It is made in the UK, and it really lasted with no discoloration. (Available in Silver and in Black)

I have been trying to get hold of more of it, but have not seen it for sale for a few years now. Super stuff if you can get hold of it.

Regards
Barry