Painting Pipes

[Baltimore Newbie]

I bought an older used bike. It's a 1994 Fzr 600. The fairings were pretty beat up from the bike being dropped a couple of times. So I used a fiberglass repair kit some bondo and a couple of coats of paint and primer to fix them up. Well the bike came with a full vance and hines 4 into 1 system with a vance and hines pipe. Well the pipes are all rusted and the can has a hell of a scratch on it too. I was wondering if I could just paint the pipes with some bbq paint and I was planning on trying to polish the can.

Will I need to sand the rust off of the pipes and put primer on them like I sanded and primed the fairings? Also will I need to try and sand the scratches off of the can before I polish it?

If anybody knows or has done this before that would be great if they could give me some pointers. Thanks in advance.

[oldschoolorange]

if you can take the pipe off and have it sandblasted or preferibly bead blasted. Then follow the directions on the paint can ( I use BBQ Paint) Some will have you spray the stuff on cold others want you to spray onto a hot surface. It works well You just have to do it every year ( not the sandblasting thing just clean them up decent and spray them)

[Shorts]

I was looking to do the same on my pipe as well. Good post.

[Baltimore Newbie]

thanks for the advice. since I don't have anyway to get them sandblasted or bead blasted, could I just sand them by hand. Or is the sandblasting the only way.

[oldschoolorange]

look in the yellowpages for sandblasting places. The sandblasting method is not the only one but it is the best as you can get to the inside of the pipe as well if it is in rough shape. I wouldnt even bother with the hand sand. If you really can not get them blasted then just clean them up by hand the best you can with really rough paper and a wire brush.

[Flting Duck]

One thing to consider is ceramic coating - I had a stainless exhaust that looked like crap redone by these guys:

http://www.hpcoatings.com/

Only $90 including shipping both ways.

Something to consider.

[bok]

i'd say you would want to sand off the rust and not just paint over it, but i don't paint for a living so i could be wrong.

[OoJRod06oO]

what is this BBQ paint? I've never heard of it. It sounds like an anti-rust paint used on hot parts from what I've read so far.

[xsyamahadg]

If you are looking to paint the headers black and you want to do it cheap, consider this: We use stove black that they use on pot belly stoves, it comes in a small can and is brushed on. Once you get the headers painted with the stove black, you fire up the engine, and the heat cures the stove black into a nice soft black. Most hardware stores carry the stove black.