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>
> I am looking for a brush or spray on header paint with some staying power.
> I used the high heat autoparts store rattle cans last time. I don't
> remember the brand name but it is silver with ceramic powder in it and is
> supposed to hold up to 1200deg. I painted my entire exhaust with this and
> most of it burned off the primary tubes of my V8 headers on initial
startup.
> Everything from the collector back has lasted. The stuff that is left on
> the primaries is flaking and peeling off the pipes and making a mess of
the
> engine compartment. This all seems to be inline with what I have heard
> about rattle can header paints.
>
> Can anyone suggest a paint, preferably a satin silver, that will live a
long
> happy life on a pair of tubular headers? I'm looking for specific brands
> that people have had good success with, because I don't want to refinish
> them a third time.
>
> The pipes are aluminized mild steel and I plan to sandblast off the old
> stuff before refinishing. FWIW I took the temperature of my headers as
the
> paint was burning off them last year and it was substantially below the
> 1200deg.
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