Topic: will painted exhaust smoke

[cb650 bobber]

just got a new exhaust tonight painted it let it dry for an hour and it was smoking a little at the exhaust flanges...will new paint smoke a little in the start

[cdaviscomps]

From working on cars, it will smoke a little.  You might also have a little leak unless it smokes when the exhaust is hot and the bike is off.  You can normally tell by how it smells, if it is chemical smelling then it is paint.  If it is oilly, or a gas type smell then it is an exhaust leak.

Did you paint a factory exhaust or an after market exhaust? Did you use a high temp paint? If it is not a high temp paint it will be smoking and burning off all the time.  If the pipe was a factory chrome pipe and wasn't preped right it will burn off as well.

[cb650 bobber]

i used high temp paint....will check in the morning what it smells like.

[neil young]

i painted a four into one. pipes ,muffler and all.with high temp paint. the headers smoked  at and just below the flanges for a while when the bike was really hot.it goes away

[SD750F]

Dupli-color makes a great rattle can made for 1200°F applications. And if you go to their web site the instructions require a 300 or 350 (don't remember) oven pre-cure to burn off the non-ceramic base paint and set the ceramic based paint. They even make a high temp primer that makes sure you have good adhesion on a clean surface.

Scott

[Bodain]

You have to define hi temp paint.. Putting 500 degree high temp paint on the header up by exhaust flange will burn off pretty easy. Using that same 500 degree high temp paint on the rear part of the header will hold fine becuase it doesn't see those excessive temps.
You would need 1200 degree paint up on the header by the exhaust.

[cb650 bobber]

yeah guys it is 1200 degree.

[neil young]

1200 is what i used