What's the best stuff for painting a cast iron manifold?

[Mike Self]

Don't want to bother with jet hot or similar coats, just something that looks a little better than rusty iron and won't burn off in two weeks. The manifold's off the car so is easy to do now...

TIA

mike

[c.d.iesel]

...great long lasting results when I used their products on my 1978 SAAB

99 Turbo exhaust manifold - preperation is key to anything sticking!

....removal , blasting, cleaning, then painting is the best otherwise

watch your quicky job turn to ugly.

http://www.eastwoodco.com/shopping/search/searchresultsmain.jsp?fresh=1&searchType=advanced&iMainCat=0&iSubCat=0&attribute14=0&attribute15=0&attribute16=0&RS=1&keyword=manifold+paint

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[BillWilliams]

I hear good things about POR15 products. Never used the hot paints but their other products are dependable. Keith Kreeger is using the Black Velvet product on his manifold and heat shield.

http://www.por15.com/subcat.asp?id=4

[Harv]

Mike, I'll second that support for POR 15 stuff. Once you use their stuff you get hooked on it. They actually do what they say on the can!

John

[Guest Anonymous]

....go to a wood stove store and buy high-temperature paint.

A wood stove gets pretty damned hot. I painted all of my tii manifolds with high temp wood stove paint and they look like the day they were painted.

I LOVE POR stuff too, but this is a cheaper and in my opinion, equally as good of a route to take.

Jerry

Salem, OR

[Guest Anonymous]

I use plasti-kote "Hot Paint". Its pretty cheap and seems to work good. It must be heated after painting or it won't stick. Good for 1500* F.

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[Rob7502]

I use plasti-kote "Hot Paint". Its pretty cheap and seems to work good. It must be heated after painting or it won't stick. Good for 1500* F.

Used the same stuff on my girls Harley Pipes she did'nt like the chrome. Works great. You dont really have to heat it just start the car.

[Guest Anonymous]

.......that the manifold parts last longer and that there is a

slight raise in performance over untreated parts and/or

high temp paint.

Eventually, I will have a manifold and downpipe coated.....but

I have other priorities car-wise, right now.

Jerry

Salem, OR

[Guest Anonymous]

The key is high temp as well as preperation. at the shop we use a variety of high temp paints usualy from local autoaparts store. Charcoal grill paint is commonly used and works well

Sam merlin_m3_racing AT yahoo.com

LaValle's Import Restorations

[john_a]

The best exhaust manifold paint I've used is that sold by Bill Hirsch.

I've had experience with many other alternatives (VHT, Zynolyte, various BBQ/Stove paints), and this is the most durable. Don't get the aerosol can, get the pint of liquid paint & it will be enough to do several cars complete exhausts.

I did my winter beater car's exhaust, and the paint still looked good undercar after many years.

The price has gone up to $25 for a pint, but remember the coverage is excellent and it takes very little paint to coat several cars complete systems.

http://www.hirschauto.com/acb/showdetl.cfm?&DID=27&User_ID=279335&st=6129&st2=-278840468&st3=270695702&Product_ID=11&CATID=1

[Bill_Riblett]

If so, what preparation did you do?

[Guest Anonymous]

If they're not rusty, then just clean them as best as possible prior to paint.

Even with new parts, you need to clean off the preservitive oil film that's commonly found on bare steel parts.

[robspeed]

jet-hot coating and similar ceramic coatings help keep the heat inside the pipe as it were, which is a definite boost for performance (albeit mightly slight on a non-turbo car). turbo cars really benefit from ceramic coating all the exhaust bits ahead of the turbine, the turbine (housing), and downpipe (at least). Heat, not just the flow of the exhaust gasses, is what spins the turbine and makes boost. 99% of the reason why i would ceramic coat a non-turbo manifold/downpipe (or header) is to help keep heat out of the engine bay. Heat is evil!!!! (except when used to make power )

[Napes]

As is often the case, I agree w/ CD. Eastwood's Silver High Temp paint is very good stuff. I've brushed it on the tii exhaust manifolds on all three of our ' 02s (2 manifolds were used, 1 new) and it's lasted and looked good for a long time. Most miles/time so far is 100K/10 yrs., and, although I didn't do a real good job of prep (like I know I should), it still looks nice and shiny silver.