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exhaust need painting

Postby Slider » Wed Jul 18, 2007 3:37 pm

My Trikes Rotax’s exhaust / silencer - system is starting to look old. ^?^ So what do you do, paint it and with what ??
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Postby Morph » Wed Jul 18, 2007 3:50 pm

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

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Postby nicow » Wed Jul 18, 2007 4:54 pm

I painted mine(Trike's) with exhaust paint that I bought from our local Midas,but the aluminium with silver colour would look better.
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Postby Tower » Wed Jul 18, 2007 5:23 pm

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

Postby John Young » Wed Jul 18, 2007 6:00 pm

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.

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Postby priester » Wed Jul 18, 2007 8:31 pm

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.
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Postby Slider » Thu Jul 19, 2007 12:05 pm

Cool, thanks guys. I know what to do now :lol:
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Postby Quentin Ferreira » Thu Jul 19, 2007 1:16 pm

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

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Postby Slider » Fri Jul 20, 2007 6:40 am

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

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Exhaust paint

Postby Pumba » Fri Jul 27, 2007 9:03 pm

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.

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