Header Paint Choice?

[GS1150Pilot]

Not sure how it holds up under prolonged high heat, though.

http://www.ridingvintage.com/2014/08/how-to-parkerize-motorcycle-parts.html

[Gorminrider]

OK, instead 'liked', how about I ask if anybody has a paint that they were happy with? I don't expect ceramic coating type of results from rattle can paint, but it would be nice to know if there were some choices out there that offer a decent value and work as advertised.


Mark

sorry, I don't mean to be "semantical"-actually, I think it's pretty good that it stays on at all and I'm "happy". GOOD results have to be in the prep as london-boards and others said...but putting stuff in my kitchen oven trying to follow the can's directions,precisely isn't going to happen. Mind you, the laser-temperature reader has helped me cook it on a quite a bit better.

[wymple]

To me the problem was always the heat cycling to get it cured. I don't do that. I rattle can it on, usually the VHT, and after it sets I take it out on the road for it's 1st heating. All highway, keep it moving, for 25-30 miles, and it cures very nicely with no blistering. Holds up pretty good.

[edgeofvamp]

GSCafe thats not a bad price for ceramic coating. I got quoted $500 for the custom exhaust that i designed for my bike when i get to that stage. Which will probably go up, since i am still in teardown stage. I just pulled my 1100 motor-nowhere near as hard as some videos on youtube made it seem. Granted i am going back to 4-2 pipes, i like the symmetry(besides the fact that i can run thinner sleeker pipes).

[Gorminrider]

The laser-temperature gun was an education...it gets beyond curing temperature at the engine really quick- a minute or so (less maybe!). Trying to do Curing Cycles on the bike can only be as in: "moving" the curing temperature along the pipe with many startups if it works at all ( it does seem to help though)......If I try to cure it on the road, it's always a smokin' fail at the first stop sign .

[wymple]

The laser-temperature gun was an education...it gets beyond curing temperature at the engine really quick- a minute or so (less maybe!). Trying to do Curing Cycles on the bike can only be as in: "moving" the curing temperature along the pipe with many startups if it works at all ( it does seem to help though)......If I try to cure it on the road, it's always a smokin' fail at the first stop sign .

I live right off the interstate. I can ride as far as I like without stopping, and a 25 -30 minute ride does the trick just fine.

[GSCafe]

GSCafe thats not a bad price for ceramic coating. I got quoted $500 for the custom exhaust that i designed for my bike when i get to that stage. Which will probably go up, since i am still in teardown stage. I just pulled my 1100 motor-nowhere near as hard as some videos on youtube made it seem. Granted i am going back to 4-2 pipes, i like the symmetry(besides the fact that i can run thinner sleeker pipes).

http://powdercoat-it.com/

Maybe you can get the same price if you pay shipping both ways. Call and ask. They have lots of colors too.