painted pipes
09-06-2010, 12:50 PM
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painted pipes
Been a while since I've done anything to the hawk other than regular maintenance. So after I pulled the wheels the throw on some fresh tires, the headers really needed some TLC. I'm not much on chrome either so after a lot of prep work cleaning the pipes, some high temp black went on...
09-06-2010, 04:00 PM
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That's just solid great! Whether it's red or it's yellow or blue - it should never be more than two colors - greater than that sucks. Factory could never figure that out.
What a beautiful example. Bravo!
What a beautiful example. Bravo!
09-06-2010, 04:19 PM
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09-06-2010, 06:25 PM
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Good idea. I really like how the black turned out and there is a place close that does coatings so eventually a ceramic coating will be in the works.
09-06-2010, 06:36 PM
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I'm really glad he painted those so I could see how it would look!
@ Saige-with the ceramic coating you don't need to wrap them. You are supposed to get a significant heat reduction from just the coating.
Sorry for the thread hijack and they look great.
@ Saige-with the ceramic coating you don't need to wrap them. You are supposed to get a significant heat reduction from just the coating.
Sorry for the thread hijack and they look great.
09-07-2010, 07:18 PM
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I used gloss black 500deg engine enamel with "ceramic" or whatever variant of real ceramic it is. I doubt it will last too long but I wanted to see what the black would look like. I spent good time prepping the surface wet sanding and using a wire brush to remove junk and rust, taped off the ends, and then applied two coats allowing time in between to dry. It is now curing but should be good to go in a day. I'll sandblast and have a local place ceramic coat it when this wears off.
09-10-2010, 08:35 PM
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The pipe should be painted / galvanized from inside to avoid rusting. But painting internally is difficult for long length pipes. Even galvanizing or any electochemical coating is not possible from inside. (I have not understood, why the pipe doesn't get plated from inside in any electrochemical process, where pipe is dipped completely in the respective liquid)
by my understanding the plating doesn't occur in inside the tube due to the magnetic field. I don't recall the details, but I know thats the cause.
I know that you have the same problem with peices that are v shaped or have a deep groove or valley. I have talked to the guys at the chrome shop a few times over the years.
09-11-2010, 12:01 PM
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**UPDATE** Let my stupidity be your guide. Washed and started the hawk today. First time sense painting. Lets just say the paint didnt make it. Smoke and close to flames. So this week I'm taking it to be nitro plated. I'll post a follow up.
09-11-2010, 01:06 PM
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The pipe should be painted / galvanized from inside to avoid rusting. But painting internally is difficult for long length pipes. Even galvanizing or any electochemical coating is not possible from inside. (I have not understood, why the pipe doesn't get plated from inside in any electrochemical process, where pipe is dipped completely in the respective liquid)
09-22-2010, 08:52 AM
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I think it may all depend on the paint used. I have painted pipes on many bike and never had a result where I thought the pipe would burst into flames. I will say this though that the paint will smoke after the first start up but that goes away after a short jaunt up and down the road.
Also if you think the paint smokes, just try using header wrap and starting your bike with that on it for the first time.
Also if you think the paint smokes, just try using header wrap and starting your bike with that on it for the first time.
09-27-2010, 07:47 PM
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I get my pipes back from Nitro Plate in Nashville this week. I'll update pics.
http://nitroplate.com/ws/
http://nitroplate.com/ws/
09-27-2010, 08:13 PM
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I've used Very High Temp paint in the past with reasonable results. Heat wasn't an issue. It was good for something like 1500 degrees constant and 2000 intermittent. Road debris takes a toll after a while though if used on bare metal. But I had great results using it as a sealer when my header was wrapped.
09-29-2010, 05:52 PM
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Ceramic done
Got the pipes back from Nitro Plate today and they are now ceramic coated inside and out. Put them on and started it up. No problems. The coating cost $220 which was a bit more expensive since they stripped the chrome off chemically.
Pic with no belly fairing
All assembled
Pic with no belly fairing
All assembled
09-29-2010, 07:14 PM
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